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CMA Fast Tracks Nexfibre £2bn Netomnia Broadband Merger to Phase 2 Competition Probe

1st July, 2026 (16 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today announced that it will skip a Phase 1 review of the proposed £2bn acquisition (here) of alternative full fibre UK broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group) by nexfibre (Liberty Global, Telefónica and InfraVia), which will instead see them skip right to a deeper Phase 2 competition investigation.

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New Bill Aims to Stop Mid-Contract Price Rises on UK Broadband and Mobile

1st July, 2026 (22 Comments)

The Conservative MP for Hinckley and Bosworth, Dr Luke Evans (Shadow Health Minister), has tabled a new Private Members Bill (PMB) that seeks to “prohibit” mobile, landline (phone) and broadband providers from increasing their prices mid-way through your contract. But it’s chances of becoming law are fairly slim.

Fuse Mobile Launch New UK Multi-Network eSIM Mobile Broadband Service

1st July, 2026 (10 Comments)

A new eSIM focused virtual mobile provider has recently launched called Fuse Mobile, which as the name suggests is designed to provide consumers with mobile data plans than can automatically harness the 4G and 5G networks of EE, Three UK, Vodafone, and O2 through a single eSIM plan.

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UK ISP Quickline Tweaks Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout for Lincolnshire

30th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, appears to have had its Project Gigabit contract for Lincolnshire and East Riding tweaked. The result is a reduction in their contracted coverage target for the intervention area.

ITVX UK Streaming Service to Adopt New Edge Video Delivery Network

30th June, 2026 (10 Comments)

Broadcaster ITV has announced that they’ve selected MainStreaming’s edge video delivery network to help power their ITVX streaming platform and app, which is mostly said to be down to its ability to integrate deeply within broadband and mobile networks, strengthened by its recent strategic partnership with telecoms giant BT (EE).

Openreach Tweaks and Evolves Equinox FTTP Broadband Pricing Scheme

30th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today informed broadband ISPs (Communications Providers) about some tweaks to their existing Equinox price discounts for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines at wholesale, which are intended to take effect from 1st July next year (2027) – following publication of the November 2026 inflation (CPI) figure.

Openreach Slightly Expand Worcestershire UK Project Gigabit Broadband Build

30th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

The government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has posted a contract modification for Openreach’s (BT) £42m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit Call Off 7 contract for Worcestershire (England), which originally aimed to expand their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to around 22,600 hard-to-reach premises, but will now cover around 23,000.

O2 UK Warns Mobile Customers Over New Inactive SIM Scam

30th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has warned customers that fraudsters are using a “new” phishing tactic to steal their private personal and security details (i.e. granting them access to their MyO2 accounts), which involves criminals posing as the telecoms company while claiming that the customers’ SIM cards are about to expire.

Sky Broadband and Openreach Make Dogs Dinner of Community Hall Fibre Upgrade

30th June, 2026 (12 Comments)

A Worcester-based community hall was left without a working broadband connection for several weeks after Sky Broadband and Openreach managed to mess up a copper to full fibre network upgrade. The process resulted in the wrong house getting the connection instead and confusion over whether the Hall was a commercial or residential property.

Virgin Media Business Launch 2Gbps Symmetric Speed UK Broadband Plans

30th June, 2026 (4 Comments)

Back in May 2026 we reported (here) that broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMB) were preparing to introduce new packages for small business customers that would offer symmetric speeds via their latest XGS-PON based full fibre (FTTP) network at speeds of up to 2Gbps (2,000Mbps). ISPreview has spotted that they’ve now quietly introduced the new plans.

Customers of UK Broadband ISP Zen Internet Face Another IP Address Switch

30th June, 2026 (23 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has recently begun notifying customers of yet another migration of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for a small subset (under 2%) of user IPv4 allocations, which for most subscribers should only result in a brief service disruption (c.30 seconds) and possibly the need for a router reboot. But others may find it more of a pain.

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Wessex Internet Revenues Jump as Broadband Covers 66,000 UK Premises

29th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP and alternative network builder Wessex Internet, which is deploying a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless networks across Southern England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2025. The report reveals that revenues jumped by 47.7% to £8.5m in the year and their network coverage passed 66,000 premises.

Alternative UK Full Fibre Networks to Launch Broadband Independents’ Day

29th June, 2026 (5 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has announced their intention to launch a national week-long campaign commencing on 4th July 2026 called Broadband Independents’ Day, which aims to raise awareness about alternative broadband networks (altnets) to help homes and businesses discover what ISP options are available.

Comcast Spin-off NBCUniversal and Sky into Separate Publicly Traded Companies

29th June, 2026 (4 Comments)

American cable giant Comcast, which back in 2018 gobbled Sky’s pan-European TV and broadband ISP business with a bid of £30bn (here), has today announced that they intend to separate their media and technology businesses into public companies through a “tax-free spin-off” of NBCUniversal and Sky.

Virgin Media O2 UK Sets Out New Green Transition Plan to Hit Net Zero in 2040

29th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have this morning set out their new Green Transition Plan, which claims to reveal how it will achieve Net Zero carbon emissions across its full value chain, while reducing its environmental impact, by their current target for the end of 2040.

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BT and Verizon Combine International Enterprises into 50:50 Joint Venture

29th June, 2026 (9 Comments)

British telecoms and broadband giant BT Group has this morning announced that they’ve signed an agreement with Verizon Communications to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture. Both operators will hold equal voting rights and Verizon has agreed to pay BT an equalisation payment of $625m (£473m).

B4RN Connect 15,700 Customers to Rural 10Gbps Broadband Network

29th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural-focus internet provider B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which is a community built and supported network that has so far deployed their 10Gbps full fibre (FTTP) lines to cover 32,000 rural premises in England (up from 30k in Apr 2025), has now grown its customer base to 15,700 (up from 15k in Sept 2025).