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Broadband network Voneus put UK staff on redundancy notice after Airband deal

22nd September, 2026 (3 Comments)

Macquarie-backed rural broadband provider Voneus, which has built a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) networks across remote rural parts of Wales and England, are understood to be preparing to cut a significant portion of jobs following the recent acquisition of struggling altnet Airband.

Administrators reveal financial details of Voneus’ acquisition of Airband

10th September, 2026 (7 Comments)

The administrators for alternative UK rural broadband network Airband, which was recently acquired by Voneus (full summary), have published a report that reveals the financial details of the deal. Strikingly, it states that Voneus, which was the only bidder, paid just £4.6m for the company’s assets and customers.

Alternative UK Rural Broadband Network Voneus Acquires Airband UPDATE

28th August, 2026 (15 Comments)

Sources have informed ISPreview that the alternative broadband network and retail ISP Voneus, which is backed by Macquarie and has deployed a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) internet networks across various remote rural parts of Wales and England, have allegedly acquired the Aberdeen Group backed altnet Airband.

Broadband ISP Voneus See UK Turnover Rise to £6.33m as Losses Hit £38m

2nd February, 2026 (6 Comments)

Alternative rural network provider Voneus, which has built a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband networks across some remote parts of Wales and England, have published their annual accounts to the end of March 2025. The figures show that turnover increased 43% to £6.33m due to customer growth, but they suffered a loss before tax of £38m.

Rural Broadband ISP Voneus Launch Netgem’s New PLEIO UK TV Box

14th January, 2026 (1 Comment)

Alternative rural internet provider Voneus, which has deployed a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband networks over some of Wales and England’s remote communities, has announced that they will make Netgem TV‘s new IPTV set-top-box and streaming service – PLEIO – available via new TV service bundles. The new kit features support for Freely‘s live UK V streaming service.

UK Broadband ISP Voneus Give Pembs Homes 45 Days Notice of Disconnection UPDATE2

22nd December, 2025 (16 Comments)

Alternative rural internet provider Voneus, which has built a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and wireless (FWA) broadband networks over some of Wales and England’s most remote communities, have chosen Christmas to be the time when they give some Pembrokeshire homes 45 days’ notice of future service “termination” due to a local network “redesign“.

Broadband ISP Voneus Criticised for Leaving Rural Brecon Homes Disconnected

26th November, 2025 (12 Comments)

Alternative rural UK broadband network Voneus has been criticised after a network fault resulted in two premises in villages near Brecon (Wales) losing connectivity, which by itself wouldn’t be a huge development. But in this case, the provider later chose to “decommission” the service rather than repair it, leaving those affected offline.

Rural Broadband ISP Voneus Secure UK Funding to 2030 as More Job Cuts Loom

5th November, 2025 (5 Comments)

Alternative UK broadband network Voneus has today officially confirmed what we touched on last month (here), which reveals that they’ve strengthened their position for “long-term growth” with a business reorganisation and have secured funding through to 2030 (i.e. renegotiation of an existing £70m debt facility). But more job cuts are set to follow.

Rural UK Broadband Altnet Voneus Quietly Completes Refinancing of Debts

23rd October, 2025 (2 Comments)

The Senior MD at Macquarie, Oliver Bradley, has revealed that that one of the alternative broadband networks they support, Voneus, recently completed a renegotiation on their existing £70m debt facility over the summer. The move saw existing investors inject an unspecified amount of fresh funding to keep the operator going.

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BDUK Switch Gigabit Broadband Contract for Mid West Shropshire to Openreach UPDATE2

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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VIDEO – Voneus Brings Gigabit Wireless Broadband to St Clears in Wales

24th July, 2025 (0 Comments)

Rural UK broadband operator Voneus, which continues to deploy a gigabit-capable fixed wireless access (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) networks across poorly served rural areas, has announced that they’ve deployed their wireless network across the small Carmarthenshire (Wales) town of St. Clears.

New Study Examines UK Full Fibre Broadband Take-up by Age of Network

4th July, 2025 (15 Comments)

Strategic consultancy firm Eight Advisory has today published the third edition of their Takeup Tracker, which examines the rise in take-up across the UK’s many alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband networks (altnets) and compares it with that of Openreach (BT). This edition also takes a deeper dive into take-up by age of network – a key factor in gauging progress.

Voneus to Cut Jobs and Slow UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout UPDATE

18th February, 2025 (6 Comments)

Rural broadband operator and UK ISP Voneus, which has spent the past few years rolling out a gigabit-capable fixed wireless access (FWA) and full fibre (FTTP) network across poorly served areas, has today informed staff about a fresh round of redundancies after “market conditions” meant it was “no longer possible” to continue their previous pace of deployment.

GCON Pumps Extra £6.2m into UK Gigabit Broadband ISP Voneus UPDATE

29th January, 2025 (2 Comments)

Rural network operator and UK ISP Voneus, which aims to cover 370,000 premises via both their gigabit-capable fixed wireless access (FWA) and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks, has just received a further combined capital investment of £6,198,805 from Rural Broadband Solutions Holdings Limited (RBSHL).

Voneus to Expand Gigabit Broadband in Carmarthenshire via Street Lights

23rd December, 2024 (6 Comments)

The Carmarthenshire County Council (CCC) in Wales has signed a new agreement that will allow rural ISP Voneus to install their fixed wireless gigabit broadband network equipment on top of local street lighting columns, which will make it easier for them to expand into the county’s poorly served rural communities.

Voneus Drops Out of Project Gigabit Broadband Contract for Mid West Shropshire

20th December, 2024 (9 Comments)

In an unexpected development, the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has just announced that rural broadband ISP Voneus have “mutually agreed to terminate” the £12m (state aid) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Mid West Shropshire (Lot 25.01), which would have expanded a full fibre (FTTP) network to 6,000 premises in hard to reach areas.

Voneus Face Rural Broadband Complaints in Shropshire and Powys

16th December, 2024 (2 Comments)

Rural broadband ISP Voneus, which has built a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless broadband networks across parts of Wales and England, has pledge to “increase community communication” after more than a hundred complaints about their service were raised by residents through two MPs for Shropshire and Powys.