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The Hidden Impact of CityFibre’s UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts Retreat

22nd June, 2026 (22 Comments)

At the end of last month CityFibre announced that they’d reached an agreement with the Government to significantly cut the roll-out scope of their Project Gigabit broadband contracts. At the time this was expressed as being because commercial builds by rivals would reach further than originally expected. But this overlooked the hidden gap of premises that have been left with no alternative plans.

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Streetwave UK Reveals Quality of Mobile Network Coverage in Neath Port Talbot

20th June, 2026 (5 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has published the partial results from a new study, which compared real-world mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and mobile broadband performance across the Neath Port Talbot Council (NPTC) area in Wales, which sits just next to Swansea and is home to around 145,000 people.

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Broadband ISP Olilo Sign UK Government Charter to Stop Unexpected Bill Hikes

19th June, 2026 (9 Comments)

The relatively new broadband provider Olilo has today become the latest retail ISP to sign up to the Government’s Telecoms Consumer Charter (TCC), which was first introduced in February 2026 and follows the addition of Hyperoptic at the start of this week.

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June 2026 UK Contract Progress of the Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

19th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today released their June 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts awarded under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 271,460 contracted premises (up from 256,680 in May 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 839,340 (32% complete).

New Report Examines the UK’s Public Switched Telephone Network Switch Off

19th June, 2026 (31 Comments)

A new independent research report has been published by BroadbandSwitch.uk, which provides a fairly detailed and useful overview of Britain’s move to switch-off the old analogue phone network on 31st January 2027, which was previously delayed from the original end of 2025 deadline in order to protect vulnerable consumers.

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140 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Now Live Across UK

19th June, 2026 (11 Comments)

The UK Government has confirmed that a total of 140 publicly-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across the United Kingdom (up from 100 at the end of 2025), which includes new sites in England, Wales and Scotland as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. But more are set to follow before 2027.

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Tribunal Says BT is a UK Public Authority for Environmental Regs, But Not Openreach

19th June, 2026 (4 Comments)

A Tribunal has ruled that broadband and phone provider BT’s role, obligations and statutory powers make it sufficiently public in character for environmental-information purposes, but network access provider Openreach’s separate corporate status means it does not cross that same legal threshold.

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Netomnia UK Brings FTTP Broadband Network to 40,000 Premises in Sale

18th June, 2026 (3 Comments)

Broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group, YouFibre), which has deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover over 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 500,000 customers), have today confirmed that their deployment across the town of Sale in the Trafford district of Greater Manchester has reached 40,000 premises (RFS).

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ISP Hey! Broadband Discounts 400Mbps to £23 for the FIFA World Cup

18th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Internet provider Hey! Broadband, which offers services to homes in various areas covered by the F&W Networks (Fibre and Wireless) full fibre infrastructure – mostly across the South East of England, has discounted their 400Mbps (symmetric) package to £23 per month for new customers that sign-up during the 2026 FIFA World Cup 2026.

Wildanet Launch Symmetric Full Fibre Broadband in Cornwall and Devon UK

18th June, 2026 (5 Comments)

Alternative rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which is building a new 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England (Devon and Cornwall), has today announced that they’ve upgraded their service to deliver symmetric speeds (i.e. the same speeds for both downloads and uploads).

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Opensignal Q1 2026 Study Ranks UK Bottom for 5G Mobile Performance in Europe

18th June, 2026 (12 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has this morning published their latest analysis of 5G non-standalone mobile (mobile broadband) and 5G Standalone (5G+) availability and performance across Europe. The results rank the UK last in Europe with average download speeds one-third of Denmark’s and the lowest Excellent Consistent Quality score in the region.

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Analysing Broadband Traffic Impact of England v Croatia – 2026 FIFA World Cup UPDATE4

18th June, 2026 (9 Comments)

Last night at 9pm saw England take on Croatia in their first FIFA World Cup 2026 match and, given the growing prevalence of TV streaming solutions and the fact that the match took place outside of normal working hours, we were keen to learn whether this would have a noticeable impact on internet traffic. ISPreview has thus examined the impact on several networks.

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Virgin Media O2 Satellite UK Mobile Service Extended to Google Pixel Users

18th June, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that their Direct-to-Device (D2D) based O2 Satellite service (here), which for £3 extra per month enables normal Smartphones to connect to their mobile network via Starlink’s cell-focused broadband satellites, now also works on Google Pixel devices (phones).

GoFibre Update on £105m Project Gigabit Broadband Build in North East Scotland

18th June, 2026 (5 Comments)

Edinburgh-based UK alternative network operator GoFibre, which is building full fibre (FTTP) broadband across rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has provided an update on their rollout in the North East of Scotland under the publicly subsidised Project Gigabit contract. The first locations have now started to go live for customers.

First Mast Sites Live as JT Starts Island-wide 5G Mobile Rollout on Guernsey

18th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

State-owned broadband and telecoms operator JT Global (Jersey Telecom), supported by technology partner Ericsson, has this week announced that they’ve finally begun the roll-out of their new 5G mobile network across the channel island of Guernsey. The first two sites are now live in and around St Peter Port.

EU Reveals 2026 Gigabit Broadband and 5G Coverage Progress vs UK

18th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has published their annual 2026 study of broadband and mobile network coverage in Europe, which reveals how the EU’s fixed gigabit broadband (FTTP and Hybrid Fibre Coax) and 5G mobile networks compare across all of its 27 countries. We compare this with the United Kingdom below.

EE UK Confirms Disney+ Streaming Service Now Available on TV Platform

18th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Much as ISPreview leaked earlier this month (here). Customers of broadband and mobile provider EE (BT) can now finally access the Disney+ app on their EE TV Box Pro and EE TV Box Edge devices. But billing for related subscriptions will still be managed directly by Disney+, rather than as part of EE’s service.