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ISP MTH Networks Joins Trooli’s UK Full Fibre Broadband Network

24th June, 2026 (4 Comments)

Broadband provider MTH Networks has today confirmed that they’ve gone live on Trooli’s alternative full fibre (FTTP) network, which covers premises across the South East, South West and East Anglia Regions of England and a small part of Scotland.

Openreach exchange engineer testing fibre

Constant Group to Build Enclosures for Openreach’s UK Exchange Exit Programme

24th June, 2026 (12 Comments)

The Oldham-based Constant Group, which is a British single source solution provider for sheet metal fabrication – from telecom / broadband cabinets to POS displays, has secured a contract from Openreach (BT) to develop and deliver secure external enclosures as part of the operator’s nationwide Exchange Exit programme.

2025 Openreach FTTP engineer up pole for Project Gigabit

Bolton Community Wins Fight to Stop New Openreach Broadband Poles

24th June, 2026 (34 Comments)

The residential community of Bromley Cross, which sits in the leafy northern suburbs of Bolton (Greater Manchester), appear to have succeeded in their campaign against Openreach’s (BT) plan to deploy new wood telecoms poles to support their gigabit full fibre broadband (FTTP) network expansion around Grange Park Road.

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Multiple UK Broadband ISP Checkers and Order Systems Currently Down UPDATE4

24th June, 2026 (10 Comments)

Reports are coming in that a number of major and minor broadband providers, such as Sky Broadband, BT, Virgin Media, Vodafone and many others, are currently suffering some disruption to their online availability checkers and ordering systems that is preventing new customers from signing up. A few providers have linked this to a problem with Openreach (BT Group).

UK Ranks 2nd for Fixed Broadband Speed vs Countries of Similar Size to Romania

24th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

France-based internet connection benchmarking firm nPerf has this morning published the results from their first biannual (H1) 2026 crowdsourced study into fixed broadband ISP speeds among “countries comparable in size to Romania“, which saw the United Kingdom rank 2nd with an overall score of 126,638 nPoints (just behind Romania on 128,587).

Slow snail speed UK broadband network by 123RF ID65113067

Study Claims 18 Percent of UK Broadband Homes Fail to Receive Min 10Mbps Speed

24th June, 2026 (13 Comments)

A new study from Broadband Genie, which analysed 144,067 web-based broadband speed tests over an unspecified 12-month period, has claimed that 18% households in the UK are receiving “broadband” download speeds slower than the Universal Service Obligation (USO) of 10Mbps download or 1Mbps upload. But take that claim with a pinch of salt.

ITS Tech Extending Full Fibre Broadband Network to 13 New UK Areas

24th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which has already deployed various open access and business-focused Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband ISP and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, has today announced that their full fibre infrastructure is to be extended into 13 additional towns and cities across England, Scotland and Wales.

Broadband and Mobile Networks Strained by UK Heatwave – No Major Blackouts Expected

24th June, 2026 (6 Comments)

A few years have passed since we had a national heatwave that, across a large swathe of the country, pushed daytime temperatures to around the 40c level. Today and tomorrow will see similar temperatures and that’s going to cause some broadband and mobile infrastructure to struggle, albeit almost certainly without major national blackouts.

ISP TalkTalk Pauses Sale of FTTC Broadband Lines to New UK Customers

24th June, 2026 (11 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk has confirmed to ISPreview that they’re no longer selling Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) based broadband packages on Openreach’s network to new customers. But the ISP says that this is only a “pause” while they finish setting up their new platform.

Utility Warehouse Set 5 Year UK Growth Plan as 568,647 Take Broadband

23rd June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Energy and communications provider Telecom Plus, trading as Utility Warehouse (UW), has today published their latest H2 FY26 Results to the end of March 2026 and revealed that their broadband ISP grew its total UK customer base to 568,647 (up from 561,086 in H1) and their mobile base grew to 787,426 (up from 698,054).

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Gov Consults on UK Plan for Terrestrial TV Switch Off and Broadband Support

23rd June, 2026 (37 Comments)

The Government has today proposed to switch-off terrestrial TV signals in either 2034 or 2044 as part of a wider change to reflect the move to internet-based streaming, provided broadband coverage is ready to support the transition (they expect it to be). Support will also be provided to the UK homes that may struggle to afford broadband, possibly backed by a new subsidy scheme.

O2 UK Set to Start 2G Mobile Network Switch Off in Summer 2029

23rd June, 2026 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning revealed that they will start switching off their “decades-old” 2G network starting in Summer 2029. The move follows their “successful” 3G switch off programme, which was completed at the end of 2025. But removing 2G is a slower and more complex process due to the many services that still depend upon it.

Serious Fraud Office Investigates Internet Mobile Communications Ltd

23rd June, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that they’re investigating a UK-based telecoms services provider called Internet Mobile Communications Limited (aka – Bank of Telecom) over allegations of “suspected fraud, false accounting, and money laundering“. The company collapsed into administration back in June 2024.

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UK ISP BT Saw 544 Percent Surge in ITVX Traffic During Scotland v Morocco

22nd June, 2026 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP BT has informed ISPreview that last Friday’s (19th June) FIFA World Cup 2026 match between Scotland v Morocco, which kicked off at 11pm BST (UK time), sent streaming demand across their network soaring, with a 544% increase in peak traffic through ITVX compared with an average evening.

Community Forum for UK Broadband ISP TalkTalk Goes Offline for Days UPDATE

22nd June, 2026 (1 Comment)

Customers of consumer broadband provider TalkTalk, specifically those looking to engage with their community forum, have spent the past few days scratching their heads after both the forum and many supporting support pages on the provider’s website – including their all important ‘Service Status’ page – suddenly went offline.

Stable Life Manager Mags Powell with employees - GoFibre Fund

Broadband ISP GoFibre Award £12k to Four Scottish Border Community Projects

22nd June, 2026 (2 Comments)

Edinburgh-based alternative UK broadband network GoFibre, which is building a gigabit full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has today awarded £12,000 to four community projects under their GoFurther fund in the Scottish Borders area where their infrastructure is being built.

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VodafoneThree Extend CityFibre Partnership to Link More UK Mobile Sites

22nd June, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile and broadband operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today announced that they’ve extended their existing partnership with CityFibre, which will see the fixed line operator’s full fibre network being used to feed capacity for network transmission services at “selected mobile sites” in support of the operator’s 5G Standalone rollout.