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Civil Engineering Giant M Group Completes Telent Acquisition

1st August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Civil engineering firm M Group, which was itself acquired by private equity firm CVC (here) in 2024 and also harbours a telecoms (broadband and mobile) focused division, has today announced the completion of their deal to acquire rival UK and Ireland focused technology, telecoms and street works firm Telent for an undisclosed sum.

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Quickline Cover 2,000 North Yorkshire Homes Under Gigabit Broadband Contract

1st August, 2025 (1 Comment)

Rural focused UK ISP Quickline has revealed that they’ve now covered 2,000 premises as part of their £73.5m state-aid supported Project Gigabit roll-out contract for North Yorkshire (Lot 31), which was awarded a year ago (here). The contract aims to extend gigabit-capable broadband to reach an additional 36,300 premises in some of the hardest-to-reach areas.

Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Go Live in Yorkshire Dales

1st August, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has this morning revealed that a total of 58 government-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. The most recent additions have occurred around the North Yorkshire town of Hawes – also impacting Hardraw, Appersett, Snaizeholme and Sedbusk.

Virgin Media’s Broadband Data Suggest Brits Clock Off Early on Fridays

1st August, 2025 (16 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has published some new insights from their fixed line network, which among other things reveals a fall in UK data traffic on Friday afternoons during the summer months, with as much as an 8% dip between 3-5pm compared to the winter, as “remote workers clock off early“.

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Rural Full Fibre Broadband ISP Gigaclear Appoint Two New UK Directors

1st August, 2025 (10 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 600,000 premises (mostly in remote rural parts of England), has today announced that they’ve appointed two new Directors to their board – Stephanie Liston, Chair of the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA), and Catherine Colloms, former Openreach executive.

Telefonica CEO – Virgin Media Scrap UK NetCo Broadband Wholesale Plans

1st August, 2025 (27 Comments)

The CEO of Telefónica, Marc Murtra, has clarified his own recent remarks and revealed that Virgin Media and O2’s (VMO2) plan for opening up their fixed residential broadband ISP network in the UK to wholesale (here) – via a new entity (NetCo) – is now “stopped” and not merely “on a pause” as initially indicated.

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UK Government Warns Promoting the Use of VPNs Could Attract Fines UPDATE

31st July, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK government has warned that online platforms which “deliberately target UK children and promote [Virtual Private Network] use” could now “face enforcement action, including significant financial penalties“. The statement comes after many people – ironically mostly adults – rushed to adopt VPNs to avoid the wide adoption of age verification.

London ISP CommunityFibre Discounts 500Mbps Broadband to £20

31st July, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative UK broadband ISP CommunityFibre, which has deployed their 5Gbps speed full (FTTP) network to cover 1.342 million homes (plus c.200k businesses) – mostly across London, has launched a flash sale that discounts their 500Mbps (symmetric speed) package to just £20 per month on a 24-month term.

Zayo Europe Highlights Fibre Network Expansion Across UK and Germany

31st July, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network firm Zayo Europe, which operates a large high-capacity (400G capable) metro and long-haul fibre optic network across Europe, has today revealed that they’ve increased the route miles they power by 61% in H1 2025, compared to H2 2024. Both the UK and Germany have had the biggest impact on this.

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Virgin Media O2 Joins Age UK to Help Raise Awareness of 3G Switch-Off

31st July, 2025 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve partnered with leading charity, Age UK, to help raise awareness of the 3G switch-off and provide customers using older devices with “tailored guidance and support” to help with the transition to more modern (4G, 5G) networks.

KCOM to Launch Broadband Infrastructure Sharing in Hull UK on 1st August 2025

31st July, 2025 (4 Comments)

Hull-based network operator KCOM, which has already deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across a big chunk of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has today confirmed that their new infrastructure sharing solution (i.e. giving rivals access to their cable ducts and poles) will officially go live on 1st August 2025. But is it too little, too late.

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Opensignal Examine Impact of WiFi on Real vs Subscribed UK Broadband Speeds

31st July, 2025 (9 Comments)

Network testing firm Opensignal has published a new study that examines the “striking gap” between the home broadband speeds users are promised by ISPs and the speeds they actually experience – “the biggest factor behind this disconnect is the in-home Wi-Fi environment“.

Squirrel Internet Launch 2.3Gbps Broadband Package via Freedom Fibre

31st July, 2025 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Squirrel Internet has introduced their first 2.3Gbps (2300Mbps) speed unlimited usage packages for UK homes via Freedom Fibre’s network, which will set those able to access such services back just £55 per month on a 24-month minimum term.

Freely’s UK Broadband TV Service to Adopt Netgem Streaming Boxes

31st July, 2025 (37 Comments)

Broadband-based live TV streaming service Freely, which is supported by major UK TV broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 etc.) and is an evolution – not a replacement – of the existing Freeview service (inc. Freeview Play and Freesat), has finally revealed that they’ll be launching on a streaming media device via the Netgem TV platform. But you’ll need a new box.

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CityFibre UK Finish Primary £50m Wolverhampton FTTP Broadband Rollout

30th July, 2025 (10 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.5 million UK premises, has today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £50 million build across the West Midland’s city of Wolverhampton.

Study Claims Altnet Broadband ISPs Deliver More Speed for 28 Percent Less Money

30th July, 2025 (28 Comments)

New research from Broadband Genie, which surveyed 3,996 UK broadband customers, claims to have found that consumers who adopt packages from ISPs that harness alternative networks (i.e. not Openreach or Virgin Media based) could be getting twice the internet speed for almost a third (28%) off the price.

Ofcom Fine UK Broadband ISP Gigaclear £122k Over Calling Info Failure

30th July, 2025 (10 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator has today fined alternative rural broadband ISP Gigaclear £122,500 after they were found to have failed to “provide accurate and reliable caller location information to emergency services,” which could have made it more difficult for the police, fire and ambulances to find callers.