Openreach Tweaks Call Off 1 Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency and Openreach (BT) have revised downward their £149.7m Call Off 1 Project Gigabit contract – covering parts of Lancashire, North Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire, West and Mid-Surrey, Staffordshire, West Berkshire and Hertfordshire. This originally aimed to extend full fibre (FTTP) to 54,336 premises in remote areas, but will now reach 51,821. Just to recap. The original contract was agreed all the way back in August...
Quickline Introduces 2.3Gbps Speed Broadband Package for Rural England | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rural-focused UK ISP Quickline, which is busy deploying a new gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England (3-Year Rollout Plan), has recently introduced a new 2.3Gbps (2,300Mbps) symmetric speed broadband package (their previous top tier was 1Gbps). The new Full Fibre 2300 package is priced at just £59.99 per month on a 24-month minimum term contract (credits to one of...
Broadband Altnet Fibrus Launch Internet Safety Scheme for N.Ireland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed alternative broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a gigabit-speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has today launched a new campaign to help keep children in N.Ireland safe online. The ‘Surf Smart Stay Safe’ campaign is being delivered through a variety of workshops in Primary Schools across the country. The first cohort of the campaign saw Fibrus deliver workshops to 350 P5-P7...
Rural UK Full Fibre Broadband ISP Village Networks Looks to Expand Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Buckingham-based alternative network provider Village Networks, which operates a number of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Full Fibre (FTTP) gigabit broadband networks across rural parts of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire in England, has requested new powers from the regulator to support its future expansion. The plan was revealed as part of the company’s application for Code Powers from Ofcom, which are typically sought in order...
Broadband and Mobile Providers Adapting to New UK Price Transparency Rules | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A subtle but very important change is slowly happening behind the scenes of the UK’s consumer telecoms industry, as broadband and mobile providers start realising they need to adapt to the Competition and Markets Authority‘s (CMA) new guidance on unfair commercial practices, particularly around the complex issue of “price transparency“. The relatively recent Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), which contains various new price...
Virgin Media’s UK Pay TV Customers Get Access to Sky Atlantic Channel | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has this morning confirmed that all new and existing Virgin TV 360 and Stream box customers with the ‘Sky Entertainment‘ channels (Sky Comedy, Sky Witness, and the soon to be relaunched Sky One) will soon also be able to access popular Sky Atlantic programming on channel 111, “at no extra cost“. The addition of Sky Atlantic, which will take place on 1st April 2026, follows the news that HBO Max will also be available to...
Government Reject Calls for Cheaper Rural Access to Openreach’s UK Cable Ducts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s recently published Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP) for telecommunications (here) appears to have rejected calls by some, but not all, alternative UK broadband networks for Ofcom to make access to run new fibre optic cables via Openreach’s (BT) existing cable ducts and poles cheaper in rural areas. Network access provider Openreach is required to provide access to their existing cable ducts and poles via the regulated Physical...
Vodafone UK Deploys 5G Mobile Broadband to Aberdeen International Airport | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has announced that they’ve deployed “dedicated” 5G and 4G mobile coverage to Aberdeen International Airport, which is one of Scotland’s busiest airports. But travellers will need to wait a “few months” more before the operator expands their fastest 5G Standalone (5GSA) technology to the same location. The improvements follow the installation of a dedicated in-building 5G system by specialists Exchange...
Bluehouse Tech Launch Solution to Help UK Broadband Altnets Launch MVNO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Software development firm Bluehouse Technology has launched a new product, which is designed to make it much easier for alternative UK broadband providers to launch their own white-label style virtual eSIM based mobile (MVNO) network service – enabling them reach to customers beyond their physical fibre footprints. We only rarely write about this side of the market (products targeted specifically at ISPs/altnets), but this one does offer more details...
Ofcom Publish 9th Annual Report into UK Net Neutrality Issues | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Ofcom has published their 9th annual (2026) monitoring report into the Net Neutrality guidelines, which were originally established to prevent unfair blocking or slowing of access to legal websites and internet services by broadband ISPs and mobile operators. Overall the UK telecoms regulator has “not identified any significant cause for concern“, although EE may have an issue with tethering restrictions. The original rules meant that service providers...