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ISP News Archives for June 2026

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Ofcom Update Guidance on Power Backup and Resilience in UK Mobile Networks

16th Jun 2026 (8 Comments)

The UK telecoms and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has published a revised guidance document on network resilience, which was first published in 2024 (here) to give broadband, mobile and other digital network providers greater clarity on how they can “reduce the risk of network outages“. The new update clarifies their stance on power backup for mobile cell / mast sites.

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O2 UK Switches On 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Suffolk

16th Jun 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) mobile broadband network across more of Suffolk (England), which is said to reach more than 760,000 residents and businesses across 434 towns and villages.

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Ofcom Sets Out UK Plan for Using 2GHz Band with Mobile Satellite Services

16th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today proposed to give other operators access to harness the 2GHz radio spectrum band for Mobile Satellite Services (MMS), such as to support Direct-to-Device (DtD) solutions for connecting 4G and 5G Smartphones. Separately, they’ve also proposed to make more spectrum available for Earth Station in Motion (ESIM) satellite terminals on ships and aircraft.

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Broadband ISP NuFibre Joins the AllPoints Fibre Networks Aquila Platform

16th Jun 2026 (8 Comments)

Broadband provider NuFibre (formerly Yayzi) has this morning become the latest retail ISP to sign a deal that will enable them to harness AllPoints Fibre Networks‘ (APFN) aggregated wholesale platform (aquila) of full fibre networks. The ISP will now be able to sell packages across a range of high-speed networks.

LINX Set to Launch Cost Effective Network Resilience Solution in London

16th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

The member‑owned and not-for-profit London Internet Exchange, which handles a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via around 900 members (broadband ISPs, mobile operators etc.), have announced that they’ll launch LINX Metro Resilience on 1st July 2026 to give members access to mirrored services for less on LON1 and LON2.

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MP Blames Poor London Mobile Signals on “near-monopoly” of O2, EE and Vodafone

16th Jun 2026 (21 Comments)

The Conservative MP for Tonbridge, Tom Tugendhat, has accused mobile and broadband operators EE, O2 and Vodafone (Vodafone and Three UK) of delivering mobile signals in parts of London that are “worse” than he got in Kabul ten years ago and of operating a “near monopoly“, which he said meant they had “no incentive to improve“.

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Full Fibre Giffgaff Broadband Packages Available in Some Virgin Media UK Areas

16th Jun 2026 (11 Comments)

Mobile and internet provider giffgaff, which initially launched their full fibre broadband packages via nexfibre’s national network in September 2025 (here), has confirmed to ISPreview that new customers in many Fibre Up (Project Mustang) areas on Virgin Media’s national FTTP (XGS-PON) network can now also take their packages.

Hyperoptic Join UK Government Charter to Stop Unexpected Bill Increases

15th Jun 2026 (1 Comment)

City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to have built their gigabit broadband network to cover 1.9 million UK homes (mostly across blocks of flats / MDUs), has just become the latest internet provider to sign-up to the Government’s Telecoms Consumer Charter (TCC).

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Openreach to Test New UK FTTP Broadband Standard Install Process UPDATE

15th Jun 2026 (20 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has begun inviting broadband ISPs (CPs) to help test a new ‘Standard‘ install process for their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines, which will go beyond the existing method that largely runs an optical fibre cable into your home and then connects that up to an internal Optical Network Terminal (ONT / optical modem).

Exponential-e Secures WAN Contract for Lincolnshire County Council in England

15th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Business communications and broadband provider Exponential-e has been awarded a 5-year Wide Area Network (WAN) Services contract by Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England. The deal will see the ISP deliver and manage a modernised Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) across more than 200 sites throughout the county.

Broadband ISP Aquiss Simplifies Multi-Network Connectivity for UK Partners

15th Jun 2026 (3 Comments)

Shropshire-based independent UK ISP Aquiss, which sells full fibre broadband packages via several different networks (Openreach, CityFibre, Freedom Fibre, Gigaclear, Netomnia and FullFibre Ltd.), has this afternoon announced the launch of Fusion – a new Partner Portal that’s said to offer a faster, simpler way to order and manage connectivity solutions from over a dozen UK networks.

O2 UK and Cellnex Deal to Tackle 5G Mobile Not-Spots on Brighton Main Line UPDATE

15th Jun 2026 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and wireless infrastructure firm Cellnex UK have today signed a 5-year agreement to join the Brighton Main Line (BML) connectivity project, which aims to expand “highspeed” 5G mobile (mobile broadband) connectivity and tackle mobile signal “not-spots” across the route.

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Spusu UK Gifts 5GB of Free Mobile Data to Celebrate Third Birthday

15th Jun 2026 (3 Comments)

The SIM-Only mobile operator Spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement to harness EE’s 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network, has today celebrated their third birthday since launch in the UK by gifting existing customers an extra 5GB (GigaBytes) of data for free until 30th June 2026.

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17 Primary Schools in Blaenau Gwent to Get Gigabit Broadband Upgrade

15th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s (WG) Tech Valleys programme has announced that 17 primary schools in Blaenau Gwent to be upgraded to gigabit-speed internet as part of their new partnership with Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council and the Shared Resource Service.

Survey Claims 1 in 5 UK Sports Fans Suffered Buffering and Freezing During Live Events

15th Jun 2026 (1 Comment)

A new survey of 2,000 British adults, which was commissioned by broadband ISP Zen Internet (vested interest), has claimed that one in five UK sports fans have missed key moments due to buffering and freezing while watching live sport at home, while almost half (47%) have experienced some other form of internet-related problem while watching.

Rural Broadband Network Quickline Launch Business Support Programme

15th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, have today announced that they’ve teamed-up with Enterprise Cube CIC to launch a new business support programme for start-up and early-stage companies across North Yorkshire.

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Broadband ISP Exascale Nears Completion of 288-Core Fibre Spine in Telford

15th Jun 2026 (6 Comments)

Internet provider and UK network builder Exascale, which have already deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in the Telford and Wrekin area (Shropshire), has today revealed that they’ve almost completed the build of a new high-capacity 288-core fibre spine cable across Telford.