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ISP News Archives for September 2026

Nottinghamshire UK gets new map of mobile network cover and performance

15th Sep 2026 (3 Comments)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England and consultancy firm FarrPoint have just completed their “most comprehensive survey of mobile coverage across the county to date“, which has resulted in the release of a new coverage map to help give residents a clearer picture of where mobile services are strong and where gaps remain. EE was found to deliver the “best coverage overall“.

Connected Britain reveals 2026 UK broadband award winners

14th Sep 2026 (2 Comments)

The annual Connected Britain Awards 2026 (Total Telecom) event took place at the end of last week, which among other things saw alternative full fibre ISP Connect Fibre scoop the “Broadband Provider of the Year” award, while Viberoptix (Fibrus) won the “Infrastructure Builder of the Year” award and VodafoneThree was handed the “Strategic Deal of the Year Award“ for their merger.

Ofcom secure BT changes to protect vulnerable UK users during digital phone switch

14th Sep 2026 (11 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has closed a compliance remediation process it had for broadband and phone provider BT, which reflected some weaknesses that the regulator found in the provider’s handling of vulnerable customers during the switch from analogue to digital (IP-based) phone services. Changes have now been made to fix this.

Amazon Leo buys 6 more Arianespace rocket launches for broadband satellites

14th Sep 2026 (0 Comments)

The Amazon Leo service, which is building a new constellation to deliver thousands of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has extended their existing agreement with Arianespace in Europe by adding six additional rocket launches (total of 24 launches) via their Ariane 6 vehicle.

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Broadband ISP Commsworld look to UK expansion with new Commercial Director

14th Sep 2026 (1 Comment)

Scotland-based business broadband ISP Commsworld has this morning announced the appointment of its first Commercial Director, Louise Thompson, as it looks to “further expand its business footprint across the UK“.

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Broadband altnet Fibrus offers grants of £1,500 via 2026 Community Fund

14th Sep 2026 (2 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative broadband operator and UK ISP Fibrus, which is building a full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has re-opened their Community Fund for new applications and is offering grants to eligible projects in areas they’ve covered.

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OFNL completes integration of FibreNest’s UK full fibre broadband network

14th Sep 2026 (8 Comments)

Alternative full fibre operator Open Fibre Networks (OFNL), which serves developments of new build homes, have notified their broadband ISP partners across the UK that they’ve completed the integration work for FibreNest‘s network. In other words, retail ISPs on both sides of the network are now starting to gain access to each other’s fibre infrastructure.

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Sky Broadband UK clarifies impact on users as Yahoo cut email storage to 15GB

14th Sep 2026 (14 Comments)

After over a week of trying to get a clear answer, Sky Broadband has now confirmed to ISPreview that Yahoo Mail’s recent move to introduce new storage limits on their free UK email platform, which slashed the previous limit of 1 TeraByte (1,000GB) to 15 GigaBytes, will NOT apply to their own Yahoo based email platform (Sky Yahoo Mail); despite customers being told otherwise.

Wireless UK broadband company Cambium Networks falls into administration

13th Sep 2026 (9 Comments)

Devon-based Cambium Networks, which specialises in providing wireless broadband (FWA) and Wi-Fi style technologies globally and also to broadband ISPs in the UK via its local subsidiary, appears to have called in the administrators following the “unfortunate collapse of the business“.

Broadband ISP Fibeo puts UK launch back to Q1 2027 and rebrands as Terivo

13th Sep 2026 (4 Comments)

Nearly a year has passed since the Glasgow-based Fibeo revealed to ISPreview that they were currently planning to launched their new ISP sometime in “early” 2026 – powered by the Dotlines Catena Cloud platform and the PXC broadband network. But the provider, which still isn’t live, has now put this back to Q1 2027 and rebranded to Terivo.

Ofcom launch Consumer Hub with money saving tips for UK broadband, mobile and TV users

12th Sep 2026 (10 Comments)

The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today launched a new Consumer Hub that is said to feature “practical money-saving tips and tools” for every mobile, fixed broadband and pay-TV customer. The launch comes as new research claims that many out-of-contract customers who bundle services from the same provider could save over £100 a year by switching.

Alternative UK broadband network Toob secures debt investment from Ares

11th Sep 2026 (3 Comments)

Hampshire-based alternative network toob, which has built their own gigabit speed full fibre broadband network in South England and also harnesses CityFibre’s network in other UK areas, has today announced a “successful follow-on investment” into the company by Ares Infrastructure Debt strategy. But the exact financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.

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Lincolnshire County Council trials Starlink broadband for rural farms

11th Sep 2026 (20 Comments)

The Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England has launched a new pilot project that aims to address rural broadband “not spots” across the agricultural sector by helping farms deploy Starlink’s satellite based broadband service. If found to be successful, the initiative could be rolled out “across the county” to farms where fibre-based solutions are unlikely to be delivered in the near future.

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Eutelsat buys further 229 OneWeb LEO broadband satellites from Airbus

11th Sep 2026 (3 Comments)

Eutelsat has revealed that they’ve purchased an additional 229 satellites for OneWeb’s constellation of ultrafast broadband spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which is in addition to the 440 already procured from Airbus. A total of 669 new satellites have now been procured and they’ve also chosen Arianespace to help launch some of these in 2027 and 2028.

Shareholders of Virgin Media O2 UK reportedly target £600m in cost cuts

11th Sep 2026 (28 Comments)

The owners of UK broadband, mobile and TV provider Virgin Media (O2), Telefónica and Liberty Global, are reportedly set to move forward with earlier proposals for a significant round of cost-cutting (i.e. a mix of job cuts and reducing capital expenditure) and are reportedly aiming to calm investors by cutting c.£600m.

3.5 million UK people have switched broadband via One Touch Switching

11th Sep 2026 (16 Comments)

Two years have passed since UK fixed broadband and phone providers began using Ofcom’s new One Touch Switch (OTS) process, which was designed to make it easier and quicker to change ISP. The latest data supplied to ISPreview shows that 3,481,323 consumers have now switched provider using this process (up from 1.62m in the first year).

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Public Accounts Committee call for stronger regulation of UK broadband

11th Sep 2026 (4 Comments)

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is responsible for examining the value for money of UK Government projects, is this morning expected to find that water, energy and broadband regulators (e.g. Ofcom) are not doing enough to support vulnerable customers, and will call on them to act more urgently to ensure people get the standard of service they deserve.