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Chameleon Tech Uses Home Broadband to Solve UK Smart Meter Connectivity Woes

18th June, 2026 (16 Comments)

Chameleon Technology has just become one of the first to provide a Virtual WAN (VWAN) solution to help resolve the problems that over 350,000 hard-to-reach UK homes have with Energy Smart Meters, which sometimes struggle to send data back to suppliers via their mobile networks. The new solution will instead use your home broadband (WiFi) service.

Glide Go Beyond Student WiFi to Deliver 100Gbps WAN for King’s College London

17th June, 2026 (4 Comments)

Clevedon-based broadband ISP Glide Group has announced that they’ve significantly extended their existing relationship with the university of King’s College London, which previously covered providing internet connectivity to student accommodation and campus-wide guest Wi-Fi. The communications provider will now also deliver a resilient, high-capacity managed Wide Area Network (WAN).

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Clarus Networks Becomes an Authorised UK Reseller of Amazon Leo

17th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Communications provider Clarus Networks has this morning announced that they’ve reached an agreement to become an authorised reseller of the Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) service, which reflects a huge constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – available to the UK and globally.

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Ofcom Sets Out UK Plan for Using 2GHz Band with Mobile Satellite Services

16th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today proposed to give other operators access to harness the 2GHz radio spectrum band for Mobile Satellite Services (MMS), such as to support Direct-to-Device (DtD) solutions for connecting 4G and 5G Smartphones. Separately, they’ve also proposed to make more spectrum available for Earth Station in Motion (ESIM) satellite terminals on ships and aircraft.

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Faster Onboard WiFi Coming to Lumo’s East Coast Main Line Trains this Autumn

15th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Open access rail operator Lumo has announced that they’re working with satellite broadband operator Starlink to deploy faster “next-generation” Wi-Fi for passengers onboard their fleet of 100% electric East Coast Main Line trains in time for this Autumn (2026) – travelling between London King’s Cross, Stevenage, Newcastle, Morpeth, Edinburgh Falkirk and Glasgow.

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UK Shows Strong Adoption of Latest Wi-Fi 6 and 7 Standards vs Europe

8th June, 2026 (10 Comments)

Internet connection benchmarking firm Ookla (Accenture), which operates the popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service and app, has published a general summary of WiFi technology adoption across the world that reveals how the UK has a fairly strong level of Wi-Fi 6 and 7 adoption vs most of Europe.

Rural Broadband ISP Airband Name Alan Mitchell as New Managing Director

3rd June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Alternative network provider Airband, which has rolled out a mixed Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of England and North Wales, has today announced another leadership change by promoting Alan Mitchell to be their new Managing Director (MD).

Ofcom Study Finds Mobile Networks on UK Trains Offer Poor Quality UPDATE

3rd June, 2026 (10 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published a new study that measured mobile (4G / 5G) network performance across 24 segments of key railway lines covering England, Scotland and Wales. The results found that performance was poor on between 58% and 83% of tests carried out on trains, depending on mobile operator.

Clear Mobitel Plans to Build UK 5G Fixed Wireless Broadband Network

28th May, 2026 (2 Comments)

Gaerwen-based virtual mobile operator Clear Mobitel has revealed that they aspire to deploy a new 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) based radio access network, including fibre optic and Microwave backhaul, which will be used to deliver a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband network to homes, businesses and at wholesale for UK ISPs. Starting in Wales.

Broadcom and TP-Link Unveil First Wi-Fi 8 Chipsets and Broadband Routers

28th May, 2026 (4 Comments)

Networking kit manufacturer TP-Link, which develops a lot of broadband routers, WiFi extenders and smart home devices, has today preview their forthcoming Archer 8 router platform – one of the first in the world to support the next Wi-Fi 8 standard (this hasn’t yet been ratified). The move comes a day after Broadcom unveiled their first Wi-Fi 8 chipsets.

Gigabit Broadband Covers 89 Percent of UK Premises – Ofcom Spring 2026 Data

13th May, 2026 (6 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%).

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Fibre Broadband Set for Boost as UK Scientists Uncover Hidden Property of Light

6th May, 2026 (4 Comments)

A team of researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England, has “uncovered a hidden property of light” that allows it to controllably twist, spin and behave differently – without mirrors, materials or special lenses. In theory this could allow future optical (fibre optic) based broadband connections, among other things, to carry significantly more data.

Rural Broadband ISP Airband Appoint Paula Strickland as CFO

5th May, 2026 (0 Comments)

Alternative internet provider Airband, which has built a mixed Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless (FWA) broadband network across rural parts of England and North Wales, has followed up the recent departure of their CEO (here) and confirmation of further redundancies (here) by announcing that Paula Strickland has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer.

Rural UK Broadband ISP Airband Announce More Changes and Redundancies

30th April, 2026 (6 Comments)

Alternative internet provider Airband, which has deployed both a Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based broadband network to cover rural parts of England and North Wales, has followed up this week’s departure of its CEO (here) by announcing a new “operating model” and further redundancies to support their “next phase of growth“.

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Inseego to Acquire Nokia’s Fixed Wireless Access CPE Broadband Business

30th April, 2026 (0 Comments)

Networking technology giant Nokia, which has recently been exploring various strategic options for parts of its enterprise business, has today announced that they’re selling their Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) business to another global wireless broadband firm, Inseego.

Biannual April 2026 Progress Update on BT’s 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

29th April, 2026 (12 Comments)

Internet provider BT has today published the biannual (April 2026) progress update on their delivery of Ofcom’s somewhat limited 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The provider has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 9,089 premises (up from 8,553 in Oct 2025) – using FTTP, with 461 further builds in-progress (up sharply from 186).

CEO of Rural UK Broadband ISP Airband Exits Shortly After Appointment

28th April, 2026 (3 Comments)

Alternative broadband provider Airband, which has built both a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based network to cover rural parts of the Midlands, Cheshire, Oxfordshire, South West England and North Wales, has announced that the company’s recently appointed CEO, Kashif Rahman, has today stepped down from the role.