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Connect Fibre was awarded the Project Gigabit contract for Derbyshire back in 2023, and the contract has just been modified to increase the number of premises covered and due to see Gigabit broadband (i.e. full fibre) delivered. The new contract sees an increase in the value by £1,577,558 to £35,011,555 and covering an additional 790 […]

The Financial Times is reporting that troubled broadband provider TalkTalk has received a bid from VodafoneThree (FT.com subscription required) for its consumer retail operations. Back in March 2026, TalkTalk Group announced £115m of new funding from existing shareholders and lender group to support the company’s working capital, and it was actively seeking buyers for different […]

AST SpaceMobile, the company that is building a satellite network designed for direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity for mobile devices, has announced that it will be launching 3 new satellites in June. Liftoff is targeted for 2:39 am on June 17th, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The three satellites, known as BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 […]

A TalkTalk study looking at how we all use our mobile phones suggests that many of us will pick up our phones to fill in gaps of just 30 seconds, and that the total average screen time per day may be 3 hours and 18 minutes a day. This is double the screen time of […]

Availability of full fibre broadband across the UK continues to improve, but the roll-out pace is still massively slower than a couple of years ago. A lot of this is networks focussing on getting people signed up to premises they’ve already passed, and the long term hope there is that showing good take-up figures will […]

Another Project Gigabit modification this time with additional premises and therefore a slightly increased value. Quickline was awarded the Project Gigabit contract for North Yorkshire and the original value was £73.5 million, it subsequently increased in value to £75,580,000 and has now increased again to £76,850,907. The latest increase adds 1,323 premises to the initial […]

Broadband provider Aquiss has announced the launch of its 1.2 Gbps and 1.8 Gbps Openreach-based full fibre (FTTP) broadband services to complement post-Gigabit services offered through CityFibre, Full Fibre and Freedom Fibre. There are still comparatively few ISPs who are offering Openreach-based FTTP services above 1 Gbps. When comparing, it’s worth noting that whether the […]

Zen Internet adds FTTP services from MS3 Zen Internet has started offering Full Fibre services from altnet MS3 Networks. Details can be found in our broadband listings with a promotion active offering the Full Fibre 900 product for the same prce as the 500, until the end of August. MS3 launched to try and break […]