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Hollow Core Fibre Cables Step Closer to Commercialisation in the UK

19th Sep, 2025 (10 Comments)

Fibre optic network technology provider Relativity Networks has entered into a strategic partnership with UK-based Network Planning Solutions (NPS), an international provider of fibre installation and support services, in order to support commercial deployments of Hollow-Core Fibre (HCF) cables and infrastructure.

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Altnet Broadband ISP Grain Expands UK Full Fibre Network in Grimsby

19th Sep, 2025 (3 Comments)

Carlisle-based alternative broadband operator Grain, which in July 2025 secured a major £225m funding boost (here), has announced that they’re expanding the coverage of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network deeper into one of their original deployment towns – Grimsby in Lincolnshire.

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CWP Develops Own Broadband Switching Solution for UK Business ISPs

18th Sep, 2025 (6 Comments)

The Common Wholesale Platform (CWP), which is a non-profit member-owned organisation that helps alternative broadband networks to connect with the retail ISP market, has said that it plans to preview its new Business Switching solution for ISPs and UK businesses at next week’s Connected Britain 2025 event.

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Bring Full Fibre to 12,000 Homes in Sleaford

18th Sep, 2025 (3 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre and supporting broadband ISP partner Virgin Media (O2), which share some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to more than 12,000 homes in the Lincolnshire market town of Sleaford “for the first time“.

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PlatformX Communications to Make 300 More UK Staff Redundant

18th Sep, 2025 (7 Comments)

Network operator PlatformX Communications (PXC), which is a trading name of TalkTalk that sells wholesale solutions to broadband ISPs and other network providers, yesterday notified hundreds of staff that they could be made redundant by around the end of this year. Some support teams will also be moving offshore from the UK.

Broadband Altnet Fibrus Publish Audited UK Accounts and Pre-Tax Loss of £57.6m

18th Sep, 2025 (1 Comment)

Infracapital-backed ISP Fibrus, which has been rolling out a full fibre broadband network across N.Ireland and Cumbria (England), has published their audited accounts for the year to March 2025. The results reveal that their network now covers 440k premises (up from 410k on 2nd May 2025) and EBITDA improved by £13m year-on-year, but they also made a pre-tax loss of £57.6m.

TBB Launch Postcode Broadband Availability Notifications by Subscription

18th Sep, 2025 (14 Comments)

Independent broadband mapping experts Thinkbroadband have today launched a useful new tool that allows you to subscribe to receive notifications about any changes to local fixed broadband availability within a postcode area. Users of the service can track up to 5 postcodes and it will send an email when changes occur.

UK ISP TalkTalk Business Replaces Legacy Systems and Appoints New Ops Director

18th Sep, 2025 (2 Comments)

Business Ethernet and broadband ISP TalkTalk Business (TTB), which was demerged from the TalkTalk Group in 2023 and thus hasn’t mirrored the new branding from their consumer division, has today announced that they’ve restructured their operations function and appointed Dean Giblin to be their Director of Operations to “enhance client-centricity“.

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A Look at Amazon’s Project Kuiper Satellite Broadband Terminals and Speeds UPDATE

18th Sep, 2025 (3 Comments)

Internet retail giant Amazon recently turned up at the UK’s DSEI 2025 Defence Exhibition & Trade Show in London to showcase their Project Kuiper network of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The good news is that some of ISPreview’s readers were there and managed to collect a few new details on service speeds and network terminals.

GoFibre to Grow UK Broadband Engineering Fleet by 140 Vehicles

17th Sep, 2025 (6 Comments)

Edinburgh-based UK alternative network GoFibre, which is rolling out a gigabit broadband (FTTP) network across remote rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has today signed a new deal with JCT600 Vehicle Leasing Solutions (VLS) to deliver a 140-vehicle fleet in order to support their network deployments.

Openreach Launch New Telecare Phone Migration Services Across UK

17th Sep, 2025 (11 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today announced the official launch of their new telecare migration services across the UK. The service is designed to help UK consumers with old analogue based phone (PSTN / WLR) and medical telecare systems to safely migrate to modern broadband-based (FTTP etc.) connections with digital phone (IP-based) services.

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Ofcom UK Open Second Investigation into IX Wireless’ Broadband Poles

17th Sep, 2025 (11 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a second investigation into wireless broadband operator IX Wireless (supported by ISP 6Gi / Opus Broadband). The probe will examine whether the provider failed in its duty to ensure that its overhead lines were at the correct height and that they complied with rules around the inspection and maintenance of infrastructure.

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Virgin Media UK Create Fixed Wholesale Broadband Unit for Consumer and Business

17th Sep, 2025 (7 Comments)

Broadband network operator and retail ISP Virgin Media (O2) has this morning announced the creation of a single dedicated Fixed Wholesale unit, which will bring together their consumer and business facing wholesale teams under one roof. This will allow rival ISPs to access their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network – currently available to 7 million premises.

Rural UK ISP Gigaclear Adopts AI to Improve Customer Broadband Installs

17th Sep, 2025 (12 Comments)

Abingdon-based broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 600,000 premises (mostly in remote rural parts of England) and is home to 150,000 customers, has today announced that they’ve adopted Vyntelligence’s AI video technology – the first UK retail fibre provider to do so – to improve customer installation journeys by reducing unnecessary work.

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Openreach Sees UK Full Fibre Broadband Traffic Grow 35 Percent in H1 2025

17th Sep, 2025 (21 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed that broadband data traffic across their UK full fibre (FTTP) network alone increased by more than 35% between Jan and June 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The busiest day so far was on 21st Feb, when a large Fortnite (video game) patch saw users gobble a total of 372PB (PetaBytes).

Transport for Wales Trials Satellite Broadband for Bus WiFi Services

16th Sep, 2025 (5 Comments)

Transport for Wales (TfW), which is a not-for-profit organisation owned by the Welsh Government, has begun trials of a new satellite internet solution to connect the unique demand-responsive transport (DRT) based fflecsi bus services in the rural area of Machynlleth (Powys). Users of the service can now benefit from onboard WiFi.

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Wireless ISP WiFi Scotland Brings Full Fibre Broadband to Rural Moray

16th Sep, 2025 (3 Comments)

Some 43 homes and businesses around remote rural parts of Moray in the Scottish Highlands have gained access to gigabit broadband speeds thanks to a new deployment by local ISP WiFi Scotland. The provider was able to harness public funding via the R100 Voucher Scheme (SBVS) to connect premises around the Craigellachie and Ben Aigan areas.