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ISP News Archives for June 2026

Broadband Altnet ITS Technology Appoints Graeme Couturier as UK CFO

11th Jun 2026 (2 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which has deployed various open access and business-centric full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, have today announced that Graeme Couturier has been appointed as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the company’s “next phase of growth“; the second CFO in half a year.

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Giffgaff Launch Unlimited 4G and 5G Mobile Data for Just £14 Per Month

11th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and uses O2 UK’s virtual operator (mvno) platform, today claims to have launched its “best ever” unlimited mobile data (mobile broadband) plan for just £14 per month on an 18-month minimum contract term (reduced from its normal price of £25 a month); they’ve also cut the price of their 30-day plan.

O2 UK Trial Mobile Call Quality Boosting Tech for People with Hearing Loss

11th Jun 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has joined with cloud-native network software provider Mavenir to trial a new network-level technology, which created a personalised hearing profile for participants with hearing loss and allowed the network to automatically optimise their calls in real time – making them easier to hear.

ISPA May Support Direct UK Gov Intervention on Broadband Social Tariffs

11th Jun 2026 (1 Comment)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has said they’re “considering” taking a firmer public position on the issue of cheaper Social Tariffs for broadband services, which could result in the organisation pushing for “direct government intervention” to help improve take-up for those who can’t currently afford such plans.

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Outdated Planning System Forces O2 UK to Switch Off Dozens of London Mobile Sites

10th Jun 2026 (8 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has today complained that “outdated planning rules” in the capital city have forced them to switch off “dozens of mobile sites” (not all at once), which they say often leaves busy areas “blighted by poor quality mobile coverage” (i.e. operators are “forced” to remove kit faster than they can replace it).

New UK Starlink Broadband Customers Hit by £10 Monthly Kit Fee

10th Jun 2026 (10 Comments)

Remember last month’s big price hikes (here)? Well bad news if you’re a new customer because the ever changeable packages of Starlink’s (SpaceX) satellite broadband service have just added a new “Monthly Kit Fee” of £10 to the package price for hardware rental, which will be applied on top of the existing rental.

G.Network Reapply for Code Powers to Build UK Full Fibre Broadband UPDATE

10th Jun 2026 (4 Comments)

Alternative UK ISP and network builder G.Network, which has deployed a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of London and recently came out of administration “debt-free” (here), is once again seeking Code Powers from the telecoms regulator, albeit under their new company of G.Network Holdco Limited.

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NAO Finds Ofcom Must Improve UK Broadband Regs for Vulnerable Consumers

10th Jun 2026 (4 Comments)

The National Audit Office (NAO), which acts as an independent public spending watchdog for the UK, has today published a new report that examines the work done by Ofwat, Ofgem and Ofcom to ensure that residential consumers of water and energy supplies and broadband services – particularly vulnerable users – receive good outcomes. Needless to say, some improvement required.

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Hyperoptic and Community Fibre Backers Reportedly Hunt for Buyers

10th Jun 2026 (12 Comments)

A major newspaper report has claimed that private equity firms Warburg Pincus, which backs alternative full fibre broadband network CommunityFibre, and KKR, which backs Hyperoptic, are allegedly exploring sales of their respective UK fibre broadband businesses. Both operators arguably represent some of the UK market’s more financially credible alnets.

Ofcom UK Shut Enforcement Programme for Checking 999 Calling Access

10th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has closed the own-initiative compliance programme that it opened in October 2025 (here) for assessing whether regulated UK phone providers were meeting their obligations concerning the need to ensure access to emergency calls (e.g. 999 and 112). The good news is they found no major issues, but they have still proposed a few changes.

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Connect Fibre Expands Derbyshire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

9th Jun 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Government (DSIT) appears set to slightly expand their Project Gigabit contract with altnet ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets) for the £33m (public subsidy) Derbyshire (LOT 3) Project Gigabit contract; this originally (here) aimed to build a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover “around” 17,000 premises in hard-to-reach areas.

VodafoneThree Allegedly Places Bid for UK Consumer Broadband ISP TalkTalk

9th Jun 2026 (22 Comments)

A new report claims that broadband and mobile giant Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has made an offer to acquire the consumer internet and phone business of debt-strained rival TalkTalk (home to 1.75 million customers as of May 2026), which could turn them into a much bigger fixed line ISP (Vodafone has 1.83m fixed broadband customers).

WightFibre’s Broadband Gigabit Island Project Slowly Nears Completion

9th Jun 2026 (1 Comment)

Alternative network provider WightFibre, which runs its own independent gigabit speed Full Fibre broadband (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (situated off the South Coast of Hampshire in England), has published their annual accounts to September 2025 and revealed that their fibre lines now cover c.90% of premises (74,000+) and they’re home to 28,000+ customers.

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Elon Musk Previews Two New Starlink Broadband Dish Terminals

9th Jun 2026 (9 Comments)

The boss of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has given a subtle preview of two new dish (terminals) for their Starlink broadband service as part of a new video interview, both of which look set to be thinner and lighter than before. But the internet provider has yet to reveal any solid official details about the new kit, which is expected to launch soon.

ISP Gigaclear Relaunch UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans with Wi-Fi 7 eero Routers

9th Jun 2026 (2 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative network operator Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across 618,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 170,000 customers), have today re-launched all of their packages with smart Wi-Fi via Amazon’s eero routers and engineer installs that now aim to improve wireless performance.

MS3 Results Reveal UK Full Fibre Broadband Network Has 22,184 Customers

9th Jun 2026 (3 Comments)

Hull-based alternative broadband operator MS3, which have built a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has published their annual results to the end of 2025 and revealed that they’re home to 22,184 customers (up from 14,992 in 2024) and cover 238,806 premises (212,561 RFS) – up from 228,522 last year (195,759 RFS).

Sky UK Cuts Live TV Sport Streaming Latency with New Real Time Feature

9th Jun 2026 (18 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices and service are gaining access to a new feature called “Real Time“, which is designed to improve the experience of watching live sports content online by “reducing latency between the live action and what viewers see on screen“.