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Wireless ISP Scot-Tel-Gould Prep 6GHz Broadband Trial in Aberdeen

9th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

Broadband provider Scot-Tel-Gould, which operates a limited Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network across remote rural parts of Moray and Aberdeenshire in Scotland, is preparing to use a trial licence from Ofcom to test a new 1.6Gbps speed ngFWA wireless internet service – based on kit from Tarana Wireless – using the 6GHz radio spectrum band.

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Government look to impose mandatory age verification on UK Smartphones

9th September, 2026 (9 Comments)

The government’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Lisa Nandy, has revealed that they’re planning to introduce new legislation that will have the power to force the likes of Google and Apple to introduce mandatory Age Verification measures on Smartphones. The goal is the stop children sharing nude images of themselves, but it will also impact adult users.

Ofcom Change Openreach’s UK Full Fibre Threshold for Copper Retirement

9th September, 2026 (13 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today decided to change the threshold at which Openreach (BT) can begin to alter the wholesale prices of copper connections once full fibre (FTTP) broadband lines have become available. In short, the operator will now reach this stage in exchange areas where ultrafast broadband (300Mbps+) is available to 90% of premises, rather than 100%.

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Lodestar Networks calls on Ofcom to help fix UK community mobile networks

9th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

Communications provider Lodestar Networks, which specialises in building local community 4G mobile (calls and broadband) networks using shared UK radio spectrum, has called on the regulator to improve the current licensing framework so that networks like theirs don’t have to find it so “difficult … to grow beyond isolated indoor sites or short-lived trials“.

Ofcom UK is not looking to harness lots of new spectrum for 6G mobile

4th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

Ofcom this week began a new consultation on the UK’s provisional views and positions for the next World Radiocommunication Conference 2027 (WRC-27), which among other things appeared to indicate that the regulator would, at least for now, only support the release of an extra 125MHz of spectrum in the 7GHz band (7125-7250MHz) for use by future mobile broadband networks (i.e. 6G).

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Openreach extend UK pilot of future Ethernet EAD 2.0 and Cablelink products

4th September, 2026 (6 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has notified UK broadband ISPs that they’ve extended the customer pilot phase of their future Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) v2.0 and Cablelink Service Connect (CSC) products, which are used to supply high-capacity business data links (potentially reaching speeds of 100Gbps in the near future).

Lancashire Man Sent to Prison for Operating Rogue UK Cell Phone Tower

3rd September, 2026 (10 Comments)

The City of London Police (CLP) have revealed that Mohammed Faiyaz Iqbal (43) of Preston in Lancashire has been sentenced to more than 3 years and 8 months in prison for setting up a rogue cell phone tower, which was then used to bypass mobile network security protocols in order to send masses of fraudulent texts (aka – SMS Blaster).

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Ofcom Set to Revoke Code Powers for Multiple UK Telecoms Operators

26th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

The communications, internet and media regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to revoke Code Powers from multiple UK telecoms network, civil engineering and broadband operators because the companies have either been “closed or dissolved“, or in other cases the powers are simply no longer required and are being revoked by mutual agreement.

Report Criticises BT, Sky, Virgin, Vodafone and Others for Confusing UK Social Tariffs

24th August, 2026 (18 Comments)

A new study has highlighted how some of the UK market’s largest fixed broadband ISPs, including BT, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and Vodafone, appear to be failing in their commitment to making cheaper Social Tariffs easier to access (available to those on state benefits). Instead the providers were found to make the tariffs and their details hard to find and often with unclear contract terms or pricing.

EE Launch UK’s First Commercial Consumer 5G+ Network Slicing via Fast Lane

20th August, 2026 (22 Comments)

Much we first previewed on Monday of this week (here), EE Mobile (BT) has today officially launched their new ‘Fast Lane‘ feature, which is described as being the UK’s first commercial consumer implementation of Network Slicing technology on a 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network (i.e. giving customers data traffic prioritisation in busy areas).

EE UK Prep 5G Network Slicing Boost for Consumers and 5G+ Icons for Phones

17th August, 2026 (15 Comments)

Network operator EE Mobile is preparing to launch a new “Full Works Plus” airtime plan in the near future (probably the next month or so), which will cost £5 extra per month than their regular “Full Works” plan and introduce enhanced 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network slicing via a new ‘Fast Lane‘ feature. But there’s a big caveat.

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Kearney’s Global Telecom Health Index Ranks UK 33rd out of 34 Countries

11th August, 2026 (14 Comments)

Management consulting firm Kearney has today published their latest annual Global Telecom Health Index, which ranks 34 countries across various metrics in order to measure and compare the health of the telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) sector on a country-by-country basis. Overall the United Kingdom placed near the bottom on a rank of 33rd.

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Ofcom Probe Zayo Group and Tata Comms UK Over Info. Request Failures

10th August, 2026 (5 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has this afternoon opened two separate investigations into whether or not fibre optic network operator Zayo Group UK or digital communications provider Tata Communications (UK) “failed to comply” with the regulator’s requirements in their response to a statutory information request.

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New Rules to Tackle Fake Discounts Set to Benefit UK Consumers in 2027

10th August, 2026 (5 Comments)

The new UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, yesterday pledged to bring forward the introduction of several planned measures to help consumers exit bad contracts, stop misleading price promotions and to generally tackle “subscription traps“. Some of the new measures will now be introduced from January 2027, rather than next Spring, but others require further consultation.

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Report Warns Against Future TV Plan to Shut Down UK’s Tall Tower Network

10th August, 2026 (16 Comments)

A new report from the National Preparedness Commission (NPC), which is said to be an independent and non-political body focused on preparing the country for a major crisis, threats and incidents, has warned that the UK’s proposed plan to switch-off terrestrial TV signals in favour of broadband internet-based streaming “risks … over-concentrating communications on internet-based networks“.

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Ofcom UK Blocked 481,521 Malicious Emails Over the Past 3 Years

7th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

A recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed that the UK telecoms, internet content and media regulator, Ofcom, blocked a total of 481,521 “malicious emails” between June 2023 and February 2026 (472,936 phishing and 8,585 malware emails). But this figure excludes SPAM (junk marketing) emails, which are likely to be much higher.

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Study Claims 1 Mill Rural UK FTTP Premises At Risk of Openreach’s “uneconomic overbuild”

31st July, 2026 (20 Comments)

Consulting firm Cartesian has released a new report on the state of the UK’s fibre full broadband market, which unsurprisingly highlights how challenging it is for alternative networks (altnet) to create sustainable business models. The study also claims that c.1 million rural FTTP premises could see uneconomic overbuild if Openreach is required to meet a high exchange coverage threshold for copper switchover.