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Welsh Government Quietly Reopens ABC Broadband Voucher Scheme UPDATE

13th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) appears to have quietly reopened their Access Broadband Cymru (ABC) grant scheme during the middle of last week. This is being backed by an investment pot of £1 million (annual budget) and offers funding to help rural homes get a 30Mbps+ broadband service installed in areas of slow connectivity.

Ofcom Spring 2025 Data – Gigabit Broadband Covers 27.24 Million UK Premises

8th May, 2025 (6 Comments)

Ofcom has today published its Spring 2025 update on UK fixed broadband and mobile coverage, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) lines now reach 74% of homes (up from 69% in July 2024), while 86% are within reach of a gigabit network (up from 83%) and 62-85% of premises can get an outdoor 5G signal (up from 61-79%).

Altnet Broadband Operator Freedom Fibre to Suffer UK Job Losses UPDATE

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.

EE to Connect 34,000 Mobile and IoT Devices in New UK DEFRA Deal

1st May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has today signed a new “multi-million-pound” deal with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), which will see EE provide 34,000 mobile connections to support workers and real-time reporting on issues from flooding to farming disease outbreaks across England, Scotland and Wales.

TfW Fibre Seek Code Powers to Support Railway Based Fibre Rollout in Wales

1st May, 2025 (0 Comments)

In a not unexpected development, network operator TfW Ffeibr (TFW Fibre), which is an arm’s-length initiative setup by Transport for Wales (TfW) – itself owned by the Welsh Government (WG), has applied for Code Powers from Ofcom in order to boost their plans for a full fibre broadband network that runs alongside local railways.

Streetwave See Mobile Broadband Coverage Improve Across Mid Wales

30th April, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave, which is using bin lorries to help map the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across 113 UK councils, has revealed how much the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project has helped to improve mobile coverage across mid-Wales over the past 9 months – O2 saw the strongest improvement.

April 2025 Progress Update on BT’s 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

29th April, 2025 (3 Comments)

UK ISP BT has published their first biannual progress update for 2025 on their delivery of Ofcom’s somewhat maligned 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The provider has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 8,411 premises (up from 8,248 in Oct 2024), with 349 further builds in-progress (up from 215).

Progress on GBP70m Extending High Speed Broadband in Wales Project

28th April, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has moved into the final market engagement phase of their proposed £70m (state aid) “Extending High Speed Broadband Reach in Wales” (EHSBRW) project, which aims to help upgrade broadband for some or all of the remaining 84,000 premises (i.e. those that can’t yet get “superfast” speeds of 30Mbps+).

Elevate Put New £7m Full Fibre Broadband Network Live in Cardiff

9th April, 2025 (0 Comments)

Alternative network operator Elevate (formerly Telcom and Luminet) has today announced that they’ve completed the deployment of a new full fibre “Hypercity” network across the city of Cardiff in Wales. The new network gives over 5,000 businesses access to dedicated internet speeds up to 10Gbps and over 4,000 homes access to speeds of up to 1Gbps.

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Wales Adopts Rules to Ensure New Build Homes Get Gigabit Broadband

1st April, 2025 (2 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has confirmed that new rules will be introduced across wales from 1st July 2025, which broadly follow England’s own updated Building Regulations by requiring housing developers to “ensure all new build houses be equipped with gigabit broadband capability” (some exceptions apply).

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ISP Ogi Launch New Pro Broadband Plan and eero Router for Biz Users

27th March, 2025 (2 Comments)

Infracapital-backed network operator and UK ISP Ogi, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales (100,000 premises are covered / RFS), has today launched a new ‘Pro’ package for business customers that comes with eero’s TrueMesh WiFi technology from Amazon.

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Welsh Government to Reopen ABC Broadband Vouchers this Spring

24th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) has revealed that their Access Broadband Cymru (ABC) grant scheme is to “reopen” this spring 2025, albeit with some changes. The scheme previously offered funding to help rural homes get a faster broadband service installed in areas of slow connectivity, until it was paused last summer (here).

Netomnia Builds 10Gbps Broadband to 50,000 Premises in Swansea

4th March, 2025 (2 Comments)

Alternative network operator Netomnia (Brsk and ISP YouFibre), which has already expanded their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 2.08 million premises (RFS) across over 90 UK cities and towns, have today confirmed that their roll-out in Swansea (Wales) has reached 50,000 premises.

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Northern Telecom Acquires Wireless Broadband Provider Dyfed Telecom

1st March, 2025 (0 Comments)

Good news. Business broadband ISP and communications provider Northern Telecom, which normally focuses on serving the North of England, has announced the acquisition of Wales-focused wireless provider Dyfed Telecom. The move comes shortly after HMRC filed a winding-up petition against the Kidwelly-based business (here).

Wireless Broadband Provider Dyfed Telecom Hit by Winding Up Petition

25th February, 2025 (6 Comments)

Kidwelly-based wireless broadband provider and supplier Dyfed Telecom Limited, which over the past few years has helped to connect various premises in rural Wales to broadband using a mix of mobile (EE powered 4G/5G), satellite (Starlink) and WiFi based solutions, has suffered a blow after HMRC filed a winding-up petition against the business.

nPerf Ranks Fastest UK Fixed Broadband ISPs by Nation and Speed

7th February, 2025 (3 Comments)

Internet connection benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from a new crowdsourced study into fixed broadband ISP speeds across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But oddly the results only cover Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, Vodafone, TalkTalk, Fibrus (NI) and Ogi (Wales).

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Gov Reportedly Looking to Cut Support for £1bn Rural UK 4G Mobile Rollout

2nd February, 2025 (16 Comments)

A major newspaper has reported that the Government may be looking to reduced their funding commitment for the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme and its efforts to extend 4G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage into remote rural areas. The move could significantly cut the number of mobile masts due to be built with public funding.