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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.

Rural Broadband Network Quickline Launch Business Support Programme

15th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP Quickline, which is building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, have today announced that they’ve teamed-up with Enterprise Cube CIC to launch a new business support programme for start-up and early-stage companies across North Yorkshire.

MS3 Results Reveal UK Full Fibre Broadband Network Has 22,184 Customers

9th June, 2026 (3 Comments)

Hull-based alternative broadband operator MS3, which have built a full fibre (FTTP) network across parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has published their annual results to the end of 2025 and revealed that they’re home to 22,184 customers (up from 14,992 in 2024) and cover 238,806 premises (212,561 RFS) – up from 228,522 last year (195,759 RFS).

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CityFibre Reduce UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Due to Expanded Commercial Cover

26th May, 2026 (27 Comments)

One of the country’s largest alternative networks, CityFibre, has announced that they’ve reached an agreement with the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency to “re-scope” the contracts they hold under the Project Gigabit broadband roll-out programme due to the “accelerated rollout of commercially funded full fibre” across their contracted areas.

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Quickline Backer Allegedly in UK Broadband Merger Talks with KCOM in Hull

25th May, 2026 (4 Comments)

Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners, which backs alternative rural UK broadband ISP Quickline, has reportedly expressed an interest in acquiring KCOM, the incumbent broadband and phone provider for Hull, from Australian investment group Macquarie. But any deal is likely to see Northleaf pay less than the £627m Macquarie did to buy the incumbent.

Quickline Updates on South Yorkshire Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

13th May, 2026 (1 Comment)

Rural UK ISP Quickline, which is busy building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (3-Year Rollout Plan), has issued a progress update on their publicly subsidised Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract for South Yorkshire that’s now covered almost 9,000 premises.

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Grain Building UK Full Fibre Broadband Network to Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire

11th May, 2026 (2 Comments)

Carlisle-based alternative broadband ISP Grain (Grain Connect), which has already built their point-to-point full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 270,000 UK premises (aiming for 600,000 in the future) and in 2025 secured a £225m funding boost (here), has now been spotted deploying their network in the Lincolnshire (England) town of Scunthorpe.

MS3 Recovers After Melted Cable Knocked Out Broadband Across Scunthorpe

7th May, 2026 (5 Comments)

Hull-based alternative network operator MS3, which has built a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across 234,000 premises (213k RFS) in the North of England and connected 20,000 customers via various retail ISPs, have managed to restore services across the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe after one of their core fibre cables melted.

Rural UK Broadband Altnet Quickline Appoint Justin Leese as CTO After Ogi Exit

23rd April, 2026 (0 Comments)

Alternative network ISP Quickline, which is busy building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has appointed industry veteran Justin Leese to be its new Chief Technology and Operations Officer (CTOO).

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KCOM’s UK Results Reveal Huge £530m Write Down in Value of its Assets

13th April, 2026 (10 Comments)

The incumbent broadband and telecoms provider for Hull, KCOM, which has also built their full fibre (FTTP) network across other parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), have published their annual accounts to 31st March 2025 and revealed a huge c. £530m write down in the value of their assets. The results give context to the company’s new capital restructuring deal.

Quickline Train UK Broadband Engineers to Support Pensioners

31st March, 2026 (1 Comment)

Rural-focused broadband ISP Quickline, which is deploying a new gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across remote parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has joined forces with Age UK to help improve the training of their engineers so they can better support older and vulnerable residents.

CityFibre Respond to Question of Slow UK Project Gigabit Broadband Progress

30th March, 2026 (10 Comments)

Network builder CityFibre has told ISPreview that they are making “good progress” on a number of their contracted Project Gigabit deployments, including those where recent data appears to show that the roll-out of their full fibre (FTTP) network has slowed to a crawl. But despite this the operator says they’re still meeting (and exceeding) their contractual obligations.

KCOM in Hull UK Reach Agreement to Restructure its Current Capital Structure

27th March, 2026 (8 Comments)

Telecoms network operator KCOM, which is the incumbent broadband provider for Hull and has also deployed their full fibre (FTTP) network across other parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has revealed that they’ve reached an agreement with their lenders and shareholders to restructure their current capital structure.

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Quickline Introduces 2.3Gbps Speed Broadband Package for Rural England

24th February, 2026 (4 Comments)

Rural-focused UK ISP Quickline, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has recently introduced a new 2.3Gbps (2,300Mbps) symmetric speed broadband package (their previous top tier was 1Gbps).

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Quickline Builds to 40,000 Premises Under UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

18th February, 2026 (2 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Quickline, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (3-Year Rollout Plan), has revealed that they’ve so far built to 40,000 premises out of the total 121,210 premises contracted across its publicly subsidised Project Gigabit contracts.

Quickline Connect 7 More East Yorkshire Communities to Gigabit Broadband

13th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Quickline, which is building a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has revealed that a further 7 communities in East Yorkshire (England) have now been connected as part of their associated Project Gigabit contract.

Macquarie Hires Advisors to Prep Hull UK Broadband Operator KCOM for Sale

9th February, 2026 (16 Comments)

A new report claims that Australian investment group Macquarie has hired business advisors at Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) to prepare KCOM for sale in Q2 2026. The operator is the incumbent broadband and phone provider for Hull, although their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network also extends into other parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.