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Airspan Networks acquires assets of wireless UK broadband firm Cambium Networks

24th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

Over a week has now passed since Cambium Networks, which specialised in providing wireless broadband (FWA) and Wi-Fi style technologies globally and to broadband ISPs in the UK, collapsed into administration. But Florida-based Airspan Networks Holdings has now acquired several of the company’s key product assets and hired over 135 of their employees.

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

22nd September, 2026 (2 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.

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Survey claims 32 percent of UK people can’t identify if a Wi-Fi network is secure

21st September, 2026 (5 Comments)

A new “nationally representative” survey of 3,000 UK adults, which was conducted by Censuswide during July 2026, has reported that 32% of respondents were not confident they could identify a secure public Wi-Fi network from a fake (spoofed) one. On the flip side, 73% of men did feel confident identifying secure Wi-Fi, compared with 64% of women.

Wireless UK broadband company Cambium Networks falls into administration

13th September, 2026 (9 Comments)

Devon-based Cambium Networks, which specialises in providing wireless broadband (FWA) and Wi-Fi style technologies globally and also to broadband ISPs in the UK via its local subsidiary, appears to have called in the administrators following the “unfortunate collapse of the business“.

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.

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

9th September, 2026 (2 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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Norfolk County Council Issues Update After CityFibre Scale-Back Fibre Broadband Build

3rd September, 2026 (7 Comments)

The Norfolk County Council (NCC) in England has published a new document, which reveals the future plan for gigabit broadband deployments after CityFibre scaled-back their contracted roll-out of full fibre infrastructure under the UK government’s Project Gigabit scheme in May 2026. As expected, Openreach (BT) look set to pick up the slack.

TP-Link Launch First Wi-Fi 8 Broadband Routers with Speeds up to 22Gbps

1st September, 2026 (13 Comments)

Networking kit manufacturer TP-Link, which builds a lot of broadband routers, WiFi extenders and smart home devices, today claims to have soft launched the “world’s first” commercial Wi-Fi 8 products – the Archer 8 Ultra router and Deco 8 Ultra mesh Wi-Fi system. But the kit will use a draft specification, since the full standard isn’t due to be ready until May 2028.

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.

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UK Team Finds Tiny Atomic Changes Can Create Smarter Wireless Antennas

26th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

A team of researchers from the Queen Mary University of London have discovered a new way to make wireless communication devices, such as antennas, more adaptable by making tiny atomic changes to the structure of a material that can “dramatically improve its ability to respond to electrical signals“. The work could have applications in everything from home Wi-Fi to satellites and mobile broadband networks etc.

Study Claims 36 Percent of UK Adults with Home Wi-Fi Suffer Poor Connection

26th August, 2026 (14 Comments)

According to a recent “nationally representative” OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults with Wi-Fi at home, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com, some 36% of respondents said they “struggle with their Wi-Fi connection” (15% said this impacts multiple rooms of their home) and 24% have to go to a different room to use streaming as it does not work across their entire home.

Lenders Set to Take Control of Rural UK Broadband Altnet ISP Airband UPDATE

25th August, 2026 (9 Comments)

A new report has claimed that the Aberdeen Group backed alternative network (altnet) provider Airband, which recently put itself up for sale and has built a mix of gigabit broadband networks across rural parts of England and North Wales, has agreed to hand control of the business to its lenders.

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Government Hands £13m to Boost Wi-Fi on UK Trains and Satellite Broadband

18th August, 2026 (4 Comments)

The UK Space Agency has this morning announced that they’ve spread £13m of public funding across 16 new projects under the ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) programme, which covers everything from deploying on-board Wi-Fi on remote Scottish railways to improving the availability of 5G and future 6G mobile networks – typically via satellite-based internet connectivity.

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Government Prepares £20m Phase 2 of Schools Gigabit Broadband Rollout

15th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Education (DfE) has launched an early market engagement exercise to identify organisations that might be interested in supplying the second phase of their gigabit broadband roll-out programme for Schools, which has been allocated £20m of public funding to reach around a further 800 schools across England.

Mobile UK Tower Provider Cornerstone Tackles Site Renewals with TIP

12th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

Mobile infrastructure firm Cornerstone (CTIL), which was originally established as part of a UK network sharing deal between O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone (Vantage Towers), has expanded their partnership with Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIP) to improve how they manage and renew existing telecommunications site agreements (wayleaves etc.).

Camden Ponders Pilot of the Connected London UK Public Wi-Fi Network

6th August, 2026 (6 Comments)

The London Borough of Camden has revealed that they’re “exploring options” for potentially launching a second pilot of the Connected London public WiFi programme, which last year saw the Westminster City Council (here) area introduce a free public Wi-Fi network trial using single sign-on (OpenRoaming) technology.

University of Edinburgh Opens Private 5G Internet Network for Fringe Festival

5th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Networked Systems Group at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics has announced that their private 5G mobile test network (Campus5G) has been opened up for anyone to try during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with free eSIM access and 5G-backed public Wi-Fi available across a big area.