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Broadband ISP Brsk to Start Migrating UK Customers to Youfibre Next Week UPDATE

12th March, 2026 (10 Comments)

Customers of broadband provider Brsk, which is part of the Substantial Group (Netomnia) that in January 2026 decided to merge their two retail providers under a single brand – Youfibre (here), have just been notified that the migration process will begin on Monday 16th March 2026.

CityFibre Presentation Talks Wholesale, Take-up and Future UK Broadband Plans

12th March, 2026 (23 Comments)

The Strategy Director for 10Gbps capable full fibre UK broadband operator CityFibre, Clayton Nash, has given a new lecture to members of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) that reveals some interesting details about the company’s network roll-out, wholesale pricing, take-up and future plans.

FarrPoint Claims Universal UK Gigabit Broadband May Boost Economy by £8.6bn

11th March, 2026 (1 Comment)

Consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published new independent analysis, which claims that the United Kingdom’s economy could gain a boost of more than £8.6 billion if gigabit-capable broadband connectivity was universally available to every single home and business – helping to create or sustain more than 156,000 jobs and support over 13,000 businesses.

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INCA – Alternative Full Fibre Broadband Networks Cover 19.7 Million UK Premises

11th March, 2026 (6 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) and Point Topic have today released their 2026 report into the impact of alternative “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband networks in the UK. The study reveals that their coverage grew by 20% in 2025 to top 19.7 million premises (up from 16.4m or 27% in 2024) and there are more than 3.5 million live connections (up by 32%).

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London Fibre Group Seeks Code Powers to Build UK Full Fibre Network

11th March, 2026 (3 Comments)

The London Fibre Group has revealed that they’re seeking Code Powers to help them design, build, own and operate a new fibre optic network, including Dark Fibre and shared duct infrastructure, for use by other communications providers (wholesale) to expand their respective broadband and Ethernet networks across the United Kingdom.

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AllPoints Fibre Networks Launch UK Multi-Gig FTTP Broadband via CityFibre

11th March, 2026 (4 Comments)

AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN), which is a Fern Trading backed wholesale platform (aquila) that aggregates connectivity from several different UK full fibre networks for UK retail providers to sell, has today announced that their partner ISPs and managed service providers (MSPs) can access CityFibre’s 1.7Gbps and 2.3Gbps speed FTTP broadband products.

ISP Home Unity Joins Freedom Fibre’s UK Gigabit Broadband Network

10th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

Challenger broadband provider Home Unity has today announced that they’re expanding their reach across the North West and West Midlands by onboarding with Freedom Fibre’s alternative full fibre (FTTP) network, which is itself in the process of merging with Truespeed (here) in order to cover a total combined footprint of 412,000 premises ‘Ready for Service’.

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Openreach Prep 100Gbps Cablelinks to Support 8.5Gbps UK Broadband

10th March, 2026 (11 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) are understood to be preparing a new 100Gbps capable Cablelink (Ethernet) solution to support their future 8.5Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband products for UK homes. But initially any retail providers taking part in the XGS-PON pilot will need to use multiple 10G Cablelinks for capacity.

Openreach Appoints Lauren McGaughey as Northern Ireland Director

10th March, 2026 (1 Comment)

National UK broadband operator Openreach (BT) has announced that their current Acting Director for Northern Ireland, Lauren McGaughey, has formally been appointed to the role on a permanent basis. She replaces Garret Kavanagh in the role, who recently became their MD for Complex Engineering.

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Netomnia Build FTTP Broadband Network in Wednesbury to 65,000 Premises

9th March, 2026 (6 Comments)

Broadband network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has deployed their own full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 460,000 customers), have announced that their long-running roll-out across the large West Midlands (England) town of Wednesbury has now reached 65,000 premises (RFS).

Virgin Media O2 Eye Vodafone UK Wholesale Broadband Deal and Lament Price Hikes

9th March, 2026 (21 Comments)

Telecoms giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) is reportedly engaged in talks with VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) over a possible wholesale broadband deal, which would enable Vodafone UK to sell packages to consumers via Virgin/nexfibre’s growing full fibre (FTTP) network. Separately, VMO2’s CEO has admitted that O2’s move to hike prices for existing mobile users “wasn’t the best decision“.

ISP Exascale Refresh UK Full Fibre Broadband Prices and Go Live via Gigaclear

9th March, 2026 (4 Comments)

Internet provider and UK network builder Exascale, which has already deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in the Telford and Wrekin area, has refreshed the pricing of its consumer packages and also confirmed that customers can now order services over CityFibre and Gigaclear’s own fibre networks.

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New UK Map from EE Reveals Area for 8Gbps Speed Broadband Trial UPDATE

5th March, 2026 (40 Comments)

A week has passed since we reported that broadband ISP EE (BT) had started sending out invites to those wishing to help trial Openreach’s new XGS-PON powered Full Fibre (FTTP) technology (here), which is capable of delivering internet speeds of up to 8.5Gbps down (850Mbps upload). The main update this week is that the provider has also detailed which areas are covered by the trial.

Gov Respond to Lords Remote Working Report and its Call for UK Broadband Investment

5th March, 2026 (2 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Business & Trade (DBT) has responded to last year’s cross-party Home-based Working Committee report (here) into remote and hybrid working in the UK which, among other things, called for an increase to “long-term investment in digital infrastructure, particularly broadband” to help properly support such working.

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Next Generation 200Gbps PON Full Fibre Broadband Standard Inches Closer

5th March, 2026 (14 Comments)

At present most fixed broadband networks in the UK are focused on deploying 10Gbps capable XGS-PON based full fibre (FTTP) technology for retail ISPs, while less than a handful are playing with 50Gbps (50G-PON) technology (here, here and here) and CityFibre has talked about 100Gbps for the mid-2030s (here). But the next gen 200G PON technology is also making progress, and it’s a major shift.

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Fibrus Brings Full Fibre Broadband to 30,000 Extra Premises in Cumbria UK

4th March, 2026 (1 Comment)

Infracapital-backed altnet broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a gigabit-speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has today revealed that they’ve reached an additional 30,000 premises in Cumbria as part of their Project Gigabit contract in the region.

Customers of UK ISP iTalk Complain of Broadband Outage and Contract Issues

4th March, 2026 (8 Comments)

Concerns are starting to be expressed by customers of broadband ISP iTalk (iTalk Affiliate Telecommunications), which have been complaining about a a protracted service outage that started last week. In addition, some customers have alleged that support staff suggested the issue could be resolved more quickly if they took out a new contract.