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Openreach publish October 2026 update on UK full fibre broadband build

20th October, 2026 (13 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has today published the first update to their national roll-out plan for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP technology since March 2026, which reflects all the recent changes and progress with their existing deployment locations up to October 2026 (i.e. changes in status, removals and any small additions).

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Openreach warn 35,000 customers in N.Ireland yet to migrate from old copper network

15th October, 2026 (13 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today warned people in Northern Ireland that 35,000 of their customers have yet to migrate from the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and on to modern IP-based digital line alternatives, including some legacy broadband lines. The switch-off has been underway for several years, but the final deadline is now only months away.

Govt expand two of Openreach’s UK Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts

14th October, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) unit has today posted contract modifications for two of Openreach’s Project Gigabit contracts – Call Off 3 (East and South Shropshire, North Herefordshire, North Wales, and Southwest Wales) and Call Off 8 (Cheshire). The move expands their public investment and planned deployment of full fibre broadband ISP networks into rural areas.

Open letter – Opus Broadband complains to UK Govt over TalkTalk’s sale to BT

8th October, 2026 (21 Comments)

Internet provider Opus Broadband, which had been working alongside Alchemy Partners on a since failed c.£100m bid for TalkTalk’s debt-ridden consumer business – before BT stepped in to avoid a sudden collapse, has today published an Open Letter that they just sent to the Secretary of State for Culture (DCMS), Lisa Nandy MP, which highlights their objections to the BT deal.

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Openreach name next 112 UK areas for copper to full fibre switch – tranche 26

8th October, 2026 (19 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today published the next batch of 112 exchanges (Tranche 26) under their “FTTP Priority Exchange” stop sell scheme – reflecting a further 619,724 premises. This reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre lines and will thus stop selling copper based legacy phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option, where available).

Virgin Media O2 CEO vents anger at UK Govt over BT’s TalkTalk broadband deal

7th October, 2026 (41 Comments)

The CEO of broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media (O2) has today published an Open Letter that it just sent to Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which makes their objections to the acquisition of TalkTalk and PlatformX Communications (PXC) by BT Group quite clear – despite the fact they didn’t bid themselves.

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Openreach test Geotab to boost safety and cut downtime of UK vehicle fleet

6th October, 2026 (3 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT), which has a huge fleet of 23,000 cars and commercial vans to help their engineers roll-out and support their UK broadband infrastructure, has revealed that they’re testing Geotab‘s connected vehicle fleet telematics technology to improve driver safety, cut downtime and support their sustainability ambitions.

Failed bidder Opus Broadband express frustration over TalkTalk UK’s sale to BT

6th October, 2026 (8 Comments)

UK ISP Opus Broadband, which had previously been working alongside investment firm Alchemy Partners on a c.£100m bid for TalkTalk’s debt-ridden consumer business – before BT stepped in yesterday to avoid a sudden collapse, has today said they were “surprised” by the outcome as they had a “live offer for the consumer business which had not been rejected“.

BT finally ends free TNT Sports TV bundle with UK broadband plans

6th October, 2026 (7 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has in recent weeks been gradually notifying their existing UK home broadband customers, specifically those with legacy packages that once came bundled with the streaming TNT Sports Pack add-on for free (formerly BTSport), that they’ll need to start paying for the add-on from 16th October 2026. Some customers never even used it.

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SpeedGeo Q3 2026 study names Virgin Media fastest for UK broadband

5th October, 2026 (2 Comments)

The SpeedGeo project, which compares broadband connection quality by benchmarking the internet speeds of real users, has published their Q3 2026 results and once again named Virgin Media as the fastest fixed broadband ISP. But the study only examined a handful of the largest ISPs, which ignores all of the smaller often faster altnets and retail providers that exist.

Telecoms giant BT acquires UK broadband ISP TalkTalk and wholesale biz PXC UPDATE5

5th October, 2026 (123 Comments)

The incredibly confusing twists and turns of the debt-ridden TalkTalk Group’s attempts to dispose of both their consumer broadband ISP business and their PXC (PlatformX Communications) wholesale business has finally reached a conclusion today. BT have agreed to acquire both businesses from administration.

Fancy an AI receptionist? BT Business will sell your company one

1st October, 2026 (8 Comments)

Communications and broadband provider BT Business has today announced the launch of their new AI Receptionist tool, which as the name suggests is a new service that is designed to help small and medium-sized UK businesses to manage customer calls around the clock.

Broadband ISP BT set to relaunch UK pay TV service on 15th October

1st October, 2026 (17 Comments)

In a slightly confusing announcement, telecoms giant BT (EE) has today announced that their pay TV product, BTTV, will be “available from 15 October [2026]” as part of a new-ish bundle that “[brings] together TV, streaming services and premium content in one place, powered by BT’s award-winning broadband“. Except BT has had a bundled TV service for years.

TalkTalk bidder asks Openreach to waive UK wholesale broadband charges UPDATE

1st October, 2026 (53 Comments)

The lead bidder, Epiris, for part of the debt-ridden TalkTalk Group, which is now in the final stage of its turbulent efforts to dispose of both their consumer broadband ISP business and the PXC (PlatformX Communications) wholesale business, has reportedly asked network supplier Openreach (BT) to waive several months of payments to support a rescue deal.

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Openreach extend discounts to help migrate legacy UK phone and broadband lines

29th September, 2026 (13 Comments)

Network operator Openreach has today announced that they’ve extended a number of special discounts to help support ISPs as they migrate customers off the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The previous offers were due to end on 31st October 2026 and will now run all the way until the final switch-off date on 31st January 2027.

Govt boosts Openreach’s UK Project Gigabit broadband framework to £2.346bn UPDATE

28th September, 2026 (8 Comments)

The UK Government are proposing to significantly increase the value of the Single Supplier Framework agreement that they awarded to Openreach (BT) in 2024 under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme. The deal was originally valued at “up to” £800m, before later rising to £1.2bn and it may now jump by “up to £1.146bn” to total £2.346bn.

Openreach confirm post-January 2027 measures for UK analogue phone switch-off UPDATE2

24th September, 2026 (14 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today outlined the next stage of their closure preparation for the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which helps to confirm the plan and service pricing that will occur for consumers that fail to migrate to a modern IP-based digital line alternative by the early 2027 closure deadline.