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While the rollout is said to have been completed in January 2026, we suspect the wait until July for an announcement from Wessex Internet and Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) was due to the auditing process the Project Gigabit contracts undergo and the release of the Project Gigabit OMR January 2026 data a few weeks […]

Residents, businesses and visitors to Clocaenog in Denbighshire will now have 4G for the first time. EE has deployed a mini mast on an existing lamp post in the village. The village has extensive Openreach full fibre so the new 4G service is about removing a mobile not spot, and allowing people to be connected […]

When the broadband USO became reality back in 2020 with a 10 Mbps download sync speed it was hoped it would lead to lots more full fibre appearing in hard to reach areas, but for many the reality was actually a 4G fixed wireless service. Leap forward six years and ISPreview is reporting that Starlink […]

Moody’s has published a report that takes a look at the UK broadband and compares penetration and take-up rates with the collective EU+UK. For years the UK was lagging seriously with regards to full fibre availability compared to the EU 27, but since around 2024 when the UK drew level rollouts have continued. Of course […]

We covered our Openreach full fibre tracking hitting the 23 million milestone back on 4th July 2026, and now it is time for our regular 12th of the month summary of the Openreach FTTP rollouts. The pace of 1 million premises going Ready for Service a quarter appears to have been broken, and while the […]

A round up of some news that wasn’t covered this week. Onecom win contract to provide broadband for MPs A contract to provide broadband for MPs has been awarded to Onecom at a value of £2.58m for a three-year term. This gives an average price of £110 per month. Onecom have wholesale deals with Openreach, […]

The problem of fake and scam adverts across multiple platforms has been growing and often they will feature a well known celebrity with some fake claim to pull in the unsuspecting public. Ofcom is making it very clear to the Big Tech platforms that they MUST address this issue. Ofcom research indicates 51% of adults […]

DSIT, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with LSBUD, Line Search Before U Dig, to help improve safe digging practices. The signing marks a joint commitment between the two to help reduce accidental damage to the UK’s critical underground infrastructure. DSIT run the NUAR, the National Underground […]