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ISP News Archives for February 18, 2026

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Netomnia Agree UK Broadband Merger Deal with Owners of Virgin Media O2 UPDATE2

18th Feb 2026 (139 Comments)

Alternative network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has deployed their own full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 460,000 customers), have today confirmed that they’ve been acquired by the owners of Virgin Media (O2) and nexfibre (i.e. InfraVia, Liberty Global and Telefónica) for £2bn. But rival bidder CityFibre may yet raise a competition complaint.

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Quickline Builds to 40,000 Premises Under UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

18th Feb 2026 (2 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Quickline, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (3-Year Rollout Plan), has revealed that they’ve so far built to 40,000 premises out of the total 121,210 premises contracted across its publicly subsidised Project Gigabit contracts.

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nPerf Names Fastest UK Fixed Broadband ISPs by Nation in 2026 Study

18th Feb 2026 (4 Comments)

France-based internet connection benchmarking firm nPerf has this morning published the results from their annual 2026 crowdsourced study into fixed broadband ISP speeds across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The results cover Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, Vodafone, TalkTalk, Fibrus (NI) and Ogi (Wales).

FullFibre and Zzoomm Complete Broadband Altnet UK ISP Brand Integration

18th Feb 2026 (4 Comments)

Alternative UK broadband operator FullFibre Limited, which back in March 2025 completed its merger with Zzoomm (here), has today confirmed that the pair have now also completed their brand integration. Much as we leaked in June 2025 (here), this means that Zzoomm will now become the single retail ISP brand for the service (BeFibre customers will shortly be moved).

Confusion on Ascension Island as Local Broadband and Mobile Suffers Shakeup

18th Feb 2026 (5 Comments)

The remote Ascension Island, which is a British Overseas Territory that sits in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean and is home to almost 900 people (many of them visitors and rotating military personnel), appears to be going through a dramatic shake-up of local broadband and mobile connectivity; some of which may risk the island being temporarily cut off.

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Virgin Media O2 See Broadband Customers Fall by 16.7k as UK FTTP Build Slows

18th Feb 2026 (17 Comments)

The latest Q4 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have just been published and reveal that their gigabit broadband network increased its UK coverage by 115,100 premises in the quarter (down from 139k in Q3), while related customers fell to total 5,687,600 (down by -16.7k in Q4 vs +60.8k in Q3). But their mobile base grew and 5G outdoor population coverage hit 87%.

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ASA UK Criticise Virgin Media’s Walrus Broadband TV Ad After BT Complaint

18th Feb 2026 (1 Comment)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has criticised a comical TV advert for Virgin Media’s (O2) UK broadband service, which featured a Walrus driving a speedboat, after rival ISP BT complained that the promotion included a claim that could not be verified of the provider being “Awarded Best Broadband Experience”. But one other BT complaint was rejected.

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