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ISP News Archives for May 13, 2026

Rydal Group Acquires UK Telecoms and IT Provider HBT Communications

13th May 2026 (1 Comment)

Peterborough-based Rydal Group, which is a UK telecoms, broadband and managed IT provider, has today continued their acquisition spree by announcing that they’ve recently gobbled a similar provider called HBT Communications Limited, with effect from 15th April 2026.

Quickline Updates on South Yorkshire Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

13th May 2026 (1 Comment)

Rural UK ISP Quickline, which is busy building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (3-Year Rollout Plan), has issued a progress update on their publicly subsidised Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract for South Yorkshire that’s now covered almost 9,000 premises.

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2026 Kings Speech – New UK Cyber Security Laws and Broadband Rights for Leaseholders

13th May 2026 (4 Comments)

The State Opening of Parliament – often referred to as the “King’s Speech” – took place today, which once again saw the new UK Government set out their agenda for the coming session. The speech included mentions of several bills related to telecoms network security and broadband connectivity, which we’ve summarised a bit below.

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Ofcom Predict 95 Percent of UK Covered by Gigabit Broadband by Jan 2029

13th May 2026 (7 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published the fifth edition of their forecast for Planned Network Deployments, which has again revised down its prediction of future UK broadband coverage after many network operators slowed their rollouts. The report predicts that full fibre (FTTP) lines will reach up to 92% of homes by January 2029 – rising up to 95% for gigabit-capable networks (i.e. FTTP and Cable).

Gigabit Broadband Covers 89 Percent of UK Premises – Ofcom Spring 2026 Data

13th May 2026 (6 Comments)

Ofcom has released its Spring 2026 update on UK fixed broadband and mobile coverage, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) lines now reach 82% of homes (up from 78% in July 2025), while 89% are within reach of a gigabit network (up from 87%) and 76% – 94% of premises can get an outdoor 5G signal (up from 64-89%).

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UK Ranks 6th in Opensignal Study of European Fixed Broadband Speeds

13th May 2026 (0 Comments)

Opensignal, which gathers crowdsourced data via consumer speedtests on its App, has published the results from a new study that examined fixed broadband speeds across 18 European markets, including the United Kingdom and Turkey. Overall the UK ranked 6th for download speed (119Mbps), 13th for upload speed (39.4Mbps) and 3rd for Consistent Quality (CQ).

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Virgin Media O2 Locking Some UK Accounts for Unclear Security Reasons

13th May 2026 (15 Comments)

In recent months we’ve noticed what looks to be a rise in the number of O2 (Virgin Media) Mobile customers reporting that access to their account IDs have been “locked” due to unclear “security reasons“, which has in some cases taken several weeks or months for customers to get resolved. In other cases the issue may reoccur shortly after being resolved.

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