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ISP News Archives for July 29, 2026

Point Topic Shows Why Ofcom Want to Block Openreach’s UK Broadband Discount

29th Jul 2026 (2 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has published research that helps to explain why Ofcom has proposed to block one of Openreach’s new discounts on their full fibre (FTTP) broadband products (here). This might have otherwise given ISPs and new customers to their network a £35 connection rebate and a £9.50 monthly rental rebate (for 18, 24 or 30 months depending on performance).

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Wessex Internet Tweak Dorset and Somerset UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contract

29th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has posted another contract modification notice for Wessex Internet’s Project Gigabit contract in Dorset and South Somerset (Lot 14.02), which slightly reduced the planned roll-out of full fibre broadband (FTTP) by 1,047 premises and shrinks its value by £702,296 (public subsidy).

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BDUK Update Figures for Openreach’s Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

29th Jul 2026 (3 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has updated the latest contract values and contracted premises figures for their Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts with Openreach (BT), which takes account of recent changes to show that all of the contracts combined are now worth £850m and will bring FTTP to around 358,000 premises.

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CityFibre Pick Netceed to Handle Inventory Management for UK Fibre Network

29th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

Alternative full fibre broadband operator CityFibre, which has already deployed their 8.5Gbps speed capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 4.7 million UK premises (4.5m Ready for Service), has chosen global infrastructure supply chain solutions provider Netceed to handle their strategic inventory management going forward.

FTTH Council Europe Renames Itself to Fibre Council Europe

29th Jul 2026 (2 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe, which has traditionally represented full fibre (FTTP/H/B) broadband network operators and related suppliers across the UK and Europe, has today announced that they’ve rebranded themselves to the ‘Fibre Council Europe’ in order reflect the organisation’s expanded role.

NordVPN Launch Free SCAM Checker AI Tool Called NordBot on Messaging Platforms

29th Jul 2026 (1 Comment)

The NordVPN service, which is a popular Virtual Private Network (VPN) provider, has today launched NordBot, which is described as being a free “experimental” AI tool that lets people submit suspicious messages, links or images through WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram or X for a quick risk assessment to see if they’re scams or not.

Derbyshire Firefighters Use O2 Satellite Service to Help Tackle Wildfire

29th Jul 2026 (1 Comment)

Firefighters in Derbyshire (England) recently provided a good unintentional demonstration of why services like the new O2 Satellite add-on are so useful. The teams, who were responding to the wildfire near Tintwistle, were able to use the UK service to maintain mobile connectivity in an area with no traditional 4G or 5G mobile network coverage.

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Ofcom – Subscription Streaming Services in UK Homes Have Plateaued

29th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

The telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has this morning published their Media Nations 2026 report, which reveals how viewing of traditional linear television channels continues to decline in favour of broadband-based video streaming platforms (particularly Netflix). But on-demand content from traditional UK broadcasters has held up well and grew 9% year-on-year.

Amazon UK Start Moving Luna Cloud Gaming Service to Prime Video App

29th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

The chances are fairly good that even some avid video gamers might not actually remember that Amazon launched its own cloud gaming service, Luna, which has been an included extra with Prime subscriptions for several years. However, you’ll soon be more aware as they’ve finally started to integrate Luna into their main Prime Video app, albeit with a catch.

Utility Warehouse UK Mobile Ad Banned for Lack of Clarity on Unlimited Data Limits

29th Jul 2026 (6 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert on the website of energy and communications provider Utility Warehouse (UW – Telecom Plus), which promoted an “Unlimited data” mobile plan, after it was found to have failed to make the Fair Usage Policy (FUP) restrictions for data (mobile broadband) usage “sufficiently clear“.

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