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Quickline Gifts 6 Months Free Broadband to South Yorkshire Businesses

18th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Rural focused UK ISP Quickline has announced that, as part of their social value commitment under the Government’s Project Gigabit programme, they’ve launched a new offer to business premises covered by their alternative full fibre (FTTP) network in South Yorkshire – offering the first six months of service for free when they sign-up.

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GoFibre Get £125m Funding Boost to Support Scotland Gigabit Broadband Rollout

18th August, 2025 (1 Comment)

Edinburgh-based UK ISP and network builder GoFibre has this morning announced that they’ve secured a huge £125m funding boost from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) and Hamburg Commercial Bank. The money will support their roll-out of FTTP broadband under the government backed Project Gigabit contracts in South and North East Scotland.

Emtelle UK to Support GoFibre’s £105m FTTP Broadband Build in Scotland

15th August, 2025 (4 Comments)

Fibre optic network supplier Emtelle UK, which is a global manufacturer of blown fibre, cabling and ducted solutions, has been chosen to help supply GoFibre’s new £105m (state aid) Project Gigabit contract for North East Scotland (here), which aims to extend their full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to “around” 63,000 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas.

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Gov to Evaluate UK Project Gigabit, Mobile and Full Fibre Broadband Programmes

15th August, 2025 (15 Comments)

In a small but interesting update, the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has announced a string of new studies to evaluate the performance, delivery and value of its various mobile and broadband roll-out programmes – including Project Gigabit, Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN), Shared Rural Network (SRN) and GigaHubs (extension of LFFN).

Freeola Launch New UK Broadband Services via Freedom Fibre and CityFibre

15th August, 2025 (5 Comments)

Internet and web hosting provider Freeola has complemented their existing range of Openreach-based broadband (FTTC/P) packages by quietly launching a new range of complementary packages via two alternative networks, Freedom Fibre and CityFibre.

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Highland Broadband Secures £50m Funding to Expand FTTP Rollout

14th August, 2025 (8 Comments)

Alternative network operator and UK ISP Highland Broadband (formerly Lothian Broadband), which is deploying a 10Gbp capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of the Scottish Highlands, has today announced that they’ve secured a £50m funding boost to help support a “major expansion” of their network “throughout rural Scotland“.

Broadband ISP YouFibre Launch New WiFi 7 Routers as Standard for UK Plans

14th August, 2025 (12 Comments)

Internet provider YouFibre, which is the primary retail ISP outlet for Netomnia’s (Brsk) 8Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today announced that the latest Wi-Fi 7 tech will now be included as standard across all residential and business broadband packages “at no extra cost” – making it one of the first among major providers to do so.

EE UK Preparing to Launch New Broadband Router for Slower Tiers

13th August, 2025 (24 Comments)

Mobile network operator and home broadband ISP EE (BT) is reportedly preparing to launch a second Wi-Fi 7 powered router “later this year“, which is intended to complement their existing Smart Hub Pro router (inc. Smart WiFi Pro mesh kit) that is sold alongside their fastest 1.6Gbps FTTP packages on Openreach’s network.

Openreach Trial Use of UK Broadband Network to Detect Gas and Water Leaks

13th August, 2025 (4 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has joined with a number of major new partners, including Arcadis, Thames Water, Cadent, Affinity Water and Lightsonic, to trial a couple of different approaches for detecting mains water and gas leaks, which cleverly works by harnessing the operator’s existing fibre optic broadband network.

TFW Fibre Delivers First Commercial Contract for Railway Fibre Network in Wales

13th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator TfW Ffeibr (TFW Fibre), which is an arm’s-length initiative setup by Transport for Wales (TfW) and thus the Welsh Government, has today announced the delivered of its “first commercial fibre connectivity contract” with Cloud Centres Networks for the fibre that runs alongside local railways.

Fibrus Extend Gigabit Broadband Network to 100,000 Premises in Cumbria UK

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network operator and UK ISP Fibrus has today revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit-capable broadband network has now covered 100,000 homes and businesses across Cumbria in England, which has been achieved less than three years after they started to build in the region (Nov 2022).

Netomnia Launch 8Gbps FTTP Biz Broadband to UK ISPs via Wholesale

12th August, 2025 (7 Comments)

Tewkesbury-based network operator Netomnia (Brsk, Youfibre), which has so far rolled out their full fibre broadband (FTTP) lines to cover 2.56 million UK premises (341,000 customers), has today significantly expanded the wholesale availability of their infrastructure by making it available via new internet providers (ISPs). Starting with business (B2B) packages.

North Yorkshire UK Looks to Wind Up NYNet 100 Broadband Company

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

The North Yorkshire Council (NYC) in England has proposed to wind-up the NYNet 100 company, which was originally created to help carry out procurement and contract management for the local authority’s Superfast North Yorkshire (SFNY) project. This has helped 201,000 premises in the rural county to access faster broadband over the last 15 years.

Vorboss Criticises Ofcom Plan to Water Down Definition of UK Leased Lines

11th August, 2025 (33 Comments)

London-focused ISP Vorboss, which runs a 100Gbps speed fibre optic network in the UK’s capital city, has told Ofcom that reclassifying the UK’s market for high capacity leased lines to include “LeasedLine Equivalents” (LLEs), such as XGS-PON technology (underpins many FTTP broadband networks), would be “misguided, confusing, and ultimately detrimental“.

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Openreach UK Restarts FTTP Broadband Build in Fuel Leak Hit Bramley

11th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network operator Openreach has today revealed that their engineers, alongside those of other alternative networks, are now resuming efforts to both maintain their existing network in the village of Bramley (Surrey) and to deploy new full fibre broadband (FTTP) infrastructure. Much of this was stopped a few years ago after the seriousness of a local petrol leak became clear.

Broadband ISP Brillband Goes Live on AllPoints Fibre’s UK Aquila Platform

11th August, 2025 (4 Comments)

Glasgow-based full fibre broadband ISP Brillband, which was acquired by AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) back in October 2024 (here), has today announced that they’ve successfully placed their first orders via APFN’s new aquila wholesale platform – this aggregates fibre (FTTP) networks from several operators to help retail providers expand their coverage.

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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.