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Swansea Bay City Deal Map from Website

25th February, 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media O2 Business (VMO2) has completed the Dark Fibre Network East project as part of the Swansea Bay City Region project (Digital Infrastructure Programme), which is said to have delivered a secure fibre network linking 36 public-sector sites (e.g. council offices, NHS, doctors, schools etc.) through 46 connections in Llanelli, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.

24th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Telecoms and networking provider Bright Edge Networks has today announced the launch of a new UK wholesale telecoms platform, which has been designed to enable Managed Service Providers (MSP) and resellers to self-serve a variety of broadband and hosted VoIP solutions “with full margin control“.

Openreach-2024-FTTP-Exchange-Engineer-Next-to-Rack

19th February, 2026 (1 Comment)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has notified UK ISPs that they’ve launched three new special offers, which reflect a mix of connection discounts and free upgrades for those looking to take a 1Gbps speed Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) line – this provides dedicated point-to-point data connectivity between sites.

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AllPointsFibre-Aquila-Rocket-Launching-Image

12th February, 2026 (4 Comments)

The AllPoints Fibre Network (APFN), which is a wholesale platform that aggregates connectivity from several different UK full fibre networks, has today announced that they’ve signed a new partnership with Sky’s business broadband and wholesale division – Sky Business Wholesale – to make their Ethernet services available through APFN’s aquila platform.

network cables closeup with fibre optical background by 123rf

22nd January, 2026 (0 Comments)

Business UK broadband ISP Commsworld has today announced that they’ve secured a 15-year contract, worth £8.5 million, to deliver a new Wide Area Network (WAN) for West Lothian Council in Scotland. The work will upgrade the council’s existing service with a brand-new fibre optic network and provide a 10-fold increase in available bandwidth.

CityFibre-Van-Driving-at-Speed

20th January, 2026 (3 Comments)

The country’s largest alternative broadband operator, CityFibre, has this morning announced that they’ve “unlocked” their nationwide footprint and made their business Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) services available across 4.5 million premises – offering wholesale business products at data speeds of up to 2.5Gbps (Gigabits per second).

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ITS-Technology-engineers-testing-50G-PON

16th January, 2026 (6 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which have deployed various open access and business-focused full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, recently published their annual accounts and revealed an expansion of their network length by 13%, as well as a 12% increase in coverage and a 99% rise in take-up (on-net grew 77% and off-net grew 30%).

Fibre optic broadband network with servers in a UK data centre 123RF 69533542

8th January, 2026 (1 Comment)

The member‑owned not-for-profit London Internet Exchange (LINX), which handles a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via around 900 members (broadband ISPs, mobile operators etc.), has today announced their new service profile and fees for 2026.

LCR-Connect-Network-Map-Autumn-2023

18th December, 2025 (3 Comments)

The LCR Connect network, which is a £32 million joint venture that has rolled out a new 350km long multi-gigabit speed full-fibre (broadband and Ethernet) network for businesses across much of the Liverpool City Region, has today celebrated making their 1,000th connection after going live last year.

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Tim Creswick Vorboss CEO

16th December, 2025 (0 Comments)

London-focused ISP Vorboss and its backers, which have built and operate a 100Gbps speed fibre optic network for businesses in the UK’s capital city, have been told to expect a “rather public legal battle” after the company’s former founder and CEO, Tim Creswick, revealed via Linkedin that he was now “suing the company I created 20 years ago“.

FTTP Openreach Female Engineer over Splitter

11th December, 2025 (9 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has this afternoon announced some changes and increases to the prices of their various Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband products for UK internet service providers. The changes are due to be introduced from 1st April 2026.

fibre optic blue light abstract 2017 by 123rf

11th December, 2025 (2 Comments)

Business ISP Baltic Broadband, which has long offered a mix of fixed wireless and full fibre broadband network connectivity to firms in the Liverpool area, has hinted at a possible expansion of their 100Gbps capable network to reach 2,000 more business premises located in offices, and business estates over the next 12-months or so.

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Neil McRae for Juniper Networks at MWC25 Barcelona

9th December, 2025 (6 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which have so far expanded their 10Gbps capable FTTP broadband network to cover 4.6 million UK premises (4.3m RFS) and connected 730,000 customers, has today announced that BT Group’s former Chief Architect, Neil McRae, has been appointed to be the company’s new Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO).

Openreach 2025 engineer looking sideways at a fibre splicer

4th December, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today started to unveil their usual round of annual price increases (and some decreases) for 2025 across their wholesale broadband and Ethernet products for UK ISPs, which touches on everything from full fibre (FTTP) to hybrid fibre (SOGEA), SOTAP and unbundled lines (LLU), among other products.

fibre optic uk network cable flay glowing - 123rf

1st December, 2025 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which has deployed various open access and business-focused full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the United Kingdom, has today announced that their XGS-PON powered 10Gbps capable fibre network has now gone live across parts of Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear, England) and Glasgow (Scotland).

zen internet uk isp

27th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has today announced that they’ve expanded their Direct Business connectivity portfolio to give UK businesses access to “more full fibre networks than any other ISP“. The main development seems to be the launch of CityFibre’s Business FTTP, Ethernet Flex and Direct Internet Access (DIA) services.

Openreach exchange engineer testing fibre

20th November, 2025 (9 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) is to introduce an interesting new special offer for UK ISPs, which proposes to waive the cancellation charges for their high-capacity Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) and Dark Fibre (DFA/X) products, albeit only where related orders are now “over 100 days old” (excluding delays caused by customers themselves).

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