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Swansea Bay City Deal Map from Website

31st October, 2025 (7 Comments)

The Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme, which includes various broadband and other digital infrastructure upgrades as part of the wider £1.3bn Swansea Bay City Region project, has received a green rating in its latest Gateway Review, which is said to reflect its progress in improving digital connectivity across the region.

Virgin-Media-O2-Office-Building-Logo

30th October, 2025 (10 Comments)

The latest Q3 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 have revealed that their FTTP broadband network increased its coverage by 139,300 premises in the quarter (up from 114.9k in Q2). Similarly, related customers grew to total 5,704,300 (up by 60.8k in Q3 vs -51.4k in Q2) and O2’s mobile base jumped by 419,400 in the quarter, while also doing a multi-year deal with Starlink for satellite mobile (Direct to Cell).

Netomnia 2025 engineer up pole in Cheltenham

30th October, 2025 (86 Comments)

A major newspaper has this morning claimed that broadband giant Virgin Media (O2) have opened non-exclusive talks with alternative full fibre network operator Netomnia (Youfibre, Brsk), which could result in a £2bn deal that would expand VMO2’s network coverage and potentially remove a key competitor from the market. CityFibre are also said to be interested in the altnet.

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Lutz-Schuler-CEO-of-Virgin-Media-O2-UK

27th October, 2025 (18 Comments)

The CEO of broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), Lutz Schüler, has today warned the UK government against reforming business rates in a way that would impose a “hefty hike” on telecoms providers because, he says, it would act as a “disincentive to invest that will be a real kick in the cabinets” to the industry. At a time when they’re already under pressure.

2025 Openreach engineer testing connections in exchange PR 200125

27th October, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has notified UK internet providers (ISPs) about the looming launch of a new special offer on their Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) lines for speeds of 1Gbps or below. The deal will apply a rental discount of 10% on the current one-year term rental prices with no CPI price rises for a full 36 or 60 months in return for signing up to a new 36 or 60-month term.

Sky Business Mobile UK SIM Image

27th October, 2025 (0 Comments)

Sky Business, the business broadband and wholesale focused division of Sky UK, has today expanded their product offerings by launching a new SIM-Only mobile service that’s been designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SME) across the country. Prices start at £11 +vat per month for a 10GB data plan (inc. unlimited calls & texts) and go up to £35 for an unlimited data.

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Isle of Man - Douglas Bay by 123rf

26th October, 2025 (2 Comments)

Broadband, technology and telecoms operator JT (Jersey Telecom), which is owned by The States of Jersey and headquartered in St Helier, has expanded its reach from the English Channel Islands to include the Isle of Man after they partnered with CVC DIF (CVC Capital Partners) to acquire the Manx Telecom Group.

Tim Creswick Vorboss CEO

23rd October, 2025 (6 Comments)

London-focused ISP Vorboss, which has built and operates a 100Gbps speed fibre optic network for businesses in the UK’s capital city, has this afternoon informed ISPreview that long-serving company Founder and CEO, Tim Creswick, will be stepping down from the role after 19 long years.

Voneus-engineers-working-up-pole

23rd October, 2025 (2 Comments)

The Senior MD at Macquarie, Oliver Bradley, has revealed that that one of the alternative broadband networks they support, Voneus, recently completed a renegotiation on their existing £70m debt facility over the summer. The move saw existing investors inject an unspecified amount of fresh funding to keep the operator going.

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fibre optic connection to house by 123rf

22nd October, 2025 (17 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband ISP networks, has announced that their efforts through the previously announced Infrastructure Sharing Group (ISG) have now resulted in the creation of a new infrastructure sharing venture – supporting the use of 500,000km of “spare fibre capacity“.

UK fibre optic gigabit broadband map CoPilot for MJ on 12092024

22nd October, 2025 (11 Comments)

Two of the largest backers of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, NatWest and Lloyds, have now scaled back new lending to the heavily indebted sector. The move follows an earlier report in August 2025 (here), which revealed that a number of banks had set aside funding to cover loans issued to altnets (now deemed unlikely to be repaid in full).

ScaleFibre SmartRIBBON 3456F Cable

22nd October, 2025 (0 Comments)

American network supplier ScaleFibre, which manufactures and delivers optical fibre connectivity kit and cables to broadband operators, has announced that they’ve established ScaleFibre UK Ltd as part of their expansion into Europe. Giving digital network builders in the UK another option to consider.

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Gigabit-IQ-Broadband-ISP-Text

17th October, 2025 (1 Comment)

Internet access and online security provider Gigabit IQ (formerly Grayshott Gigabit) has begun inviting selected people to invest in their company via crowdfunding, which they rightly warn is a “high risk investment” and one where those who make a commitment are “unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong“.

Ogi-Engineers-Install-FTTP-Cabinet

16th October, 2025 (2 Comments)

Infracapital-backed alternative network operator and ISP Ogi, which has deployed their FTTP broadband network across 100,000 homes and businesses in South Wales (RFS), has managed to expand their full fibre spine in Cardiff to reach more businesses following an earlier deal to hook up Cardiff Arms Park as an anchor tenant.

BT Group -Sign-on-Office-Window-2025

16th October, 2025 (19 Comments)

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of BT Group, Simon Lowth, has called on the UK government to “rethink” its proposed changes to UK business rates, which they warn could “risk a slowdown” in digital infrastructure (broadband and mobile) investment and lead to “higher bills” for consumers and businesses.

TalkTalk-UK-Broadband-Brand-Refresh-2025

15th October, 2025 (10 Comments)

The debt strained TalkTalk Group, which at this point has been through a demerger of its businesses and in 2024 secured a £400m refinancing package to avoid a default on its debts (here, here) – not to mention the recent £120m funding deal (here), is reportedly set to axe around 100 more jobs as part of its latest restructuring effort.

BroadbandUK Availability Check for Property Listings

14th October, 2025 (9 Comments)

Proptech solutions provider Nurtur and comparison service developer BroadbandUK have just become the latest to offer UK property listing providers (Estate Agents etc.) another address-level option for enabling house hunters to see what kind of broadband connectivity and speeds are available to the houses they’re considering.

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