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ISP News Archives for July 14, 2026

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Gov Sets Out More Detail of UK Social Media Curfews and Restrictions for Under 18s

14th Jul 2026 (6 Comments)

The Government has tonight set out more details of how they intend to implement their recently announced internet Social Media ban for children under 16 (original news), which among other things includes new details on overnight curfews and breaks in infinite scrolling for under 18s.

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New Report Shows Network Benefits of the Vodafone and Three UK Merger

14th Jul 2026 (15 Comments)

A new “independent” report from Frontier Economics claims to show, after its first year of operation, that the merger between mobile operators Vodafone and Three UK (VodafoneThree) is already “delivering tangible consumer benefits, driven by greater scale, faster integration and improved efficiency“.

EE UK Set to Zero-Rate Data Across its UK Mobile Network All Day on 15th July

14th Jul 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile and broadband operator EE (BT) has announced that they will help football fans stay connected by zero-rating data (mobile broadband) across their UK mobile network all day on Wednesday 15th July, which is intended to help celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2026 semi-final match between England and Argentina at 20:00.

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Grain Deploying UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to Doncaster in South Yorkshire

14th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

Carlisle-based broadband ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has already built their 2Gbps speed point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 270,000 UK premises (aiming for 600,000 in the future) and in 2025 secured a £225m funding boost (here), appears to have confirmed that they’ve started a new roll-out across the South Yorkshire city of Doncaster.

Lord Richard Allan Steps Down from Ofcom’s Board Early

14th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today announced that Lord Richard Allan has stepped down early from his position as a Non-Executive Director of the regulator’s board. The Secretary of State originally appointed Lord Allan for a four-year term at the end of 2024.

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Wessex Internet Complete Full Fibre Rollout Contract in Devon and Somerset UK

14th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet has today announced that they’ve completed their publicly funded deployment of full fibre broadband under the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme, which has seen 4,190 hard-to-reach rural homes and businesses across South Somerset in England gain access to their gigabit speed network.

Virgin Media UK Discount 1130Mbps Home Broadband to £26.99

14th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to join broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) should note that the ISP has introduced a big discount on their 1,130Mbps download (104Mbps upload) package, which has been reduced to just £26.99 per month (affiliate link) on a 24-month minimum term (price increases to £30.99 from April 2027 and £34.99 from April 2028).

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Trade Deal Between UK and Switzerland to Bring Free Mobile Roaming

14th Jul 2026 (6 Comments)

Yesterday saw the UK Government sign one of its largest services-focused trade deals to date, this time with the beautifully mountainous Central European country of Switzerland, which among other things included an agreement to support surcharge-free international mobile roaming.

New UK Virtual 5G eSIM Mobile Provider Launches Called Simp Mobile

14th Jul 2026 (18 Comments)

Another day, another launch of a new eSIM focused virtual mobile provider. The latest to join the rapidly growing club is called Simp Mobile, which has spent the last few months in testing with a limited base of users and is now launching publicly. The operator proclaims itself as being “aimed squarely at a younger audience“.

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