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Network operator CityFibre, which have so far expanded their 10Gbps capable FTTP broadband network to cover 4.6 million UK premises (4.3m RFS) and connected 730,000 customers, has today announced that BT Group’s former Chief Architect, Neil McRae, has been appointed to be the company’s new Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO).
Business telecommunications and UK broadband ISP Spitfire has today launched its new PSTN Switch Off Migration service, which is designed to provide both technical support and expertise to UK businesses making the move from the old Public Switched Telephone Network to all-IP (digital).
National broadband and Ethernet operator Openreach (BT) has today announced the appointment of James Lowther as its new Managing Director (MD) for Commercial, which will become effective from January 2026. The new hire will join the operator’s Executive team and report to Deputy CEO, Katie Milligan.
The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today approved UK mobile companies and satellite operators to join forces and use the airwaves (mobile spectrum bands) to support Direct to Device (D2D) services, which will allow standard unmodified Smartphones to connect via satellites to improve 4G and 5G (calls, texts and broadband) coverage in remote areas and roaming.
Mobile operator EE (BT) has once again come top in the annual 2026 umlaut connect UK Mobile Network Test, which deployed a range of different benchmarks to test 4G and 5G performance (voice and broadband) across 16 cities, 24 smaller towns and along 10,170km of major roads. On the flip side, O2 (Virgin Media) continued to be ranked at the bottom.
Carlisle-based broadband network and UK ISP Grain, which in July 2025 secured a £225m funding boost to continue their expansion (here), has revealed that they’ve now begun to expand their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines across the large Greater Manchester (England) town of Wigan; home to around 108,000 people.