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Government Appoints Lesley Cowley as Chair of Building Digital UK Agency

18th June, 2025 (2 Comments)

The Government (DSIT) has this morning announced that they’ve appointed Lesley Cowley OBE to be the new Chair of their broadband and mobile centric Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency. The development comes after former Chair, Simon Blagden, resigned from his position back in July 2024 (here) and was replaced by Hazel Hobbs (Interim Chair).

Scotland May Reissue Gigabit Broadband Tender for Fife, Perth and Kinross

17th June, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) looks as if they could be preparing to “relaunch” their proposed gigabit broadband roll-out procurement for Fife, Perth and Kinross during September 2025. This might take a second stab at trying to find a supplier that can help upgrade the remaining set of hardest-to-reach premises.

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Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending

17th June, 2025 (15 Comments)

A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government’s imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand the definition of national security spending to include everything from a third runway at Heathrow Airport to food prices and rural broadband provision (e.g. the £5bn Project Gigabit scheme).

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Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme Tweaks UK Eligibility Criteria

13th June, 2025 (13 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has tweaked the eligibility criteria for their Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) again, which among other things now requires that a home or business must have existing available broadband download speeds of less than 1Gbps in order to be eligible (previously it was 100Mbps).

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Gov’s 2025 Spending Review Delays UK Gigabit Broadband Target to 2032 UPDATE

11th June, 2025 (13 Comments)

The UK Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has today delivered her 2025 Spending Review, which included a few bits of new information and updated figures for telecoms. But as well as confirming £1.9bn for broadband and mobile projects (existing commitments), it also appeared to reflect a delay to the gigabit broadband roll-out from 2030 to 2032.

Welsh Gov Update Plan for £70m Extending High Speed Broadband Project

9th June, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) today issued an update on their long awaited £70m (state aid) “Extending High Speed Broadband” (EHSB) project for Wales, which now intends to help upgrade around 25,000 to 30,000 poorly served premises (down from the original aspiration of c.84,000) in areas that can’t yet get “superfast” speeds of 30Mbps+.

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Fibrus Hits EBITDA Breakeven as UK Broadband Customers Top 113.5k

9th June, 2025 (9 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative network operator Fibrus, which has been rolling out their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across Northern Ireland and Cumbria (England), has today published a summary of their latest results. The data reveals that they achieved EBITDA breakeven in March 2025 and are now home to 113,500 customers (up from 100k in Nov 2024).

Scotland Stops £43m Gigabit Broadband Tender for Fife, Perth and Kinross

7th June, 2025 (5 Comments)

ISPreview has uncovered that the Scottish Government (SG) have stopped their tender for a supplier to deliver on the proposed £43m (state aid) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme in Fife, Perth and Kinross (Lot 4 – Scotland). This had been expected to help expand full fibre (FTTP) connectivity to an estimated 28,441 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas.

INCA Calls on Lords to Address UK Broadband Woes for Remote Working

6th June, 2025 (19 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband operators, has today proposed several priority recommendations to help address – as part of a Lords Select Committee inquiry – the gaps in critical broadband infrastructure that could be holding back home-based working.

GoFibre Connect 500 Customers to FTTP Broadband in Barnard Castle

3rd June, 2025 (3 Comments)

Edinburgh-based UK ISP GoFibre has revealed that their roll-out of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the County Durham market town of Barnard Castle, which forms part of their £6.6m state-aid supported Project Gigabit contract to cover 4,000 hard-to-reach premises in rural Teesdale (here), has now connected over 500 customers.

GoFibre Expands Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Teesdale UK

30th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

ISPreview has spotted that the Government’s (DSIT) Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency have issued a contract modification notice for alternative network ISP GoFibre. This modestly expands their state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-out of full fibre technology for hard-to-reach rural parts of Teesdale (Lot 4.01) in County Durham.

FullFibre Limited Drops Out of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

22nd May, 2025 (12 Comments)

The UK government has today unexpectedly announced that alternative network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which recently completed its merger with Zzoomm (here) and confirmed further job losses (here), has “mutually agreed to terminate” their state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts for the Derbyshire Peak District and Herefordshire.

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Quickline Revise FTTP Broadband Build in York Village After Pole Complaints UPDATE

21st May, 2025 (11 Comments)

UK ISP Quickline, which is deploying a gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has agreed to revise its roll-out plan for the North Yorkshire village of Skelton after residents and local politicians complained it would have a “huge visual impact” due to the use of 9m tall poles.

Government to Foster 10 Year UK Infrastructure and R&D Funding

19th May, 2025 (6 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has this morning announced that it plans to introduce long-term, ten-year funding for certain R&D (Research and Development) activities, which could also deliver longer-term funding for infrastructure projects too.

Wildanet Expands Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout in Cornwall UK UPDATE2

16th May, 2025 (1 Comment)

The Government’s (DSIT) Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency appears to have published another contract modification notice for UK broadband ISP Wildanet, which will see their £18m state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-out across hard-to-reach rural parts of South West and Central Cornwall (Lot 32.02 and 32.03) being extended.

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Openreach Connect UK First Homes Under Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts UPDATE

14th May, 2025 (10 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they’ve connected, as part of their state aid funded contracts via the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme, the first remote rural premises in 38 different locations across the UK to their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

Welsh Government Quietly Reopens ABC Broadband Voucher Scheme UPDATE

13th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) appears to have quietly reopened their Access Broadband Cymru (ABC) grant scheme during the middle of last week. This is being backed by an investment pot of £1 million (annual budget) and offers funding to help rural homes get a 30Mbps+ broadband service installed in areas of slow connectivity.