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BT and Virgin Media O2 in Competition Spat Over £50 UK Broadband Discount

12th Jul, 2026 (0 Comments)

Remember when Openreach (BT) recently announced that it was going to give broadband ISPs on its network an extra £50 rebate for winning incremental new “full fibre” (FTTP) customers in areas where it competes with Virgin Media (here)? Well, the latter isn’t very happy, naturally, and has accused the incumbent of trying to “choke” off competition in the market.

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TalkTalk’s Wholesale Arm PXC Reportedly Receives Bids from Several Parties

10th Jul, 2026 (0 Comments)

The heavily indebted UK broadband focused TalkTalk Group has reportedly received bids for its wholesale arm, PlatformX Communications (PXC), which is said to value the company in the “hundreds of millions of pounds“. The interest is said to have come from Africa-focused Telecel, as well as others like private equity firm Epiris, which has teamed up with PXC executive chairman Tom O’Hagan.

O2 UK Expand its Inclusive USA Mobile Roaming to Classic Plan Users

10th Jul, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that, in order to support England’s place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 football finals, they’ve extended their inclusive roaming benefit for eligible pay monthly customers travelling to the USA to include pay monthly Classic Plan customers. But only for a limited time, naturally.

LSBUD and UK Government Collaborate to Make Telecoms Street Works Safer

10th Jul, 2026 (0 Comments)

The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government (DSIT), which is responsible for the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), to develop a collaboration framework for improving safe digging practices.

UAE Telecoms Group Sells 16.21 Percent Stake in Vodafone Group for £4.43bn

10th Jul, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Vodafone Group has this morning confirmed that Abu Dhabi-based E& (Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC) has sold its entire 16.21% stake – some 3,944,743,685 ordinary shares – in the global mobile operator to Vega, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by the Niel family group (owner of French telecoms firm Iliad), for $5.95bn (£4.43bn).

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VodafoneThree Reveal Mobile Data Traffic for England’s World Cup Matches

9th Jul, 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today revealed that mobile data (mobile broadband) usage hit “unprecedented heights” across England’s various FIFA World Cup 2026 football matches so far, with the recent win against Mexico in the early hours of Monday morning causing significant usage.

Nexfibre Appoints Ex-Openreach Veteran as New UK Chief Commercial Officer

9th Jul, 2026 (6 Comments)

Broadband network operator nexfibre, which shares some of their parentage with Virgin Media and O2 (harnessing the same build teams), has today announced the appointment of ex-Openreach veteran Ses Indy – where he spent 17 long years and held various senior roles – to be their new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

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Building Controls Updated to Fix Stalled Fibre Broadband Rollouts for Big Buildings UPDATE

9th Jul, 2026 (5 Comments)

The Ministry of Housing (MHCLG) and UK ISP Association (ISPA) have today unveiled crucial changes to address the current problem with the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) approval processes in England, which are known to have caused big delays and increased costs for broadband and mobile operators trying to deploy full fibre networks into large buildings (MDUs etc.).

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Virgin Media Business Wholesale Update on Progress Toward XGS-PON Based EoFTTP

9th Jul, 2026 (0 Comments)

The wholesale division of UK broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMB / VMBW) recently brought together more than 100 partners at its Partner Connect event in London to discuss AI, rising data demands and the need for higher-capacity networks. The business also shared a progress update on its XGS-PON-enabled Ethernet over FTTP (full fibre) proposition.

Broadband ISP Aquiss Blast CityFibre in Complaint Over Poor UK Support

9th Jul, 2026 (9 Comments)

Shropshire-based independent UK ISP Aquiss has notified their customers of concerns that dealing with one of the country’s largest alternative broadband networks, CityFibre, has recently become “incredibly difficult” after the alternative network let a sizeable number of staff go in recent redundancies.

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50 UK Gov Funded 4G Mobile Rural Mast Upgrades Now Live in Scotland

9th Jul, 2026 (4 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has today revealed that 50 publicly funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live in Scotland as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project – providing coverage from EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) across more than 1,900 sq km.

Redundancies Strike Alternative UK Broadband Provider Freedom Truespeed

9th Jul, 2026 (1 Comment)

The FreedomTruespeed Group, which is a recently merged (Freedom Fibre and Truespeed) alternative full fibre broadband network that covers a footprint of 430,000 UK premises (RFS) and over 70,000 customers, has confirmed to ISPreview that they’re set to suffer some new redundancies.

Vodafone Trials New Energy-Saving 5G Mobile Antennas and Software

9th Jul, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has revealed that, in an “industry-first“, they’ve managed to achieve energy-savings of up to 10% using new software and hardware-based power saving techniques, as well as an additional 20% reduction with next generation radios.

EE UK Set to Launch New One Up Customer Rewards Scheme on Friday

8th Jul, 2026 (10 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE UK (BT) is preparing to launch a new rewards (loyalty) programme on Friday for existing customers called “One Up“, which is set to be more of a complement than a replacement for their existing ‘Rewards’ scheme.

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Openreach to Upgrade 115 MDU Buildings to FTTP Broadband in Havering

8th Jul, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has reached a new access agreement (wayleave) with the London Borough of Havering, which will enable them to deploy their full fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband network across approximately 115 buildings (blocks of flats and apartments) – reaching thousands of extra homes.

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Study Claims 5 Million Brits on UK Coast at Risk of Accidental Mobile Roaming Charges

8th Jul, 2026 (24 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults (weighted to be nationally representative), which was commissioned by Uswitch.com, has claimed that more than 5 million people (9.8%) have seen their phone connect to an overseas network while they were still in the UK, triggering a roaming charge or alert. But 76% of respondents still think this is “impossible” or have never heard of it.

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Ofcom Hit Virgin Media UK with £28m Fine for Preventing Contract Cancellations UPDATE

8th Jul, 2026 (42 Comments)

Broadband, phone and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has today been fined £28 million by Ofcom after the UK telecoms regulator found that they had made it difficult for customers to cancel their contracts. Millions of customer calls were said to have been “deliberately mishandled, creating unnecessary barriers to switching or cancelling“.