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ISP News Archives for September 2026

Administrators reveal financial details of Voneus’ acquisition of Airband

10th Sep 2026 (7 Comments)

The administrators for alternative UK rural broadband network Airband, which was recently acquired by Voneus (full summary), have published a report that reveals the financial details of the deal. Strikingly, it states that Voneus, which was the only bidder, paid just £4.6m for the company’s assets and customers.

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BDUK reports on impact of gigabit broadband builds to UK libraries and GPs

10th Sep 2026 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) office has today published a couple of new studies that evaluate the performance, delivery and value of its various public investments to help deploy gigabit-capable broadband (full fibre) connections to poorly served libraries and GP (Doctor) surgeries.

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LSBUD report UK telecoms industry delivers 36.2 percent of searches for digging work

10th Sep 2026 (0 Comments)

The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK street works firms for underground pipes and cables, has published their Digging Up Britain 2026 report and revealed that telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) remains the “most active industry” when it comes to searching before digging (36.2% of all searches, down from 37.5% in 2025).

Starlink showcases new Router 4 hub for LEO satellite broadband service

10th Sep 2026 (11 Comments)

Satellite broadband service Starlink has finally published details of their new Wi-Fi 7 capable home wireless “Router 4” (UTR-261) hub on their website, which largely confirms the details revealed in last month’s FCC filings (here) and gives us a better look at the device itself. A new video showcase has also been shared via social media.

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Sky Glass and Stream UK TV users benefit from major Sky Go app upgrade

10th Sep 2026 (5 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices and service can now benefit from a “major upgrade” to the supporting Sky Go video streaming app, which takes its visual inspiration (User Interface) from the look and feel of Sky OS (software that powers Glass/Stream) and has added a bunch of new features.

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Giffgaff’s full fibre broadband plans now available to 4.2 million UK homes

10th Sep 2026 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator and internet provider giffgaff, which is gradually making their new full fibre (FTTP – XGS-PON) broadband packages available to UK consumers via nexfibre’s and Virgin Media’s networks (here and here), has revealed that they’ve increased their serviceable footprint to 4.2 million homes and rising.

Wireless ISP Scot-Tel-Gould Prep 6GHz Broadband Trial in Aberdeen

9th Sep 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband provider Scot-Tel-Gould, which operates a limited Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network across remote rural parts of Moray and Aberdeenshire in Scotland, is preparing to use a trial licence from Ofcom to test a new 1.6Gbps speed ngFWA wireless internet service – based on kit from Tarana Wireless – using the 6GHz radio spectrum band.

Broadband ISP Wildanet launch TiVo Powered UK 4K TV Freely streaming service UPDATE

9th Sep 2026 (15 Comments)

Alternative broadband provider Wildanet, which is deploying a new 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon (England), today claims to have become the UK’s first internet provider to launch a “Powered by TiVo” broadband TV service that brings live TV, catch-up and streaming services together in one place, using a single box and remote with voice search.

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Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK closes email service and shifts users to Junara

9th Sep 2026 (20 Comments)

Bad news if you’re one of broadband ISP Virgin Media’s customers who still uses their old email platform. The provider has confirmed that they’re closing their “remaining email accounts” and “transferring our email service to Junara“, which is described as being a specialist cloud-based email provider owned by Australian company Atmail.

High Court sides with Virgin Media over UK legal dispute with Svella Connect

9th Sep 2026 (2 Comments)

The High Court has ruled in favour of broadband ISP Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre) after one of its civil engineering partners, Svella Connect, launched a legal challenge (Part 7 Claim) against the company due to a dispute over “contractual terms“, which originally touched on issues of worker safety, rate reductions, and work volumes for full fibre operator nexfibre. But the case may be far from over.

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Government look to impose mandatory age verification on UK Smartphones

9th Sep 2026 (30 Comments)

The government’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Lisa Nandy, has revealed that they’re planning to introduce new legislation that will have the power to force the likes of Google and Apple to introduce mandatory Age Verification measures on Smartphones. The goal is the stop children sharing nude images of themselves, but it will also impact adult users.

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SCF publish guide to help UK local authorities understand mobile small cells

9th Sep 2026 (1 Comment)

The Small Cell Forum (SCF), which is a trade organisation that works to help accelerate the roll-out of related mobile networks, has today published the first part of a new guide to help UK Local Authorities understand how small cells can support better mobile connectivity in their towns and cities.

Ofcom Change Openreach’s UK Full Fibre Threshold for Copper Retirement UPDATE

9th Sep 2026 (22 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today decided to change the threshold at which Openreach (BT) can begin to alter the wholesale prices of copper connections once full fibre (FTTP) broadband lines have become available. In short, the operator will now reach this stage in exchange areas where ultrafast broadband (300Mbps+) is available to 90% of premises, rather than 100%.

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Lodestar Networks calls on Ofcom to help fix UK community mobile networks

9th Sep 2026 (1 Comment)

Communications provider Lodestar Networks, which specialises in building local community 4G mobile (calls and broadband) networks using shared UK radio spectrum, has called on the regulator to improve the current licensing framework so that networks like theirs don’t have to find it so “difficult … to grow beyond isolated indoor sites or short-lived trials“.

OneStream UK broadband Ad banned over paid auto renewing product trials

9th Sep 2026 (4 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website advert for Hampshire-based broadband ISP Onestream after it “misleadingly” failed to include information about two “free” product trials, which automatically renewed for a fee and were added to the cost of the plan during the checkout process.

Mozillion offers preloaded 100GB 5G mobile SIM for 24 months at £126

8th Sep 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Mozillion, which is a virtual operator (mvno) that harnesses EE’s national 4G and 5G based mobile broadband network, has launched a time-limited special offer that gives new customers 100GB of preloaded data every month for 24 Months for an upfront payment of £126 (equivalent to just £5.25 a month).

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New 10Gbps Broadband ISP DIGI Expands Full Fibre to 10,000 UK Premises

8th Sep 2026 (3 Comments)

New independent data reveals that alternative broadband provider DIGI, which is part of the Romanian telecoms company DIGI Communications and is deploying in the UK via WhyFibre (Fiber One Limited), has now expanded their 10Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover over 10,000 premises (RFS).