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14th May, 2025 (17 Comments)

Property developer Persimmon Homes (Persimmon Plc) has this morning announced that they’ve sold their sibling broadband ISP, FibreNest, which offered internet packages to homeowners on the developments where they’d deployed their own “full fibre” (FTTP) lines, to alternative network provider BUUK Infrastructure (aka – GTC, OFNL – Open Fibre Networks Limited).

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14th May, 2025 (3 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator All Points Fibre Networks (APFN) will today formally launch its new Aquila wholesale platform into the wider UK market, which aims to make it simpler and easier for UK ISPs and resellers to gain access to Openreach, BTWholesale, CityFibre and APFN’s combined full fibre (FTTP) network footprints (c. 19 million premises).

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13th May, 2025 (1 Comment)

Sky’s sibling NOW Broadband (NOW TV) sub-brand has finally confirmed that existing customers will continue to be hit with the same approach to annual price hikes as they adopted last year. This means that the monthly price of their internet packages will be going up by £3 extra (£36 per year), impacting bills issued on or after 5th July 2025.

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13th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), which is a global trade body that works to address issues affecting mobile networks, has met with the UK Government’s Home Office to discuss the future Telecom Fraud Charter (TFC) and how they can improve the progress being made in tackling Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS text messaging fraud.

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13th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Hampshire-based UK ISP toob, which have deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across parts of Southern England, has today announced that they’ve expanded the availability of their services – under their complementary partnership with CityFibre – to another 12 cities and towns across the UK.

GoFibre-engineer-in-street

13th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Edinburgh-based alternative network and UK ISP GoFibre, which is busy deploying their new full fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband network across rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has today announced that they’ve expanded their coverage into the Scottish Borders village of Ladykirk and the Northumberland community of Norham.

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IX Wireless Mast in Blackburn

13th May, 2025 (11 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a new investigation into wireless broadband operator IX Wireless (supported by UK ISP 6Gi / Opus Broadband), which will examine whether the network provider failed in its duty to minimise the visual impact of a 15-metre metal mast / pole when it was installed in Rochdale during 2023.

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13th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

The business division of mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has today revealed that their O2 Recycle for Business service, which helps companies of all sizes to trade in their old technology (usually in return for cash, credits or a charitable donation), has helped to save 45,000 devices from waste (earning nearly £330k) since it was relaunched in October 2023.

Nexfibre-Q1-2025-FTTP-Build-UK-Progress-Map

13th May, 2025 (21 Comments)

Nexfibre, which shares some of their parentage with ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), recently published their latest quarterly (Q1 2025) build update and confirmed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband network now covers 2.2 million UK premises. But a big chunk of their future build plan for 2025-26 has now vanished.

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13th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) appears to have quietly reopened their Access Broadband Cymru (ABC) grant scheme during the middle of last week. This is being backed by an investment pot of £1 million (annual budget) and offers funding to help rural homes get a 30Mbps+ broadband service installed in areas of slow connectivity.

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12th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Independent wholesale, broadband and data centre connectivity provider VeloxServ has today announced that their UK ISP partners will benefit from their new “collaboration” with London-focused provider Vorboss, which operates a 100Gbps capable full fibre network in the city.

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12th May, 2025 (2 Comments)

Scottish train operator ScotRail has today announced that they’ve launched a new 6-month trial alongside communications provider Clarus Networks, which will extend their Starlink (satellite) based broadband upgrade of onboard WiFi – this is to include six class 158 trains that travel along their Highlands routes in Scotland.

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12th May, 2025 (2 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network operator Fibrus has today revealed that their £108m publicly funded Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract in Cumbria (Lot 28), which was awarded to the operator in November 2022 (here), has so far managed to reach “almost” 12,500 more homes and businesses. But many more are due to follow.

iD-Mobile-2024-UK-illustration

12th May, 2025 (3 Comments)

Low-cost mobile provider iD Mobile (Currys), which harnesses Three UK’s national 4G and 5G network via a virtual operator (MVNO) partnership, has today moved to help mark its 10th anniversary by launching a new customer rewards platform called ‘iD Perks‘ – offering various discounts from household names like Disney, Booking.com, Morrisons and The AA etc.

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12th May, 2025 (7 Comments)

The business division of broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 – VMO2 Business – has this morning announced plans to merge their complementary direct B2B operations with those of the Daisy Group, which aims to “create a major new force in the UK business communications and IT sector” via a new entity.

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12th May, 2025 (20 Comments)

Industry trade body Mobile UK, which represents Three UK, EE, O2 and Vodafone, has published a new report from Assembly Research that calls on the government to “secure the UK’s economic growth goals and maintain its competitive standing” by supporting their familiar wish list of demands to help boost the roll-out and coverage of mobile networks (4G, 5G etc.).

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11th May, 2025 (24 Comments)

The One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is the industry-led organisation responsible for helping to deliver Ofcom’s solution (One Touch Switching) for easier and quicker UK consumer switching between broadband and phone providers on different networks, has successfully completed 1 million service migrations since its launch on 12th September 2024.

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