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Govt expand two of Openreach’s UK Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts UPDATE

14th October, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) unit has today posted contract modifications for two of Openreach’s Project Gigabit contracts – Call Off 3 (East and South Shropshire, North Herefordshire, North Wales, and Southwest Wales) and Call Off 8 (Cheshire). The move expands their public investment and planned deployment of full fibre broadband ISP networks into rural areas.

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Openreach Take on UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contract for West Herefordshire

14th April, 2026 (0 Comments)

In a somewhat expected development, the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has confirmed that the previously stalled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for West Herefordshire and the Forest of Dean (Lot 15), which was originally held by FullFibre Limited until they “mutually agreed to terminate” it in May 2025 (here), has been taken on by Openreach (BT).

No Solution Yet for West Herefordshire and Peak District Gigabit Broadband Project

15th November, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK government has furnished ISPreview with a brief update on their progress toward finding a solution for Project Gigabit’s stalled full fibre broadband upgrades for rural parts of the Derbyshire Peak District and West Herefordshire. Both areas ran into difficulty (here) earlier this year after FullFibre Ltd “mutually agreed to terminate” their publicly funded contracts.

Results of the UK’s Largest Mobile Network Survey for the River Severn Region

21st August, 2025 (5 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has today published its results from the UK’s “largest mobile coverage survey“, which used bin lorries to test the 4G/5G (mobile broadband) network coverage and speed of each mobile operator across the River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSPAWIR) – reflecting 33 councils in Wales and England’s West Midlands.

FullFibre Limited Drops Out of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

22nd May, 2025 (12 Comments)

The UK government has today unexpectedly announced that alternative network operator FullFibre Limited (Fibre Heroes), which recently completed its merger with Zzoomm (here) and confirmed further job losses (here), has “mutually agreed to terminate” their state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contracts for the Derbyshire Peak District and Herefordshire.

UK ISP Gigaclear Nearly Complete Fastershire FTTP Broadband Rollout UPDATE

27th September, 2024 (6 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear appears to have nearly completed their state aid supported contract under the Fastershire scheme, which originally instructed the operator to extend their gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP) network to 70,000 of the hardest to reach premises in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire (this was revised upwards to 110,000 in 2020 – here).

Gloucestershire UK Working to Boost Rural Broadband Grants

25th April, 2023 (0 Comments)

The Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) in England appears to be making progress on their plans to introduce a series of new digital and broadband grant schemes across the county, which will aim to help connect those who live in areas that currently lack access to “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) connectivity.

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Over 350 Public Sites in the Midlands to Get Full Fibre Broadband

30th March, 2023 (8 Comments)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England has been chosen to lead a new £8m “GigaHubs” project that will rollout a gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network to reach a total of more than 350 public buildings (schools, council offices, hospitals etc.) across the Midlands.

Airband Suffers Slow Broadband Speeds in Shropshire and Herefordshire UPDATE

3rd December, 2022 (19 Comments)

Rural-focused UK broadband ISP Airband, which is deploying a mix of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks across various parts of the country, appears to be suffering some problems in the Shropshire and Herefordshire (England) areas after customers reported a sharp drop in speeds.

BDUK Publish New Batch of Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

6th September, 2022 (2 Comments)

The Building Digital UK team have published another batch of Public Reviews (PR) for the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout – this time covering Herefordshire, Lincolnshire (inc. north-east Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire) and East Riding, Cheshire and Gloucestershire in England.

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FullFibre Ltd Put Gigabit Broadband Network Live in Leominster

15th June, 2022 (2 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited has announced that their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP network has finally gone live in the Herefordshire (England) market town of Leominster, which is home to around 12,000 people and was one of the very first locations added to their rollout plan.

FullFibre Ltd Bring FTTP Broadband Build to Rural Herefordshire

24th May, 2022 (0 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited, which is currently deploying their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network across numerous locations in England, has reached an agreement with the Fastershire programme that will see their rollout extend into rural parts of Herefordshire.

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New Grant Opens to Boost Broadband in South Herefordshire

28th February, 2022 (1 Comment)

The Fastershire broadband project is starting to make a new Digital Household Grant (DHG) available to homes in some rural parts of South Herefordshire (i.e. those that were originally due to receive FTTP broadband via UK ISP Gigaclear), which will enable them to help cover the installation cost of an “interim broadband solution.”

FullFibre Ltd Creates 10 New Job Opportunities for 16-24 Year Olds

10th January, 2022 (7 Comments)

Broadband network builder FullFibre Limited, which aims to extend their gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network for UK ISPs to cover at least 500,000 premises by 2025 (here), has partnered up with the Kickstart Scheme to create 10 new job opportunities for 16-24 year-olds within their company.

Update on Herefordshire Broadband Rollout and Gigaclear Delays

11th November, 2021 (0 Comments)

The Herefordshire County Council (HCC) in England has issued a new proposal for how they intend to tackle the problems caused by UK ISP Gigaclear last month (here), which warned that 2,324 of the planned premises for their state aid fuelled rollout of a new gigabit broadband (FTTP) network would be too expensive to reach.

Former Complete Utilities Staff Seek to Sue Failed Company

4th November, 2021 (11 Comments)

The collapse of UK civil engineering firm Complete Utilities this week (here), which disrupted ISP Gigaclear’s rollout of gigabit-capable broadband, resulted in around 300 staff being told via email that they no longer had a job. In response, an unspecified number of those former employees are attempting to sue the firm.

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FullFibre Ltd to Plant a Tree for Every UK FTTP Broadband Order

4th November, 2021 (8 Comments)

Network builder FullFibre Limited, which is working to deploy their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across “at least” 500,000 premises by 2025, has today responded to the COP26 event by pledging to plant a tree for every new order placed for their service via Fibre Heroes.