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BT Switch 3 Million UK Homes to Digital Voice Ahead of Legacy Phone Switch Off

20th March, 2026 (17 Comments)

Broadband and phone provider BT (EE) has today revealed that the majority of its landline phone using customers, over 3 million UK households, have now successfully switched to its IP-based Digital Voice service. But there’s still more to go ahead of the analogue phone switch-off in January 2027. Some 80% of BT’s business voice customers have also switched.

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Rural UK FTTP Broadband ISP Fibrus Donates £1m to Community Projects

20th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

Alternative network operator and ISP Fibrus has today revealed that they’ve surpassed the £1 million mark in terms of how much investment they’ve put toward community projects across Northern Ireland and Cumbria (England). This usually occurs in the locations where they’ve been rolling out their new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network.

Subsea Cable Break Knocks Out Broadband and Mobile for Part of Orkney

20th March, 2026 (11 Comments)

A BT subsea fibre optic cable that runs between Evie on the Orkney Mainland and nearby Westray, which forms part of an archipelago off the northeastern coast of Scotland, has suffered a “major” break that’s disrupting both broadband and some mobile (Vodafone / Three UK and O2) connectivity for over 500 customers in the North Isles (inc. Eday, Stronsay and Sanday).

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Business Broadband ISP B4BC Raise Concerns Over UK Rival One Connectivity UPDATE

20th March, 2026 (2 Comments)

Birmingham-based business broadband and UK communications provider Best 4 Business Communications (B4BC) appears to have contacted customers of Derby-based rival One Connectivity in order to raise concerns over the stability of the business, which recently became the subject of a winding-up petition by HMRC.

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March 2026 Contract Progress for UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

19th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today released their March 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts that have been awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 227,310 contracted premises (up from 215,380 in Feb 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 1,020,160.

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Ofcom Open 10GHz of UK Spectrum in Q and V Bands for Satellite Broadband

19th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today allowed broadband satellite operators (e.g. Starlink and Amazon Leo) to harness up to 10GHz of extra radio spectrum frequency in the Q and V bands to help boost the backhaul data capacity of their ground-based gateway sites. But the main focus of this will initially be on rural “low density” areas covering 94% of the UK’s landmass.

Mobile Operator Spusu UK Celebrates Topping 150,000 Subscribers

19th March, 2026 (11 Comments)

The SIM-Only mobile provider Spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement to harness EE’s 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network, has today announced that they’ve reached a key milestone by growing to total 150,000 active subscribers in less than three years since launch in the UK.

O2 UK Expands 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Scotland

19th March, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve so far switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) mobile broadband network across 66 large towns and cities, 175 smaller towns, and 1,120 villages in Scotland as part of its UK-wide rollout. A total of over 4 million people and businesses now have access in the country.

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Microsoft Domain Blacklist Causes Email Problems for UK ISP Zen Internet

19th March, 2026 (17 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Zen Internet appear to have been experiencing difficulties sending emails to Microsoft’s popular email services (Outlook / Hotmail etc.) since last week, which occurred after the software giant “blacklisted some domain servers hosted in our network“.

Mobile UK Travel eSIM Provider easySim Global Launch Unlimited Data

19th March, 2026 (10 Comments)

Mobile service provider easySim.global, which is part of the Stelios-linked easy® family (easyJet, easyCar etc.) and offers low cost travel data (mobile broadband) to use all around the world via eSIM, has this week informed customers that they’ve started offering Unlimited Data eSIMs.

Full Fibre ISP Hyperoptic Scrap 33Mbps UK Home Broadband Package UPDATE

19th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which claims to have deployed their gigabit speed network to cover 1.9 million UK homes (mostly across blocks of flats / MDUs), has today finally removed their legacy entry-level 33Mbps package for new customers (existing subscribers will continue to be supported).

UK Government Seeks to do More with OneWeb’s Broadband Satellites

18th March, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Minister for Digital Government and Data, Ian Murray MP, has indicated that they’re looking closely at how their stake in OneWeb’s (Eutelsat) constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) could be used to ensure domestic communications resilience in remote areas; as opposed to becoming too reliant on Elon Musk’s Starlink.

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NOMADLINK Launches to Offer Instant Gigabit Connectivity in Remote UK Areas

18th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

Several UK-based and European technology companies, including Excelerate Technology, Eutelsat (OneWeb) and Livewire Digital, have today launched a new solution called NOMADLINK, which is a trailer pulled unit that can be used to deliver emergency broadband and voice connectivity to major incidents, large public events, and rural or isolated communities across the UK.

O2 UK’s Recycle Service Saved 85,500 Devices from Landfill in 2025

18th March, 2026 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has today revealed that their O2 Recycle service, which helps people to trade in their old technology (usually in return for cash, credits or a charitable donation), has helped to save 85,500 devices from waste in 2025 – paying out nearly £6.6 million to customers trading in their unwanted tech.

UK ISP The One Broadband Acquires CityFibre Customer Base of Octaplus

18th March, 2026 (8 Comments)

London-based ISP The One Broadband (‘The One‘) has acquired the CityFibre linked customer base of retail internet provider Octaplus, which has spent the past few years selling broadband packages to consumers via a number of alternative full fibre networks. But customers on the provider’s other networks “will not be affected“.

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New Report Claims Small Changes Can Deliver Big 5G Mobile Boost for England

18th March, 2026 (2 Comments)

A new report from The YIMBY Initiative (TYI), which describes itself as a cross-party UK research led think-tank, has today argued that “small changes” to existing legislation and frameworks could reform the planning system just enough to help boost the deployment and coverage of 5G based mobile broadband networks.

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Giffgaff Launch Cheaper 24 Month UK Full Fibre Broadband Contracts

17th March, 2026 (13 Comments)

Mobile and internet provider giffgaff has today expanded their range of monthly rolling fixed full fibre (FTTP) broadband plans by introducing the option of a cheaper 24-month minimum contract term. The move makes the monthly pricing on each of their packages between £3 and £4 cheaper. Existing members will also get 3 months of service for free.