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Gov Launches £9.5m Fund to Help More UK People Get Online

13th August, 2025 (13 Comments)

The UK Government (DSIT) has today moved to complement their recently introduced Digital Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) by launching a new £9.5m Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund (DIIF). The fund is designed to support local authorities, charities and research organisations in helping to get people online who might otherwise struggle.

Fibrus Extend Gigabit Broadband Network to 100,000 Premises in Cumbria UK

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network operator and UK ISP Fibrus has today revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit-capable broadband network has now covered 100,000 homes and businesses across Cumbria in England, which has been achieved less than three years after they started to build in the region (Nov 2022).

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Sky UK Increases its Premier League TV Sports Content and Coverage

12th August, 2025 (14 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s (Sky Broadband etc.) Pay TV services, such as Sky Glass and Sky Stream, may like to know that the UK provider has extended its partnership with the Premier League for the coming year and increased the exclusively live matches they carry from 128 to a minimum of 215. But that’s not all – new features are also coming to their streaming platforms.

SMARTY UK Mobile Launches Double and Triple Data Boosted Plans

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

SMARTY, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s (VodafoneThree) network, has moved to celebrate the summer holidays by significantly boosting the data (mobile broadband) allowances on some of their Pay Monthly SIM Only plans. For example, one of the cheapest £7 plans now comes with 24GB of data (up from 8GB) at no extra cost.

Netomnia Launch 8Gbps FTTP Biz Broadband to UK ISPs via Wholesale

12th August, 2025 (7 Comments)

Tewkesbury-based network operator Netomnia (Brsk, Youfibre), which has so far rolled out their full fibre broadband (FTTP) lines to cover 2.56 million UK premises (341,000 customers), has today significantly expanded the wholesale availability of their infrastructure by making it available via new internet providers (ISPs). Starting with business (B2B) packages.

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Jersey Competition Regulator Proposes New Telecoms Security Rules

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA) has begun a consultation on introducing new guidance for local telecoms companies on the English Channel Island of Jersey. The aim of this is to help ensure that their broadband, mobile and phone networks are both “inherently secure and reliable“.

North Yorkshire UK Looks to Wind Up NYNet 100 Broadband Company

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

The North Yorkshire Council (NYC) in England has proposed to wind-up the NYNet 100 company, which was originally created to help carry out procurement and contract management for the local authority’s Superfast North Yorkshire (SFNY) project. This has helped 201,000 premises in the rural county to access faster broadband over the last 15 years.

Vorboss Criticises Ofcom Plan to Water Down Definition of UK Leased Lines

11th August, 2025 (33 Comments)

London-focused ISP Vorboss, which runs a 100Gbps speed fibre optic network in the UK’s capital city, has told Ofcom that reclassifying the UK’s market for high capacity leased lines to include “LeasedLine Equivalents” (LLEs), such as XGS-PON technology (underpins many FTTP broadband networks), would be “misguided, confusing, and ultimately detrimental“.

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Openreach UK Restarts FTTP Broadband Build in Fuel Leak Hit Bramley

11th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator Openreach has today revealed that their engineers, alongside those of other alternative networks, are now resuming efforts to both maintain their existing network in the village of Bramley (Surrey) and to deploy new full fibre broadband (FTTP) infrastructure. Much of this was stopped a few years ago after the seriousness of a local petrol leak became clear.

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Vodafone and Three UK Update on Progress of Joint Network Sharing

11th August, 2025 (29 Comments)

Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has provided a progress update on their work to implement a new Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN), which is one of the first big benefits of the recent merger (here and here) – allowing 27 million customers to roam across both networks at no extra cost (whichever one provides the best signal in your location).

O2 UK Issue Progress Update on Removal of Inbound 2G and 3G Roaming

11th August, 2025 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has issued a progress update on their preparations for the imminent withdrawal of 2G and 3G inbound roaming services for business customers, which is due to occur in just two months’ time on 1st October 2025.

BBC Looks Set to Build its Own “radically simplified” Freely TV Streaming Box

11th August, 2025 (50 Comments)

The BBC’s Controller of Digital Transition, Helen Burrows, has confirmed that the corporation is “exploring the idea” of building its own UK set-top-box device to support the new broadband-based live TV streaming service, Freely, which until recently lacked any support among existing steaming boxes and sticks.

Broadband ISP Brillband Goes Live on AllPoints Fibre’s UK Aquila Platform

11th August, 2025 (4 Comments)

Glasgow-based full fibre broadband ISP Brillband, which was acquired by AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) back in October 2024 (here), has today announced that they’ve successfully placed their first orders via APFN’s new aquila wholesale platform – this aggregates fibre (FTTP) networks from several operators to help retail providers expand their coverage.

After 34 Years AOL Finally Closes its Dial-up Internet Service UPDATE

10th August, 2025 (31 Comments)

In a somewhat surprising development, mainly because almost everybody assumed it had died a long time ago, AOL (America Online) – one of the very first consumer ISPs in both the USA and UK – recently caused a stir again by announcing that it had “decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet” on 30th September 2025.

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Hyperoptic Appoint Ex-Virgin Media UK Veteran Sam Horrocks as New CFO

9th August, 2025 (9 Comments)

City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has spent the past few years rolling out their own full fibre (FTTP/B) network to cover 1.9 million UK premises and is also in the process of onboarding via Openreach’s network (here), this week announced that they had appointed Sam Horrocks to take on the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

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Broadband ISP Zen Internet Integrate ITS Technology and Prep Sky Leased Lines

8th August, 2025 (6 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has today announced that ITS Technology‘s business-focused UK full fibre network is now live on their Fibre Hub, which forms part of their recently agreed partnership (here) and essentially aggregates access to a number of full fibre broadband networks for partner providers. But that’s not the only development that Zen has announced.

Hampshire Town Goes 6 Weeks Without a Fully Working EE UK Mobile Signal

8th August, 2025 (13 Comments)

Some homes and businesses in the Hampshire (South Coast of England) town of Bishops Waltham have been left with poor 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) reception from EE for around six weeks. This appears to have occurred after one of the few primary shared masts in the area went partly offline during stormy weather.