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15th May 2026 (0 Comments)
A new report has claimed that the founder and chairman of managed communications provider Giacom, Matthew Riley, is allegedly partnering with private equity group Oakley Capital to back a £1bn takeover of business IT and ISP Gamma Communications. Once completed the provider might then be broken up, with its UK telecoms arm going to Giacom.
15th May 2026 (0 Comments)
Broadband and mobile giant Vodafone (Group) has announced that, subject to shareholder approval, Olaf Koch will be appointed as a Non-Executive Director (NED). At the same time Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez, an existing NED, will not seek re-election at the AGM and will therefore retire as a Board member (inc. Chair of the Remuneration and ESG Committees).
15th May 2026 (11 Comments)
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has confirmed new closure dates for the two legacy exchanges in Ballyclare (9,500 premises in N.Ireland) and Kenton Road (9,500 premises in London), which were originally due to be switched off on 30th November 2025. The new Network Cease Date for both has now been set back almost a year to 2nd of November 2026.
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14th May 2026 (22 Comments)
Internet provider Olilo has today announced the introduction of an L2TP (Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol) service from £10 per month inc. VAT, which is a service that people or businesses can use to establish a secure (virtual) “tunnel” to transmit data packets between two points across a public network.
14th May 2026 (10 Comments)
Mobile and broadband provider EE (BT) has announced a “refresh” of their 30-day Pay As You Go (PAYG) mobile plans, which they say will give customers “greater value and more flexibility” (i.e. bigger mobile broadband data allowances), as well as access to the operator’s 5G network and a new ‘Data Parachute’ feature.
14th May 2026 (3 Comments)
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is getting closer and as part of that Openreach and BT have announced a “UK wide network service protection period” for their national broadband services, which will be in place from 11th June to 19th July 2026. The measures are designed to help mitigate an expected increase in network demand and to avoid changes that may disrupt match viewing.
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14th May 2026 (6 Comments)
Internet access provider Zzoomm, which is now part of the recently merged FTTP broadband network from FullFibre Limited (here), has today become the latest alternative network ISP to launch a live TV, streaming, and cloud gaming service via Netgem TV‘s new IPTV set-top-box and streaming platform – PLEIO.
14th May 2026 (10 Comments)
The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today published a new Draft Code of Practice for internet and broadband based video streaming services (e.g. Netflix, Amazon / Prime, Disney+ etc.), which will require them to follow new rules, including around harm and offence, due impartiality and accuracy, fairness and privacy, and accessibility.
14th May 2026 (9 Comments)
Broadband and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has this morning announced that they’re partnering up with the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) on a new certified training programme for frontline contact centre staff, which is designed to help them better handle “complex and sensitive customer interactions“.
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13th May 2026 (1 Comment)
Peterborough-based Rydal Group, which is a UK telecoms, broadband and managed IT provider, has today continued their acquisition spree by announcing that they’ve recently gobbled a similar provider called HBT Communications Limited, with effect from 15th April 2026.
13th May 2026 (1 Comment)
Rural UK ISP Quickline, which is busy building a new full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) network across parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (3-Year Rollout Plan), has issued a progress update on their publicly subsidised Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract for South Yorkshire that’s now covered almost 9,000 premises.
13th May 2026 (4 Comments)
The State Opening of Parliament – often referred to as the “King’s Speech” – took place today, which once again saw the new UK Government set out their agenda for the coming session. The speech included mentions of several bills related to telecoms network security and broadband connectivity, which we’ve summarised a bit below.
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13th May 2026 (7 Comments)
The telecoms regulator has today published the fifth edition of their forecast for Planned Network Deployments, which has again revised down its prediction of future UK broadband coverage after many network operators slowed their rollouts. The report predicts that full fibre (FTTP) lines will reach up to 92% of homes by January 2029 – rising up to 95% for gigabit-capable networks (i.e. FTTP and Cable).
13th May 2026 (5 Comments)
Ofcom has released its Spring 2026 update on UK fixed broadband and mobile coverage, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) lines now reach 82% of homes (up from 78% in July 2025), while 89% are within reach of a gigabit network (up from 87%) and 76% – 94% of premises can get an outdoor 5G signal (up from 64-89%).
13th May 2026 (0 Comments)
Opensignal, which gathers crowdsourced data via consumer speedtests on its App, has published the results from a new study that examined fixed broadband speeds across 18 European markets, including the United Kingdom and Turkey. Overall the UK ranked 6th for download speed (119Mbps), 13th for upload speed (39.4Mbps) and 3rd for Consistent Quality (CQ).
13th May 2026 (14 Comments)
In recent months we’ve noticed what looks to be a rise in the number of O2 (Virgin Media) Mobile customers reporting that access to their account IDs have been “locked” due to unclear “security reasons“, which has in some cases taken several weeks or months for customers to get resolved. In other cases the issue may reoccur shortly after being resolved.
12th May 2026 (6 Comments)
Internet provider Hey! Broadband, which offers services to homes in various areas covered by F&W Networks (Fibre and Wireless) alternative gigabit speed full fibre lines (mostly across the South East of England), has changed the pricing on their home packages and also become the latest to introduce mid-contract price hikes.
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