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ISP News Archives for April 29, 2026

Lightning Fibre Appoints Ex-Openreach Director Bertrand Mazieres as CEO

29th Apr 2026 (2 Comments)

Eastbourne-based broadband ISP Lightning Fibre, which is deploying a multi-gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex + Kent in England (140,000 premises) and also holds a partnership to harness CityFibre’s wider UK network (here), has today announced that they’ve appointed a new CEO in the shape of Bertrand Mazieres.

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Court Sentences Attacker for Damaging Ogi’s UK Full Fibre Broadband Network

29th Apr 2026 (10 Comments)

The Swansea Crown Court (SCC) has sentenced a 37-year-old man to 16-months in custody (suspended for 2 years) after he was found guilty of conducting “targeted attacks” against Ogi’s full fibre (FTTP) broadband network in Pembrokeshire during the start of 2024, which left nearby homes and businesses disconnected for several days.

Ofcom Investigates BT Over Accuracy of UK Telecoms Information Requests

29th Apr 2026 (2 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has this morning opened a new investigation into BT, which will examine whether the information they provided in relation to a range of data – concerning the experience of customers who have entered into an agreement or placed an order for fixed phone and broadband services from EE and Plusnet – was accurate.

Virgin Media O2 Business UK and Daisy Rebrand O2 Daisy to O2 Business

29th Apr 2026 (4 Comments)

Business telecoms company O2 Daisy, which reflects the recent merger between VMO2 Business (Virgin Media and O2) and Daisy Group (here and here), has today announced the next phase of their strategy for the UK’s B2B market by rebranding – again – O2 Daisy to O2 Business

Biannual April 2026 Progress Update on BT’s 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

29th Apr 2026 (12 Comments)

Internet provider BT has today published the biannual (April 2026) progress update on their delivery of Ofcom’s somewhat limited 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The provider has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 9,089 premises (up from 8,553 in Oct 2025) – using FTTP, with 461 further builds in-progress (up sharply from 186).

Ookla Examine UK Connections to Starlink-based O2 Satellite Mobile Service

29th Apr 2026 (5 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband connection testing website and app, has published a new report today that examines the early take-up of the recently launched O2 Satellite service (here) and the geospatial profile of Direct-to-Device (D2D) usage in the UK.

New eSIM Mobile Provider SecondSim Launches for UK Business Users

29th Apr 2026 (3 Comments)

Yet another new eSIM focused virtual mobile provider has launched this week called SecondSim, which appears to have been designed around the needs of UK freelancers, sole traders and SMEs who need a “second phone line to help businesses separate their personal number from their work line“.

Broadband ISP Squirrel Internet Doubles UK Price of Static IPs UPDATE

29th Apr 2026 (4 Comments)

Customers of broadband provider Squirrel Internet have recently been notified of some “upcoming pricing changes” to their service, which includes a significant increase in the cost of Static IP addresses (normally only available upon request to their support team) – rising from £2 extra per month to £4 extra.

EE UK Launch Upgraded AI Scam Guard Service to Protect Mobile Users

29th Apr 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today launched an upgraded version of their existing ‘Scam Guard‘ add-on, which is a network-level security defence that was first launched in July 2024 and has already stopped 169 million scam and spam attempts (here). The hope is that the upgraded add-on will “prevent at least twice as many scams” over the next 12-months.

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