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Broadband Altnet Netomnia UK Wins FTTH Europe 2026 Operator Award

15th April, 2026 (18 Comments)

Alternative network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has built their own full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 460,000 customers) and is currently in the process of being acquired by VMO2/nexfibre’s parents (here), have just been named the winner of the FTTH Europe 2026 Operator Award.

Nexfibre Invest £44m to Upgrade 318,000 Premises in Greater Manchester to Full Fibre

9th April, 2026 (3 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with Virgin Media (harnessing the same build teams), O2 and giffgaff, has today announced a £44 million investment in Greater Manchester to help upgrade 318,000 premises to full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The announcement relates to the planned acquisition of “fellow ‘altnet’” Netomnia.

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Nexfibre Confirm FTTP Broadband Upgrades for 7 Further UK Locations

7th April, 2026 (13 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with Virgin Media (harnessing the same build teams) and giffgaff, has today followed up the recent announcements for Crawley and Bradford (here) by announcing a further seven UK locations – reflecting a total of 226,000 premises at a cost of £31.7m – that will benefit from an upgrade to their latest full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband technology.

Nexfibre Invest £6.8m to Build FTTP Broadband to 42,000 Crawley Premises UPDATE

1st April, 2026 (5 Comments)

Following on from this morning’s announcement of nexfibre’s network expansion across Bradford (here), we’ve now spotted that the operator also appears to have announced a similar £6.8m deployment to reach “up to” a further 42,000 premises in the West Sussex (England) town of Crawley with their full fibre (FTTP) network.

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Netomnia Build FTTP Broadband Network in Cheetham Hill to 30,000 Premises

1st April, 2026 (3 Comments)

Alternative 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 deployment across the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester has now reached 30,000 premises (RFS).

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Nexfibre Invest £10m to Build FTTP Broadband to 61,000 Bradford Premises

1st April, 2026 (13 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which is in the process of merging with Netomnia (here) and shares some of its parentage with ISP partners Virgin Media (O2) and giffgaff, appears to have announced a new investment of £9.9m to expand their full fibre broadband network across 61,000 premises in Bradford (West Yorkshire, England).

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Broadband ISP Migrations from Brsk to Youfibre Trigger UK Billing Errors UPDATE

26th March, 2026 (18 Comments)

Some of the customers who have recently been migrated from broadband ISP Brsk to Youfibre, which reflects the Substantial Group’s (Netomnia) recent decision to merge their two retail providers (here and here), are now complaining of being hit by billing / invoicing errors (e.g. inflated bills) and other issues after making the transition.

Nexfibre to Cover 1,456 UK Youth Centres with Free 2Gbps FTTP Broadband

26th March, 2026 (2 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with its ISP partners Virgin Media (O2) and giffgaff, plan to expand on their original commitment to offer as many as 1,000 youth centres across the UK access to their full fibre network for free. But following the planned acquisition of Netomnia (here), they now expect to reach a further 456 centres.

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UK ISP YouFibre Discounts Full Fibre Home Broadband Packages on Netomnia

26th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to join YouFibre, which is the main retail ISP outlet for Netomnia’s (Substantial Group) national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband network (covering 3 million UK premises RFS), may like to know that they’ve significantly discounted the price of their monthly plans.

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Virgin Media O2 Suggests it May Stop UK Fibre Builds if Netomnia Deal Rejected UPDATE

25th March, 2026 (35 Comments)

The CEO of Liberty Global (Mike Fries), which co-owns broadband operator Virgin Media (O2) and nexfibre in the UK, appears to have suggested that they could stop rolling out new full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks if the competition regulator does not approve their planned merger with rival Netomnia (Substantial Group).

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.

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“.

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Netomnia Expand FTTP Broadband Coverage in Oldham to 35,000 Premises

25th February, 2026 (7 Comments)

Alternative network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has deployed their own full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 460,000 customers), have announced that their long-running roll-out across the large town of Oldham (Greater Manchester) has now reached 35,000 premises (RFS).

Netomnia Agree UK Broadband Merger Deal with Owners of Virgin Media O2 UPDATE2

18th February, 2026 (147 Comments)

Alternative network operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has deployed their own full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises RFS (inc. 460,000 customers), have today confirmed that they’ve been acquired by the owners of Virgin Media (O2) and nexfibre (i.e. InfraVia, Liberty Global and Telefónica) for £2bn. But rival bidder CityFibre may yet raise a competition complaint.

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Broadband Altnet Netomnia Prepares Around 50 UK Redundancies

11th February, 2026 (22 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group), which has already expanded their full fibre (FTTP) network to cover 3 million UK premises (here) and is close to signing a major consolidation agreement with either Virgin Media’s (nexfibre) parents or CityFibre (here), is understood to have held talks over redundancies with around 50 employees.

Broadband ISP Brsk Start Notifying UK Customers of YouFibre Merger

4th February, 2026 (10 Comments)

Several weeks have now passed since ISPreview revealed that one of the UK’s largest alternative full fibre broadband networks, Netomnia (Substantial Group), had decided to merge their two retail broadband ISPs – Brsk and YouFibre – into a single brand (here). Brsk have now begun to notify customers that they’re adopting YouFibre’s name.