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Business UK Broadband ISP Fibre1 Acquired by Kube Networks Limited

10th Nov, 2025 (0 Comments)

Glasgow-based ISP, managed IT and Cloud provider KubeNet (Kube Networks), which is backed by investment from Maven Capital Partners and Kerrera Newco Limited, has announced the acquisition of the client base of Moray-based business broadband provider Fibre1 for an undisclosed sum.

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Poverty Alliance Warn Vulnerable Users at Risk from UK 2G and 3G Mobile Switch Off UPDATE

10th Nov, 2025 (22 Comments)

A new report from the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has warned that the ongoing switch-off by mobile operators Vodafone / Three UK, EE and O2 of legacy 3G and 2G networks “exposes a deep fault line in digital inclusion,” which they say could risk disconnecting vulnerable users (e.g. those with telecare systems and safety devices) from essential communication and support.

TalkTalk UK Broadband Group Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

10th Nov, 2025 (2 Comments)

The debt troubled TalkTalk Group, which at this point has been through a demerger of its businesses, several funding deals (here, here and here), job cuts and is currently said to be considering the possible disposal (sale) of its remaining businesses (here), has today announced the appointment of Henry Davies as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Not an easy job, we suspect.

INCA Calls for Clarity from Openreach on Which UK Homes Won’t Get Full Fibre

10th Nov, 2025 (31 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, has today called on incumbent network operator Openreach (BT) to clarify which homes it’s likely to sacrifice if they carry out their threat to scale-back the deployment of full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The altnets will then know where to target.

Gigaclear Call for Openreach Changes to Bring Gigabit Broadband to UK Rural Areas

10th Nov, 2025 (13 Comments)

Abingdon-based alternative broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 612,000 premises in rural parts of England (inc. 160,000 customers), has responded to Openreach’s recent threat to scale-back their own fibre roll-out (here) by calling for “fair regulation between the incumbent and altnets to level the playing field“.

Openreach Faces Protest in Lincoln Over Rollout of 40 Broadband Poles

9th Nov, 2025 (42 Comments)

The Street Works and Permitting Manager at Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England, Ashley Behan, has asked network access provider Openreach (BT) to “pause” the roll-out of 40 new telecoms poles – needed to expand the coverage of their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network – until they can explain how they’re going to respond to local complaints and engage with the community.

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Ofcom Predict 97 Percent of UK Covered by Gigabit Broadband in Jan 2028

8th Nov, 2025 (9 Comments)

Somehow, we overlooked that the telecoms regulator had published the fourth edition of their forecast for Planned Network Deployments, which has revised down its expectations of future coverage after UK broadband operators did the same. The report now predicts that full fibre (FTTP) lines will reach 86-95% of homes by January 2028 – rising to 91-97% for gigabit-capable networks (i.e. FTTP and Cable).

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Sky UK in Talks to Acquire ITV’s Media and Entertainment Divisions

7th Nov, 2025 (26 Comments)

Broadband and media giant Sky UK (Comcast) is reportedly engaged in “preliminary” talks over the possible £1.6bn acquisition of ITV’s broadcasting business, specifically the company’s Media and Entertainment divisions, which include both their free-to-air TV channels and the ITV X video streaming service.

Nexfibre Publish Q3 2025 UK Full Fibre Broadband Build Update – 2.44M Premises

7th Nov, 2025 (11 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some parentage with ISP partners Virgin Media (O2) and giffgaff, has published their latest quarterly Q3 2025 build update and confirmed that their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network now covers 2.44 million UK premises. But future deployments beyond 2025 remain uncertain.

Vodafone UK Gifts Free Global Roaming to all UK Armed Forces Personnel

7th Nov, 2025 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has today become the “sole UK telecommunications provider” offering complimentary global roaming for armed forces personnel, which will allow troops to call, message and use data (mobile broadband) abroad “at no extra cost” in 83 countries.

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British Airways to Supply Free In-flight WiFi by Starlink Broadband Satellites

7th Nov, 2025 (12 Comments)

Good news if you fly British Airways. The associated International Airlines Group (IAG), which also includes Aer Lingus, Iberia, LEVEL and Vueling aircraft, has reached an agreement with SpaceX’s global Starlink service to upgrade 500+ of their planes (long and short-haul) to harness the ultrafast broadband constellation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for in-flight WiFi.

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Vodafone and Three UK to Increase Mid-Contract Price Hikes on Broadband and Mobile UPD

6th Nov, 2025 (51 Comments)

Mobile and broadband provider Vodafone (inc. Three UK) is preparing to follow BT (inc. EE and Plusnet), Virgin Media and O2 by becoming the latest telecoms provider to increase the customer cost impact of their existing mid-contract pricing policy, which will be introduced on 9th November 2025 for Three UK and 12th for Vodafone. But existing customers are safe, for now.

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Pop Telecom Joins Freedom Fibre’s UK Broadband Network

6th Nov, 2025 (8 Comments)

Internet provider Pop Telecom has today become the latest ISP to join Freedom Fibre’s alternative open access network, which has so far grown their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) based infrastructure to cover 350,000 premises and connected 24,000 customers across various parts of England and North Wales.

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Ofcom to Boost UK Telecoms Security by Working with Key Countries

6th Nov, 2025 (3 Comments)

The UK communications, internet and media regulator, Ofcom, has today announced that they’ve agreed to work “more closely” with their counterparts in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The move aims to “strengthen the security and resilience of telecoms networks” and tackle consumer-facing risks from scams and fraud.

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Virgin Media UK and Nexfibre Extend Full Fibre to 6,000 Homes in Widnes

6th Nov, 2025 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) and network partner nexfibre, which enjoy some of the same parentage, have today announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their symmetric 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network to add more than 6,000 additional homes in the industrial Cheshire (England) town of Widnes.

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BT See Openreach UK Broadband Lines Fall by 242k as FTTP Covers 20.3M Premises

6th Nov, 2025 (16 Comments)

The BT Group has today published their H1 FY26 biannual results to Sept 2025, which reveals that Openreach’s full fibre (FTTP) network added 2.2 million premises to their UK coverage to total 20.3m (level with H2 FY25 growth); including 5.5m in rural areas. But broadband line losses to rivals jumped to 242k in the last quarter (up from 169k).

BT and EE to Sell Starlink as UK Rural Broadband Solution to Customers

6th Nov, 2025 (37 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT (EE) has this morning announced a “landmark agreement” to make Starlink’s mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) available to their consumer broadband customers in “rural and remote areas“, where traditional fixed-line infrastructure is “economically unviable or geographically challenging” to build.