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9th Mar 2026 (0 Comments)
The UK Government has this morning revealed that a total of 50 publicly-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across Wales as part of the industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project (up from 30 in July 2025), which last year succeeded (here) in extending geographic 4G cover from at least one operator to 95% of the UK (aggregate).
9th Mar 2026 (2 Comments)
Telecoms giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) is reportedly engaged in talks with VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) over a possible wholesale broadband deal, which would enable Vodafone UK to sell packages to consumers via Virgin/nexfibre’s growing full fibre (FTTP) network. Separately, VMO2’s CEO has admitted that O2’s move to hike prices for existing mobile users “wasn’t the best decision“.
9th Mar 2026 (2 Comments)
Internet provider and UK network builder Exascale, which has already deployed their own gigabit speed full fibre (FTTP) network to a few thousand premises in the Telford and Wrekin area, has refreshed the pricing of its consumer packages and also confirmed that customers can now order services over CityFibre and Gigaclear’s own fibre networks.
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8th Mar 2026 (16 Comments)
A few days ago, the BBC published their 118-page response to the UK Government’s Green Paper on its future. But while much of the coverage around that was on issues of funding and TV licence fees, buried deep within its pages the corporation also set out a new vision for their iPlayer streaming service, which could open it up to other Public Service Broadcasters (PSB).
7th Mar 2026 (0 Comments)
It usually happens quietly, without flashing alerts or awkward sales calls to mark the moment. While attention is focused elsewhere, a broadband or VoIP contract can renew in the background for another year with very little scrutiny. By the time it comes back into view, the opportunity to explore alternatives may already have passed, leaving businesses tied to terms that no longer reflect their needs or the wider market.
6th Mar 2026 (5 Comments)
Mobile and broadband operator VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) have today revealed that they’ve used AI technologies, such as Call Defence from Hiya, to flag over 1 billion “suspected” scam and spam calls to UK customers before they even pick up the phone (more than 70 million suspected scam and spam calls are currently being flagged every month).
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6th Mar 2026 (6 Comments)
Broadband, mobile and TV giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that, as part of their target to transition to a fully Electric Vehicle (EV) fleet by 2030 (c. 4,300 vehicles), they just purchased 101 Renault Master e-Tech vans (priced from £37,500 plus VAT after PiVG) for their telecoms engineers to use.
5th Mar 2026 (36 Comments)
A week has passed since we reported that broadband ISP EE (BT) had started sending out invites to those wishing to help trial Openreach’s new XGS-PON powered Full Fibre (FTTP) technology (here), which is capable of delivering internet speeds of up to 8.5Gbps down (850Mbps upload). The main update this week is that the provider has also detailed which areas are covered by the trial.
5th Mar 2026 (2 Comments)
The UK Government’s Department for Business & Trade (DBT) has responded to last year’s cross-party Home-based Working Committee report (here) into remote and hybrid working in the UK which, among other things, called for an increase to “long-term investment in digital infrastructure, particularly broadband” to help properly support such working.
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5th Mar 2026 (14 Comments)
At present most fixed broadband networks in the UK are focused on deploying 10Gbps capable XGS-PON based full fibre (FTTP) technology for retail ISPs, while less than a handful are playing with 50Gbps (50G-PON) technology (here, here and here) and CityFibre has talked about 100Gbps for the mid-2030s (here). But the next gen 200G PON technology is also making progress, and it’s a major shift.
4th Mar 2026 (43 Comments)
4th Mar 2026 (2 Comments)
Combined broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they’re set to replace their former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2021, Patricia Cobian, with David Melcon from 2nd April 2026. In case anybody has forgotten, Patricia announced last year that she was jumping ship to the BT Group (here).
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4th Mar 2026 (1 Comment)
Infracapital-backed altnet broadband ISP Fibrus, which is building a gigabit-speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cumbria (England) and Northern Ireland, has today revealed that they’ve reached an additional 30,000 premises in Cumbria as part of their Project Gigabit contract in the region.
4th Mar 2026 (8 Comments)
Concerns are starting to be expressed by customers of broadband ISP iTalk (iTalk Affiliate Telecommunications), which have been complaining about a a protracted service outage that started last week. In addition, some customers have alleged that support staff suggested the issue could be resolved more quickly if they took out a new contract.
4th Mar 2026 (6 Comments)
The aptly named Broadband Speed Test website, which is owned by Dot Com Ventures, appears to have launched a new web and app based internet connection performance testing tool to compete with the many similar services that already exist in the UK and across the world.
4th Mar 2026 (3 Comments)
Mobile network operator Lyca Mobile, which in the UK is a virtual operator (MVNO) on EE’s network, has today committed to a price freeze on its Pay Monthly plans for the rest of 2026, which is said to be following in the footsteps of Tesco Mobile and Spusu by bucking the wider trend of traditional mobile contracts which feature mid-contract price rises.
4th Mar 2026 (4 Comments)
Global internet and network connection benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband connection testing and Downdetector websites and apps (among other things), has been acquired from Ziff Davis by Accenture in a deal that is said to have a cash value of $1.2 billion (c.£900m).
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