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Broadband ISP Zen Internet Integrate ITS Technology and Prep Sky Leased Lines

8th August, 2025 (6 Comments)

Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has today announced that ITS Technology‘s business-focused UK full fibre network is now live on their Fibre Hub, which forms part of their recently agreed partnership (here) and essentially aggregates access to a number of full fibre broadband networks for partner providers. But that’s not the only development that Zen has announced.

New Civil Engineering Firm Allestra Group Setup to Tackle UK Telecoms

7th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

The former MD of street works firm Light Source, Steve Hill, this week announced that he’d established the Nottingham-based Allestra Group to serve the telecommunications (broadband etc.), renewable energy, multi-utilities, network design, and traffic management sectors with similar engineering solutions.

AssetHUB and ITS Tech Partnership Aims to Boost Fibre Builds in UK Cities

5th August, 2025 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which runs various open access full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the United Kingdom, has today announced a new partnership with network asset reuse specialist AssetHUB that aims to “speed up fibre rollouts in major UK cities“.

Repair Ship Cable Vigilance Aims to Fix Shetland Subsea Fibre Break by Thursday

5th August, 2025 (3 Comments)

Good news. Broadband and mobile services on the remote Shetland and Orkney Islands (Scotland), which have been disrupted since part of the main SHEFA-2 (Faroese Telecom) submarine (subsea) fibre optic cable was damaged over a week ago (here), could be restored as soon as this Wednesday or Thursday after the French repair ship ‘Cable Vigilance‘ arrived.

IX Wireless Remove 15m Metal Broadband Mast in Heywood After 2yr Campaign

4th August, 2025 (11 Comments)

A two-year-long campaign by residents and councillors in the Rochdale town of Heywood has succeeded in getting broadband provider IX Wireless (UK ISP 6Gi / Opus Broadband) to remove their 15-metre tall metal mast / pole on Snowden Street. The council said the structure had an “unsightly appearance” and that there had been “little or no consultation with local communities” before its deployment.

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CityFibre Hints at Future Plans for 100Gbps UK Broadband Network in 2030s

4th August, 2025 (42 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre, which has already deployed their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across around 4.5 million UK premises, recently indicated to Mobile Europe’s Digital Telco event that they would be looking to upgrade to 50G-PON or 100G-PON during the early to mid 2030s.

Zayo Europe Highlights Fibre Network Expansion Across UK and Germany

31st July, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network firm Zayo Europe, which operates a large high-capacity (400G capable) metro and long-haul fibre optic network across Europe, has today revealed that they’ve increased the route miles they power by 61% in H1 2025, compared to H2 2024. Both the UK and Germany have had the biggest impact on this.

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Broadband Disrupted for Shetland and Orkney by Subsea Fibre Break UPDATE

27th July, 2025 (11 Comments)

Thousands of homes and businesses across Shetland, which is a remote UK subarctic archipelago that resides north of the Scottish mainland, have suffered disruption to their broadband services this weekend after part of the main SHEFA-2 (Faroese Telecom) submarine (subsea) fibre optic cable was damaged. Premises on the Orkney Islands were also hit.

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London Full Fibre ISP Vorboss Acquires Optimity, 40fi and Invests in Layer8

21st July, 2025 (2 Comments)

London-focused network operator and ISP Vorboss, which runs a 100Gbps speed full fibre network in the UK’s capital city, has today announced the expansion of their managed service and cybersecurity offerings via two strategic acquisitions – Optimity (managed services) and 40fi (cybersecurity), and an investment in Layer8 (network management for commercial real estate).

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EXA Infrastructure Deploys New Subsea Fibre Optic Route from London to Europe

14th July, 2025 (4 Comments)

London-registered network operator EXA Infrastructure, which in 2021 was acquired by investment firm I Squared Capital, has today confirmed the completed deployment of a new 1,200km fibre optic network route that will connect London in England to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels.

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Neos Networks Completes Oxfordshire UK GigaHubs Full Fibre Build

9th July, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) and Neos Networks have today confirmed the completion of their £7.25m “GigaHubs” project, which has now connected 192 public sector sites (schools, hospitals etc.) to a new 1,500km long gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network.

Neos Networks Add DDoS Protection to Dedicated Internet Access Service

3rd July, 2025 (4 Comments)

Neos Networks, which operates one of the biggest 34,000km long and 400Gbps capable business fibre networks in the UK – spanning 550 exchanges, 90+ data centres and 600+ Points of Presence (PoPs), has today announced that they’ve integrated Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Mitigation as a built-in feature of its Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) service.

Gov Planning New UK Law to Help Protect Subsea Fibre Optic Cables

3rd July, 2025 (8 Comments)

The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant MP, has told the Joint Committee’s ongoing Undersea Cables Inquiry that they will need to draft new laws in order to better address the growing risk of deliberate sabotage against our vital subsea fibre optic cables – responsible for carrying much of the world’s internet data traffic.

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Study Claims 11 Million UK Broadband Users Unaware of Full Fibre Availability

24th June, 2025 (29 Comments)

A new study from Go.Compare, which combined ONS data with the results from a YouGov survey of 2,000 UK residents (conducted on 25th February 2025), has estimated that “up to” 11 million internet users could have access to full fibre (FTTP) broadband without realising. This is important as some ISPs offer free upgrades to the faster service.

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London Internet Exchange Introduces Service Level Agreements

23rd June, 2025 (3 Comments)

The 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 and CDN providers etc.), has today announced the official introduction of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) solution as an add-on to their peering service.

ITS Technology Win £3.5 Million Dark Fibre Contract for Carmarthenshire

19th June, 2025 (1 Comment)

The ITS Technology Group, which has built various open access full fibre broadband and Ethernet networks across parts of the UK, has today announced that they’ve secured a £3.5 million dark fibre network build contract for Carmarthenshire (Southwest Wales) as part of the Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme.

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Linewatch Warn Utility Companies Digging Too Close to UK Fuel Pipelines

18th June, 2025 (1 Comment)

A new report from pipeline safety organisation Linewatch, which raises awareness of oil and gas pipelines around the UK and encourages safe practices when digging around them, has warned that 19% of workers have been reported for digging too close to underground high-pressure fuel pipelines while carrying out utility works (electricity, water, broadband etc.).