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ISP News Archives for June 29, 2026

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Wessex Internet Revenues Jump as Broadband Covers 66,000 UK Premises

29th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is deploying a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless networks across Southern England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2025. The report reveals that revenues jumped by 47.7% to £8.5m in the year and their network coverage passed 66,000 premises.

Alternative UK Full Fibre Networks to Launch Broadband Independents’ Day

29th Jun 2026 (5 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has announced their intention to launch a national week-long campaign commencing on 4th July 2026 called Broadband Independents’ Day, which aims to raise awareness about alternative broadband networks (altnets) to help homes and businesses discover what ISP options are available.

Comcast Spin-off NBCUniversal and Sky into Separate Publicly Traded Companies

29th Jun 2026 (4 Comments)

American cable giant Comcast, which back in 2018 gobbled Sky’s pan-European TV and broadband ISP business with a bid of £30bn (here), has today announced that they intend to separate their media and technology businesses into public companies through a “tax-free spin-off” of NBCUniversal and Sky.

Virgin Media O2 UK Sets Out New Green Transition Plan to Hit Net Zero in 2040

29th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have this morning set out their new Green Transition Plan, which claims to reveal how it will achieve Net Zero carbon emissions across its full value chain, while reducing its environmental impact, by their current target for the end of 2040.

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BT and Verizon Combine International Enterprises into 50:50 Joint Venture

29th Jun 2026 (9 Comments)

British telecoms and broadband giant BT Group has this morning announced that they’ve signed an agreement with Verizon Communications to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture. Both operators will hold equal voting rights and Verizon has agreed to pay BT an equalisation payment of $625m (£473m).

B4RN Connect 15,700 Customers to Rural 10Gbps Broadband Network

29th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural-focus internet provider B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which is a community built and supported network that has so far deployed their 10Gbps full fibre (FTTP) lines to cover 32,000 rural premises in England (up from 30k in Apr 2025), has now grown its customer base to 15,700 (up from 15k in Sept 2025).

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Ofcom’s Mid-Contract Pricing Policy Resulted in Higher UK Broadband Prices

29th Jun 2026 (21 Comments)

In news that will not come as a great surprise to ISPreview’s readers. A new MSE survey of 47,000 tariffs – all from UK mobile and broadband providers with the biggest market share – has found that Ofcom’s latest policy to improve the transparency of mid-contract price hikes actually seems to have resulted in consumers paying more for their service.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Pause Sale of Digital Voice to New UK Customers

29th Jun 2026 (5 Comments)

Customers of TalkTalk have informed ISPreview that, after pausing the sale of new hybrid fibre FTTC (VDSL2 / SOGEA) broadband lines to new subscribers (here), the ISP has also stopped providing their IP-based Digital Voice (phone) service to new customers too. But those aren’t the only products they’ve paused.

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