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15th June, 2026 (3 Comments)

Shropshire-based independent UK ISP Aquiss, which sells full fibre broadband packages via several different networks (Openreach, CityFibre, Freedom Fibre, Gigaclear, Netomnia and FullFibre Ltd.), has this afternoon announced the launch of Fusion – a new Partner Portal that’s said to offer a faster, simpler way to order and manage connectivity solutions from over a dozen UK networks.

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15th June, 2026 (6 Comments)

Internet provider and UK network builder Exascale, which have already deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in the Telford and Wrekin area (Shropshire), has today revealed that they’ve almost completed the build of a new high-capacity 288-core fibre spine cable across Telford.

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14th April, 2026 (7 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has issued a second announcement today to confirm that the previously stalled Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for North Shropshire (Lot 25.02), which was originally held by Freedom Fibre until they “mutually agreed to descope the remaining 8,500 premises” in June 2025 (here), has also been taken on by Openreach (BT).

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5th December, 2025 (5 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) organisation, which has responsibility for delivering gigabit broadband and better mobile connectivity across the nation (e.g. the £5bn Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network schemes), have confirmed that existing boss (CEO) Dean Creamer is to be moved into a new role – his last day will be 9th January 2026.

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31st October, 2025 (3 Comments)

The MP for North Shropshire in England, Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat), has called on the Government to take urgent action in its ongoing attempts to find a solution after network provider Freedom Fibre scaled back their £24m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for the region in June 2025.

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10th October, 2025 (19 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has just announced that their Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Mid West Shropshire (Lot 25.01), which was originally held by Voneus until they “mutually agreed to terminate” it at the end of 2024 (here), has now been merged into Openreach’s (BT) existing call-off 3 deployment contract.

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10th September, 2025 (0 Comments)

Rural internet provider Airband, which has deployed a full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) broadband network to cover various parts of Wales and South West England, has today announced that they’ve launched a 1Gbps speed package for those homes and businesses covered by their latest wireless networking technology.

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.

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31st July, 2025 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Squirrel Internet has introduced their first 2.3Gbps (2300Mbps) speed unlimited usage packages for UK homes via Freedom Fibre’s network, which will set those able to access such services back just £55 per month on a 24-month minimum term.

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23rd July, 2025 (5 Comments)

Broadband ISP and network builder Exascale, which has also deployed their own gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to a few thousands premises in part of Telford and Wrekin, has today signed a partnership to harness CityFibre’s network and thus deliver FTTP and Ethernet services to more UK homes and businesses.

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15th July, 2025 (8 Comments)

Network operator Freedom Fibre, which has so far grown their FTTP (XGS-PON) based gigabit broadband network to cover 350,000 premises across various parts of England and North Wales, has today made a new 160Mbps and faster 2.5Gbps (2500Mbps) tier available to their broadband ISP partners at wholesale.

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25th June, 2025 (12 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has just announced that alternative network provider Freedom Fibre has had to scale back their £24m (state aid) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for North Shropshire (LOT 25.02 in England), which originally aimed to cover “around” 12,000 hard-to-reach rural homes (here).

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18th June, 2025 (6 Comments)

Shropshire-based UK broadband ISP Aquiss has announced that they’ve launched an additional range of internet access packages based off Freedom Fibre’s network. This has so far deployed a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover 350,000 premises across parts of England and Wales (aspiration to reach 1 million premises by 2030).

Freedom Fibre Engineers on Laptop

4th May, 2025 (11 Comments)

Alternative network provider Freedom Fibre (Lila Connect), which have so far grown their FTTP based gigabit broadband network to cover 315,000 premises (Nov 2024) across parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Essex, has over the past week notified staff of more redundancies.

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15th April, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network operator Freedom Fibre has today announced that they’ve chosen network solutions provider Xantaro and their related “Cabinet-as-a-Service” street cabinet solution to help “accelerate” their ongoing roll-out of a full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network in Shropshire (England). This is being conducted alongside fixed and IP services from Nokia.

Freedom Fibre Update on Project Gigabit Broadband Build in Shropshire UK

5th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative network operator Freedom Fibre has today announced that the first homes have gone live on their new full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network in North Shropshire (England), which is being delivered as part of their £24m (state aid) LOT 25.02 Project Gigabit contract (here) to cover “around” 12,000 hard-to-reach rural homes.

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24th January, 2025 (3 Comments)

A new alternative broadband network provider and ISP called Shire Fibre has today surfaced with a tentative plan to build their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across poorly served parts of Shropshire (England), starting with the small market town of Craven Arms (population of 2,300) and surrounding areas.

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