Home » UK ISP News Archive » Mark Jackson (18293 Posts)

Latest

Openreach Temporarily Withdraw Multiport ONT on UK FTTP Broadband Lines

11th November, 2025 (15 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has informed UK broadband ISPs that they will be “temporarily withdrawing” the provision of their Multiport Optical Network Terminal (ONT) device and the related Box Swap service (i.e. replacing an existing / older ONT with a new Multiport ONT). The move is due to some “technical issues experienced” by providers.

SMARTY Mobile Launches New UK Everyone Unlimited Data Group Plan

11th November, 2025 (5 Comments)

Consumer mobile provider SMARTY, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on the Three UK (VodafoneThree) network, has today launched a new “Everyone Unlimited” group plan that offers unlimited data (4G / 5G mobile broadband) deals for all group members (each group can include up to 8 members). Savings of up to £35 per month are said to be possible.

Scotland R100 and DSSB Subsea Fibre Map - Arrow Points to Tiree

Repairs to Broken Subsea Broadband Cable for Tiree Island Set to Begin

11th November, 2025 (2 Comments)

Good news for residents and businesses on the tiny, remote Inner Hebrides Island of Tiree, which suffered a break in its only subsea fibre cable after Storm Amy struck Scotland at the start of October – resulting in disruption to local broadband and phone services (here). Cable repairs are finally about to get underway.

Virgin-Media-O2-UK-Essential-Security-App-Screenshots

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK Adds Identity Protection to Security Add-on UPDATE

11th November, 2025 (5 Comments)

Internet, TV and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) and security partner F-Secure have today announced that they’ve now begun offering customers of their optional (paid) ‘Advanced Security’ add-on service an additional “Identity Protection” feature, which is designed to help prevent identity theft.

Virgin Media UK Add Extra FAST TV Channel to Service – Inside Outside

11th November, 2025 (1 Comment)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take a Pay TV service via one of their TV 360, Stream or v6 box platforms, may like to know that they’ve added another FAST channel to their TV service – Inside Outside (Channel 231) – “at no extra cost“.

Ofcom Monitoring UK VPN Use Due to Circumvention of Online Safety Act

11th November, 2025 (66 Comments)

The UK telecoms and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has revealed they’re using an unidentified third-party monitoring tool – seemingly with AI capabilities – to track the public’s use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) tools as part of Government concerns that they’re being used to circumvent internet censorship measures under the Online Safety Act (OSA).

VodafoneThree Tops 1.7 Million UK Broadband Users as Mobile Rises to 28.82m

11th November, 2025 (10 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone and Three UK (VodafoneThree) have published their latest Q2 FY26 financial results. The figures show that they now have 1.704 million fixed broadband customers (up by 50k in Q2 vs +44k in Q1) and a huge combined mobile base of 28.824m (up from 28.765m).

Fibre-optic-network-fibres-and-cable-connectors-uk

Business IT and Cloud Provider labdesk Acquires UK ISP Cheshire Telecom

10th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Warrington-based Cloud, Cyber and IT solutions provider labdesk has acquired business broadband, IT and phone provider Cheshire Telecom for an undisclosed sum. The “strategic move” is said to be the culmination of a longstanding partnership, with labdesk having already provided technical services and support to CT partners over the years.

Business agreement uk shake hands ID213978121-123rf

Business UK Broadband ISP Fibre1 Acquired by Kube Networks Limited

10th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Glasgow-based ISP, managed IT and Cloud provider KubeNet (Kube Networks), which is backed by investment from Maven Capital Partners and Kerrera Newco Limited, has announced the acquisition of the client base of Moray-based business broadband provider Fibre1 for an undisclosed sum.

mobile phone user with confused expression 123RF ID 121414377

Poverty Alliance Warn Vulnerable Users at Risk from UK 2G and 3G Mobile Switch Off UPDATE

10th November, 2025 (22 Comments)

A new report from the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has warned that the ongoing switch-off by mobile operators Vodafone / Three UK, EE and O2 of legacy 3G and 2G networks “exposes a deep fault line in digital inclusion,” which they say could risk disconnecting vulnerable users (e.g. those with telecare systems and safety devices) from essential communication and support.

TalkTalk UK Broadband Group Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

10th November, 2025 (2 Comments)

The debt troubled TalkTalk Group, which at this point has been through a demerger of its businesses, several funding deals (here, here and here), job cuts and is currently said to be considering the possible disposal (sale) of its remaining businesses (here), has today announced the appointment of Henry Davies as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Not an easy job, we suspect.

INCA Calls for Clarity from Openreach on Which UK Homes Won’t Get Full Fibre

10th November, 2025 (31 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, has today called on incumbent network operator Openreach (BT) to clarify which homes it’s likely to sacrifice if they carry out their threat to scale-back the deployment of full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The altnets will then know where to target.

Gigaclear Call for Openreach Changes to Bring Gigabit Broadband to UK Rural Areas

10th November, 2025 (13 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 160,000 customers), has responded to Openreach’s recent threat to scale-back their own fibre roll-out (here) by calling for “fair regulation between the incumbent and altnets to level the playing field“.

Openreach Faces Protest in Lincoln Over Rollout of 40 Broadband Poles

9th November, 2025 (42 Comments)

The Street Works and Permitting Manager at Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England, Ashley Behan, has asked network access provider Openreach (BT) to “pause” the roll-out of 40 new telecoms poles – needed to expand the coverage of their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network – until they can explain how they’re going to respond to local complaints and engage with the community.

KCOM-eero-6-device-with-user-in-kitchen-PR-061124

ISP KCOM Start Black Friday SALE on UK Broadband Packages

9th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Macquarie-backed network operator KCOM, which has already deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network across 305,000 premises in parts of East Yorkshire (primarily Hull) and Lincolnshire in England, has finally kicked off their big Black Friday sale and slashed the monthly rental on their broadband packages for new customers.

Map-of-the-UK-blue-vector-showing-data-links-to-key-points-by-CoPilot-for-MJ-020524

Ofcom Predict 97 Percent of UK Covered by Gigabit Broadband in Jan 2028

8th November, 2025 (9 Comments)

Somehow, we overlooked that the telecoms regulator had published the fourth edition of their forecast for Planned Network Deployments, which has revised down its expectations of future coverage after UK broadband operators did the same. The report now predicts that full fibre (FTTP) lines will reach 86-95% of homes by January 2028 – rising to 91-97% for gigabit-capable networks (i.e. FTTP and Cable).

Sky Glass Gen 2 TV in a Living Room PR 110225

Sky UK in Talks to Acquire ITV’s Media and Entertainment Divisions

7th November, 2025 (26 Comments)

Broadband and media giant Sky UK (Comcast) is reportedly engaged in “preliminary” talks over the possible £1.6bn acquisition of ITV’s broadcasting business, specifically the company’s Media and Entertainment divisions, which include both their free-to-air TV channels and the ITV X video streaming service.