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TFW Fibre Delivers First Commercial Contract for Railway Fibre Network in Wales

13th Aug, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator TfW Ffeibr (TFW Fibre), which is an arm’s-length initiative setup by Transport for Wales (TfW) and thus the Welsh Government, has today announced the delivered of its “first commercial fibre connectivity contract” with Cloud Centres Networks for the fibre that runs alongside local railways.

ISP Zen Internet Detail UK Ethernet Partnership with Sky Business Wholesale

13th Aug, 2025 (0 Comments)

As first hinted at last week (here), broadband ISP Zen Internet has today revealed details of their new “strategic partnership” with Sky Business Wholesale (Comcast). The move gives Zen’s partners (other ISPs etc.) and direct business customers access to Sky’s Ethernet-enabled exchange footprint.

EE’s New UK Safer SIM Mobile Smartphone Plans for Under 18s Go LIVE

13th Aug, 2025 (4 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator EE (BT) has today confirmed that their new mobile plans for children under the age of 18 – called “Safer SIMs” – are now available to take, after being soft launched a few weeks ago (here). The plans form part of the operator’s commitment toward “being the UK’s best network for families“.

Survey Claims 35 Percent of UK Landowners Don’t Want to Host 5G Mobile Masts

13th Aug, 2025 (18 Comments)

A new survey of 500 national landowners, which was conducted by telecoms investor AP Wireless UK – a company with a strong vested interest in this area, has claimed that 35% of respondents are considering terminating their mobile mast agreements, citing concerns over rent cuts, legal pressure and loss of trust in mobile network operators.

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Virgin Media O2 Uncovers UK People’s Passwords in Just 3 Minutes

13th Aug, 2025 (10 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have taken a break from telecoms service provision in order to highlight the ease to which cyber criminals can break into your online accounts. In order to do this they enlisted the help of an ethical hacker to conduct a security assessment on a group of volunteers. Needless to say, account passwords were broken within 3 minutes.

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Gov Launches £9.5m Fund to Help More UK People Get Online

13th Aug, 2025 (13 Comments)

The UK Government (DSIT) has today moved to complement their recently introduced Digital Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) by launching a new £9.5m Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund (DIIF). The fund is designed to support local authorities, charities and research organisations in helping to get people online who might otherwise struggle.

Fibrus Extend Gigabit Broadband Network to 100,000 Premises in Cumbria UK

12th Aug, 2025 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network operator and UK ISP Fibrus has today revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit-capable broadband network has now covered 100,000 homes and businesses across Cumbria in England, which has been achieved less than three years after they started to build in the region (Nov 2022).

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Sky UK Increases its Premier League TV Sports Content and Coverage

12th Aug, 2025 (14 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s (Sky Broadband etc.) Pay TV services, such as Sky Glass and Sky Stream, may like to know that the UK provider has extended its partnership with the Premier League for the coming year and increased the exclusively live matches they carry from 128 to a minimum of 215. But that’s not all – new features are also coming to their streaming platforms.

Netomnia Launch 8Gbps FTTP Biz Broadband to UK ISPs via Wholesale

12th Aug, 2025 (7 Comments)

Tewkesbury-based network operator Netomnia (Brsk, Youfibre), which has so far rolled out their full fibre broadband (FTTP) lines to cover 2.56 million UK premises (341,000 customers), has today significantly expanded the wholesale availability of their infrastructure by making it available via new internet providers (ISPs). Starting with business (B2B) packages.

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Jersey Competition Regulator Proposes New Telecoms Security Rules

12th Aug, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA) has begun a consultation on introducing new guidance for local telecoms companies on the English Channel Island of Jersey. The aim of this is to help ensure that their broadband, mobile and phone networks are both “inherently secure and reliable“.

North Yorkshire UK Looks to Wind Up NYNet 100 Broadband Company

12th Aug, 2025 (0 Comments)

The North Yorkshire Council (NYC) in England has proposed to wind-up the NYNet 100 company, which was originally created to help carry out procurement and contract management for the local authority’s Superfast North Yorkshire (SFNY) project. This has helped 201,000 premises in the rural county to access faster broadband over the last 15 years.

Vorboss Criticises Ofcom Plan to Water Down Definition of UK Leased Lines

11th Aug, 2025 (33 Comments)

London-focused ISP Vorboss, which runs a 100Gbps speed fibre optic network in the UK’s capital city, has told Ofcom that reclassifying the UK’s market for high capacity leased lines to include “LeasedLine Equivalents” (LLEs), such as XGS-PON technology (underpins many FTTP broadband networks), would be “misguided, confusing, and ultimately detrimental“.

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Openreach UK Restarts FTTP Broadband Build in Fuel Leak Hit Bramley

11th Aug, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator Openreach has today revealed that their engineers, alongside those of other alternative networks, are now resuming efforts to both maintain their existing network in the village of Bramley (Surrey) and to deploy new full fibre broadband (FTTP) infrastructure. Much of this was stopped a few years ago after the seriousness of a local petrol leak became clear.

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Vodafone and Three UK Update on Progress of Joint Network Sharing

11th Aug, 2025 (29 Comments)

Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has provided a progress update on their work to implement a new Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN), which is one of the first big benefits of the recent merger (here and here) – allowing 27 million customers to roam across both networks at no extra cost (whichever one provides the best signal in your location).

O2 UK Issue Progress Update on Removal of Inbound 2G and 3G Roaming

11th Aug, 2025 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has issued a progress update on their preparations for the imminent withdrawal of 2G and 3G inbound roaming services for business customers, which is due to occur in just two months’ time on 1st October 2025.

BBC Looks Set to Build its Own “radically simplified” Freely TV Streaming Box

11th Aug, 2025 (50 Comments)

The BBC’s Controller of Digital Transition, Helen Burrows, has confirmed that the corporation is “exploring the idea” of building its own UK set-top-box device to support the new broadband-based live TV streaming service, Freely, which until recently lacked any support among existing steaming boxes and sticks.

Broadband ISP Brillband Goes Live on AllPoints Fibre’s UK Aquila Platform

11th Aug, 2025 (4 Comments)

Glasgow-based full fibre broadband ISP Brillband, which was acquired by AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) back in October 2024 (here), has today announced that they’ve successfully placed their first orders via APFN’s new aquila wholesale platform – this aggregates fibre (FTTP) networks from several operators to help retail providers expand their coverage.