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2nd Sep 2026 (0 Comments)
Network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has today published one of the first independent studies of real-world 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage quality on the London Underground. The good news is that it works and exists exactly where TfL says it should.
2nd Sep 2026 (0 Comments)
The Scottish Government yesterday set out their work plan for the next five years, which among other things initiated a feasibility study to “identify and evaluate potential options” for deploying a new subsea fibre optic cable between mainland Scotland and the Shetland Islands. The goal being to improve broadband and mobile redundancy, as well as performance.
2nd Sep 2026 (1 Comment)
A new report from the Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF), an industry think-tank, has today been published that examines the apparently “growing workforce and skills challenges” of the telecoms sector and highlights how 200,000 UK engineers are expected to leave the workforce by 2030 – risking a future “skills cliff“. But quite a few of those may be leaving due to maturity of the full fibre broadband build.
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2nd Sep 2026 (0 Comments)
The staff of alternative UK retail broadband ISP Truespeed, which now forms part of the wider FreedomTruespeed Group (FTG), were informed last week that the rural internet provider’s former Chairman since 2014, Clarke Osborne, had sadly passed away after being unwell for some time.
1st Sep 2026 (1 Comment)
After a long delay it appears as if the Scottish Government may finally get around to awarding a new gigabit broadband roll-out contract for Orkney & Shetland by the end of 2026. The procurement, which forms part of the UK’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme, aspires to expand full fibre (FTTP) networks to 13,550 premises in hard-to-reach parts of the remote Northern Isles.
1st Sep 2026 (2 Comments)
A new online survey of 401 full-time UK business connectivity decision-makers, which was conducted by alternative UK broadband network provider LightSpeed Networks (company with a vested interest), claims to have found that 45% of respondents have experienced a fault where “responsibility between suppliers was disputed or unclear“.
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1st Sep 2026 (3 Comments)
After a turbulent year, broadband provider Wildanet, which is deploying a new 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2025 and revealed revenue growth of 43% to £2.51m (2024: £1.75m). But they also wrote another £17.1m off the value of their assets.
1st Sep 2026 (1 Comment)
Business ISP and IT provider Gamma Communications has this morning confirmed that their board has proposed to accept a cash offer from private equity firm Epiris, which implies an enterprise value of approximately £1.079bn. The deal, if approved, will be managed through a newly incorporated entity called Bradbury Bidco Limited.
1st Sep 2026 (8 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.
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1st Sep 2026 (13 Comments)
Five tenants of a building in Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England) could be left without a working UK broadband and phone service after the property owner, Mo Mujaed, claimed that Openreach had deployed a new telecoms (telegraph) pole that damaged a seemingly exposed Virgin Media cable in the process, which served the building.
31st Aug 2026 (8 Comments)
Alternative UK broadband network and ISP Gigability, which first cropped up in 2024 (here and here) with plans to build a full fibre network across rural villages in Shropshire (England), appears to have run into a problem on part of their network after a couple of their customers in the medieval market town of Much Wenlock indicated they’d been given one month’s notice of service closure.
30th Aug 2026 (0 Comments)
The government’s new changes to the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) approval processes in England (here) are causing additional delays to some of Openreach’s new broadband installs. Ironically the changes are being introduced to correct for the delays and increased costs of telecoms operators trying to deploy new networks into large buildings (MDUs etc.) under the prior system.
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29th Aug 2026 (13 Comments)
National network operator Openreach has informed ISPreview that their long planned pilot of a 100Gbps capable Cablelink (Ethernet) solution is now scheduled to start around May 2027. The new product will, among other things, be used by ISPs to support the rollout of their 8.5Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband products for UK homes.
28th Aug 2026 (9 Comments)
Customers of virtual mobile operator Sky Mobile, which is estimated to be home to around 4-5 million customers in the UK, have just become the first O2 (Virgin Media) powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to introduce 5G Standalone (5G+) technology for better mobile broadband performance and more.
28th Aug 2026 (14 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.
28th Aug 2026 (6 Comments)
Starlink’s (SpaceX) ultrafast satellite broadband service has finally responded to complaints from small boat owners about the company’s recent restrictions on international roaming, which threatened to make the service untenable for those who sail around different parts of the world – sometimes for months. But a new Personal Maritime Plan may be the answer, albeit with caveats.
27th Aug 2026 (0 Comments)
Mobile network operator EE (inc. BT) has notified UK customers in Nepal (South Asia) that, due to the devastating impact of yesterday’s catastrophic flash flood and mudslide on the Nepal-Tibet border, they’re promising to credit back charges for mobile calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) used in the country, as well as mobile and landline calls from the UK to Nepal.
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