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Tarana Make 6GHz Fixed Wireless Broadband Update Available to UK ISPs

22nd September, 2025 (0 Comments)

Tarana Wireless has announced that their next-generation “6GHz” capable G1 wireless (ngFWA) platform and kit is now ready to deploy in the UK with the addition of support for the UK’s Band C (5725-5850 MHz). This can be enabled via an “optional, free software upgrade to unlock the 6 GHz spectrum as it is available“.

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Openreach Update on Progress of Innovations in UK FTTP Broadband Build

22nd September, 2025 (14 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today provided a progress update on the difference that their innovations (e.g. drones, mini-exchanges, LiDAR-powered planning etc.) are making to their ongoing roll-out of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP technology. This network now covers 20 million premises.

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Channel Islands Customers on Airtel Vodafone Start Migration to Sure

22nd September, 2025 (0 Comments)

Mobile and broadband operator Sure, which serves the English Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, has confirmed that customers of the Airtel Vodafone service have started to be migrated on to their network. The move follows last year’s £48m deal to build a new “world-class” 5G mobile broadband network across the islands as part of Sure’s acquisition of the operator.

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MS3 Hit 20,000 Customer Milestone on Hull UK FTTP Broadband Network

22nd September, 2025 (10 Comments)

Hull-based alternative UK network operator MS3, which has deployed their full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network across 234,000 premises (207k RFS) in the North of England, has announced that they’ve just connected their 20,000th customer in the Hull and Humber region (up from 19,000 on 3rd July 2025).

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VodafoneThree Sign £2bn UK Network Upgrade Deal with Ericsson and Nokia

22nd September, 2025 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has this morning announced that they’ve signed two multi-billion-pound and 8-year long partnerships with network technology suppliers Ericsson and Nokia. The deals will see both suppliers provide radios and other cell / core network kit and services for 17,000+ mobile sites across the United Kingdom.

Broadband Group TalkTalk Set to Appoint PJT Partners to Oversee UK Break-up

21st September, 2025 (19 Comments)

The debt strained TalkTalk Group, which has already been through a demerger of its businesses and last year secured a £400m refinancing package to avoid a default on its debts (here, here) – not to mention the latest £120m funding deal to help tackle recent financial pressures (here), is reportedly set to appoint advisers PJT Partners to help sell off its remaining operations.

Grain Adds Town of Nelson to UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout Plan

20th September, 2025 (9 Comments)

Carlisle-based broadband ISP Grain, which recently secured a major £225m funding boost to continue their expansion (here), has today announced that they’ve added the Lancashire (England) town of Nelson – home to a population of almost 30,000 people – to their build plan for a new full fibre (FTTP) network.

Cross-Party Inquiry Finds UK Unprepared for Attacks on Subsea Fibre Cables

19th September, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has today published the results of their cross-party inquiry into the growing threats facing the country’s undersea fibre optic data cables. The report finds that the UK has “plenty of cable routes and good repair processes” for routine breakages, but the UK can’t protect all of it from adversaries and must improve.

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Welsh Full Fibre Broadband ISP Ogi Confirms Departure of Current CEO UPDATE

19th September, 2025 (11 Comments)

Infracapital-backed UK ISP Ogi, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales (110,000 RFS premises passed by end of 2024), has today announced the departure of their current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founding member, Ben Allwright, after 5 years in the post.

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Owners of Fishing Trawler Ordered to Pay Virgin Media £346k Over Cable Break UPDATE

19th September, 2025 (11 Comments)

The High Court of Ireland has ruled that the owners of an Irish-registered fishing trawler, MV The Lida Suzanna, should pay the wholesale division of broadband provider Virgin Media some $397,514 (£346k) to cover the cost of repairing a key undersea fibre cable that runs between the UK and Ireland.

New UK Broadband ISP NuFibre Adopts WiFi 6 Home Routers from Genexis

19th September, 2025 (5 Comments)

New internet provider NuFibre, which was recently established by the existing owners of Yayzi Broadband (here), have signed an agreement to adopt broadband routers and mesh WiFi extenders from European network kit manufacturer Genexis. The ISP will thus become the first such UK provider to deploy the Genexis Elite HX30 residential gateway (router) and Home CX30 WiFi extender.

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Hollow Core Fibre Cables Step Closer to Commercialisation in the UK

19th September, 2025 (10 Comments)

Fibre optic network technology provider Relativity Networks has entered into a strategic partnership with UK-based Network Planning Solutions (NPS), an international provider of fibre installation and support services, in order to support commercial deployments of Hollow-Core Fibre (HCF) cables and infrastructure.

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Altnet Broadband ISP Grain Expands UK Full Fibre Network in Grimsby

19th September, 2025 (3 Comments)

Carlisle-based alternative broadband operator Grain, which in July 2025 secured a major £225m funding boost (here), has announced that they’re expanding the coverage of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network deeper into one of their original deployment towns – Grimsby in Lincolnshire.

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CWP Develops Own Broadband Switching Solution for UK Business ISPs

18th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

The Common Wholesale Platform (CWP), which is a non-profit member-owned organisation that helps alternative broadband networks to connect with the retail ISP market, has said that it plans to preview its new Business Switching solution for ISPs and UK businesses at next week’s Connected Britain 2025 event.

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Bring Full Fibre to 12,000 Homes in Sleaford

18th September, 2025 (3 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre and supporting broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to more than 12,000 homes in the Lincolnshire market town of Sleaford “for the first time“.

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PlatformX Communications to Make 300 More UK Staff Redundant

18th September, 2025 (7 Comments)

Network operator PlatformX Communications (PXC), which is a trading name of TalkTalk that sells wholesale solutions to broadband ISPs and other network providers, yesterday notified hundreds of staff that they could be made redundant by around the end of this year. Some support teams will also be moving offshore from the UK.

Broadband Altnet Fibrus Publish Audited UK Accounts and Pre-Tax Loss of £57.6m

18th September, 2025 (1 Comment)

Infracapital-backed ISP Fibrus, which has been rolling out a full fibre broadband network across N.Ireland and Cumbria (England), has published their audited accounts for the year to March 2025. The results reveal that their network now covers 440k premises (up from 410k on 2nd May 2025) and EBITDA improved by £13m year-on-year, but they also made a pre-tax loss of £57.6m.