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RETN Launch a New London to Brussels Fibre Network Route for Resilience

22nd July, 2026 (4 Comments)

Eurasian focused network service provider RETN has today announced that they’ve launched a new London to Brussels “spectrum route” on fibre optic connectivity, which is intended to boost the resilience of their UK and Mainland Europe network through a more geographically diverse connection into continental Europe.

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Spectrum Comms Look to Expand UK Fibre Optic Network for Businesses

15th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

Spectrum Comms Solutions, which specialises in building telecoms infrastructure and fibre optic broadband / Ethernet networks (both for themselves and for other providers), has revealed that they’re looking to maintain and expand their passive network (inc. Dark Fibre) in places such as Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, London Docklands and other UK regions where “data centre clusters require secure interconnection“.

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TalkTalk’s Wholesale Arm PXC Reportedly Receives Bids from Several Parties

10th July, 2026 (3 Comments)

The heavily indebted UK broadband focused TalkTalk Group has reportedly received bids for its wholesale arm, PlatformX Communications (PXC), which is said to value the company in the “hundreds of millions of pounds“. The interest is said to have come from Africa-focused Telecel, as well as others like private equity firm Epiris, which has teamed up with PXC executive chairman Tom O’Hagan.

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Virgin Media Business Wholesale Update on Progress Toward XGS-PON Based EoFTTP

9th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

The wholesale division of UK broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMB / VMBW) recently brought together more than 100 partners at its Partner Connect event in London to discuss AI, rising data demands and the need for higher-capacity networks. The business also shared a progress update on its XGS-PON-enabled Ethernet over FTTP (full fibre) proposition.

CityFibre Sell Off-Net UK Entanet Business to Telecoms Entrepreneur

1st July, 2026 (2 Comments)

The UK’s largest alternative broadband provider, CityFibre, has today announced that they’ve agreed a deal to sell their non-core off-net business, Entanet, to telecoms entrepreneur Tom O’Hagan, who is best known as the founder and former CEO of Ethernet provider Virtual1 (this became part of the TalkTalk group in 2022 – here).

Openreach Cut Fixed Fee for Excess Construction Charges and EAD Connection Charges

26th June, 2026 (3 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has announced that they will shortly reduce the Fixed Fee for Excess Construction Charges (ECC), which are sometimes charged when UK broadband or Ethernet deployments require extra civil engineering work. In addition, they’re also reducing the Connection Charges on Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) lines for businesses.

ITS Tech Extending Full Fibre Broadband Network to 13 New UK Areas

24th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which has already deployed various open access and business-focused Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband ISP and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, has today announced that their full fibre infrastructure is to be extended into 13 additional towns and cities across England, Scotland and Wales.

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VodafoneThree Extend CityFibre Partnership to Link More UK Mobile Sites

22nd June, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile and broadband operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today announced that they’ve extended their existing partnership with CityFibre, which will see the fixed line operator’s full fibre network being used to feed capacity for network transmission services at “selected mobile sites” in support of the operator’s 5G Standalone rollout.

Glide Go Beyond Student WiFi to Deliver 100Gbps WAN for King’s College London

17th June, 2026 (5 Comments)

Clevedon-based broadband ISP Glide Group has announced that they’ve significantly extended their existing relationship with the university of King’s College London, which previously covered providing internet connectivity to student accommodation and campus-wide guest Wi-Fi. The communications provider will now also deliver a resilient, high-capacity managed Wide Area Network (WAN).

LINX Set to Launch Cost Effective Network Resilience Solution in London

16th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

The member‑owned and not-for-profit London Internet Exchange, which handles a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via around 900 members (broadband ISPs, mobile operators etc.), have announced that they’ll launch LINX Metro Resilience on 1st July 2026 to give members access to mirrored services for less on LON1 and LON2.

Exponential-e Secures WAN Contract for Lincolnshire County Council in England

15th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Business communications and broadband provider Exponential-e has been awarded a 5-year Wide Area Network (WAN) Services contract by Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) in England. The deal will see the ISP deliver and manage a modernised Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) across more than 200 sites throughout the county.

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17 Primary Schools in Blaenau Gwent to Get Gigabit Broadband Upgrade

15th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s (WG) Tech Valleys programme has announced that 17 primary schools in Blaenau Gwent to be upgraded to gigabit-speed internet as part of their new partnership with Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council and the Shared Resource Service.

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Broadband ISP Exascale Nears Completion of 288-Core Fibre Spine in Telford

15th June, 2026 (6 Comments)

Internet provider and UK network builder Exascale, which have already deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in the Telford and Wrekin area (Shropshire), has today revealed that they’ve almost completed the build of a new high-capacity 288-core fibre spine cable across Telford.

Broadband Altnet ITS Technology Appoints Graeme Couturier as UK CFO

11th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group, which has deployed various open access and business-centric full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, have today announced that Graeme Couturier has been appointed as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the company’s “next phase of growth“; the second CFO in half a year.

Openreach Entice Customers of 1Gbps or Slower Ethernet Lines to Stay with Discount

8th June, 2026 (4 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has launched a new special offer for UK customers of their high capacity Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) leased lines at speeds of 1Gbps or less, which will give a rental discount to current Ethernet list prices and no CPI (inflation) linked price rises for 3 or 5 years. But you’ll have to re-sign the circuit several more years.

Openreach to Introduce UK Geographic Connection Charges for EAD Ethernet Lines

2nd June, 2026 (1 Comment)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today notified communication providers of their intention to introduce geographic connection charges on high-capacity Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) lines, which provide dedicated point-to-point data connectivity between sites for businesses, from 1st July 2026.

Swansea Bay City Deal Pumped £44.8m of Investment into Digital Connectivity

2nd June, 2026 (0 Comments)

A new report from consultancy firm FarrPoint has confirmed that the Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme in Wales has so far secured £44.8m of investment in digital connectivity during 2024–25, which went towards various broadband and dark fibre roll-out projects.