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2nd Nov 2026 (0 Comments)
2nd Nov 2026 (0 Comments)
Over three years have passed since the Scottish Government (SG) and PSD Scotland awarded BT a £350m contract over 6-years to upgrade the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN). The build phase has now completed, which means that over 5,000 sites (hospitals, GP surgeries, councils, pharmacies etc.) can now benefit from faster and more reliable connectivity.
2nd Nov 2026 (22 Comments)
Some good news to start the week. Existing customers of broadband, TV and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) will be pleased to learn that, come the end of their existing contract term, they are now much more likely to be offered a significantly more affordable renewal deal than before. Some customers have reported seeing out-of-contract deals fall significantly in price.
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2nd Nov 2026 (0 Comments)
Infracapital-backed alternative broadband ISP Fibrus, which has so far deployed their full fibre network across 471,800 UK premises (inc. 155,000 customers), will today launch their early Black Friday discounts – reducing the monthly rentals across their three primary packages and also adding some Amazon Gift cards for good measure.
31st Oct 2026 (48 Comments)
A new news report has this morning claimed that broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) are allegedly preparing to cut thousands of UK jobs. The somewhat expected move appears to form part of the company’s long rumoured c.£600m cost cutting drive to help ease pressure from their c.£22bn debt mountain and falling bond prices.
31st Oct 2026 (2 Comments)
Some 75 jobs at the UK-based Cambridge Broadband Networks Group (CBNG), which developed network technology for mobile and wireless broadband operators, have been cast into uncertainty after the business fell into administration. The situation occurred after the company’s main customer, Verizon, chose not to adopt their mmW product for 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks.
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31st Oct 2026 (0 Comments)
Network analyst firm Streetwave has confirmed that they’ve been chosen by the Barnet Borough Council in London to conduct a real-world study of mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and data speeds across the area, harnessing 723km of the borough’s road network – testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK).
30th Oct 2026 (0 Comments)
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today revealed the timetable and new details of their plan to auction off a 25MHz (frequency) slice of the 1.4GHz radio spectrum band (i.e. the “Upper Block” of 1492 to 1517MHz) to mobile operators (EE, O2 and Vodafone, Three UK) for use in their 4G and 5G based mobile broadband services.
30th Oct 2026 (43 Comments)
The latest update from network operator Openreach (BT) has revealed that homes and businesses only have 100 days left before the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is permanently retired on 31st January 2027. As it stands, some 1 million UK lines (down from 1.5m in July 2026) are still using legacy copper, including roughly 300,000 business premises (down from 350k).
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30th Oct 2026 (33 Comments)
SpaceX’s satellite broadband service, Starlink, appears to be changing some of their prices again, which on the positive side seems to have quietly reduced the price of their entry-level “Residential 100Mbps” plan to £32 per month (in some other areas it shows as £36 or still £40). But on the other hand, some service options and plans may have increased in price.
30th Oct 2026 (1 Comment)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that, following a successful trial earlier this autumn, they’ve now rolled out a free, AI-powered scam call protection service for all customers based on technology from existing partner Hiya. Over 3 million malicious calls a week are now expected to be blocked in real time from reaching customers’ phones.
30th Oct 2026 (0 Comments)
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30th Oct 2026 (92 Comments)
In a surprising development, it’s being reported that Virgin Media (O2) are allegedly close to reaching a deal that would enable them to extend their UK broadband coverage by harnessing Openreach’s (BT) national Full Fibre (FTTP) network for new customers, albeit only in areas they don’t yet serve with their own fibre. But Virgin’s existing FTTP upgrade scheme would stop.
29th Oct 2026 (38 Comments)
The UK telecoms, media and internet content regulator, Ofcom, has today set out how they will define “highly effective” Age Verification systems. Such systems are set to become a mandatory requirement as part of the Government’s controversial move to introduce an online Social Media ban for children under the age of 16 – for use against the most popular platforms (Facebook, Instagram etc.).
29th Oct 2026 (0 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today launched SIM-free financing, which is described as being a “flexible payment offering” that enables customers to purchase a new or refurbished phone on its own – without an airtime plan – and spread the cost over time with finance options from 3 to 24 months (APR rates from as low as 0%, subject to a credit check).
29th Oct 2026 (2 Comments)
The Scottish Government’s (SG) £697m Reaching 100% (R100) programme with Openreach (BT), which has spent the past few years expanding full fibre broadband to reach 100,000 premises in hard-to-reach rural areas, has recently been shortlisted for the forthcoming European Digital Connectivity Awards 2026.
29th Oct 2026 (4 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has followed Vodafone’s announcement yesterday (here) by confirming that they, working alongside Small Cell experts at Freshwave, have also just completed the latest phase of Haven holiday park network upgrades to their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network as families enjoy the October half-term break.
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