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ISP News Archives for July 2026

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Details of New Battery Powered Starlink Broadband Mini 2 Dish Revealed

20th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

Network engineer Oleg Kutkov has leaked that Starlink’s next-gen Mini 2 dish terminal, which has yet to be officially introduced, has “finally entered production” and is confirmed to have a built-in “4S battery“, which usually refers to a Lithium Polymer (LiPo) or Li-ion pack with four individual cells wired in series. Further details have also been leaked.

BT Reveals Broadband Video Streaming Stats for England v France Match

20th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT (EE) has published new data to show how much of an impact Saturday’s night’s FIFA World Cup 2026 football match between England and France had on the internet provider’s national network, which we’re told saw peak BBC iPlayer traffic extend 75% higher than the peak recorded during the equivalent 10pm–midnight period in an average week.

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July 2026 Contract Progress of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

20th Jul 2026 (11 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today released their July 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts awarded under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 287,510 contracted premises (up from 271,460 in Jun 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 838,490 (34% complete).

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Government Offers £42m to Develop UK LEO Satellite Broadband and Comms Tech

20th Jul 2026 (2 Comments)

The government’s UK Space Agency has today opened up the third funding round under their 4-year £160m Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit (C-LEO) programme, which is offering £42m to develop new satellite technologies and components to help supply “high-speed internet, communications and data services” around the world.

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Ofcom Adopt Shared Upper 6GHz Band for UK Mobile and Wi-Fi Networks

20th Jul 2026 (5 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today decided to implement their plan for allowing Low Power Indoor (LPI) Wi-Fi and outdoor mobile broadband (4G, 5G etc.) networks to “share” access to the Upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425 to 7125MHz). The UK will thus become the first country in Europe to adopt this, but mobile networks won’t be able to harness it until after 2030.

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Sky Mobile UK Give FREE Global Roaming in 120 Destinations to Loyal Users

20th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

Good news if you’re one of Sky Mobile’s most “most loyal customers” as the UK mobile operator has this morning promised to give you “free global roaming” across 120 destinations (this normally costs an extra £2 a day when abroad using Sky’s Roaming Passport Plus). But you’ll need to have been with Sky for quite a few years to benefit.

Virgin Media Add Four More Free Streaming Channels to UK TV Service

20th Jul 2026 (7 Comments)

Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has this morning announced that customers of their pay TV service, at least those on their Virgin TV360 and IP-based Stream platforms, can now access four brand new streaming channels “at no extra cost“.

Concern for Telecoms as New UK Prime Minister Scraps Tech Department UPDATE

20th Jul 2026 (11 Comments)

The incoming UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, is reportedly planning to abolish the Government’s central Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), which also oversees broadband and mobile connectivity (telecoms) – partly via the Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency. The proposal plan could see DSIT’s functions being spread across other departments.

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Netomnia UK Extend Newport FTTP Broadband Network to 30,000 Premises

20th Jul 2026 (2 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group, YouFibre), which has already built their UK full fibre (FTTP) network to cover over 3 million premises RFS (inc. 500,000 customers), have confirmed that their deployment across the city of Newport in Wales has so far reached 30,000 local homes and businesses.

Confusion as Starlink Remove £10 Monthly Kit Fee for UK Broadband Service

20th Jul 2026 (7 Comments)

The ever-changeable packages and pricing of Starlink’s (SpaceX) satellite-based ultrafast broadband service took yet another twist just before the weekend. The provider suddenly seemed to drop the extra £10 per month charge for hardware rental (dish, router etc.) with new customers, which was somewhat sneakily introduced last month.

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The End of Ground-based Astronomy – UK Gov Responds to Broadband Satellite Fears

20th Jul 2026 (3 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has confirmed to ISPreview that they’re “actively engaged in international efforts to find solutions” to the problem raised by a recent study, which warned that ground-based telescopes might soon become useless if the number of satellites in Earth’s orbit exceeds 100,000 (i.e. those with below naked eye visibility).

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Wiltshire Council Praise Wessex Internet’s Rural Gigabit Broadband Build Progress

18th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

The Wiltshire Council in the South of England has praised rural broadband ISP Wessex Internet for exceeding 40% of its connectivity targets under their £18.8m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit contract for South Wiltshire (Lot 30), which has so far expanded full fibre broadband to reach 7,500 premises in hard-to-reach areas.

Grain Builds Gigabit Broadband Network to 300,000 UK Premises as Take-up Grows

17th Jul 2026 (5 Comments)

Carlisle-based alternative broadband provider Grain (Grain Connect) has today published an update on their latest company results, which among other things reveals that their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network now covers 300,000 UK premises (up from 270k in Jul 2025) and their customers increased to 56,000 (up from 43k in March 2025).

Virgin Media UK Launch AI-powered Robots to Monitor TV Services in Real Time

17th Jul 2026 (18 Comments)

Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has introduced a new technology – created in-house – that harnesses AI-powered robots to monitor TV services in real time (i.e. more than 220 IPTV channels), which can be used to help the provider spot and resolve issues faster than ever before.

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Openreach Trial Looks to Better Monitor Incidents on UK FTTP Broadband Lines

17th Jul 2026 (0 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has launched a new trial on Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP lines, which so far as we can tell appears to be based on an earlier Proof of Concept (PoC) that will make it easier for the operator to determine, in real-time, whether a network incident or Planned Engineering Work (PeW) is affecting a customer’s live service.

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Ofcom Rejected More Effective Method of Blocking UK Messaging Scams

17th Jul 2026 (3 Comments)

Earlier this week Ofcom introduced new measures to help UK mobile operators “block, limit and disrupt scammers” from sending messaging scams (here). The changes, while positive, overlooked the fact that the regulator ended up rejecting an already adopted (in other countries) and UK developed fix that would have been more effective, partly due to BT and others complaining that it would be too “onerous“.

Streetwave Set to Survey Mobile Broadband Coverage Across Cornwall

17th Jul 2026 (3 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has confirmed that they’ve been chosenb y Cornwall Council in England to survey mobile network coverage and 4G / 5G data performance across the region, harnessing 7,250km of the county’s road network and testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK).