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Welsh Government selects Extending High-Speed Broadband suppliers

The Welsh Government has selected suppliers for its project to fund broadband build-out in hard-to-reach Welsh premises that would not otherwise be served by commercial operators. The framework is funded by a £70m budget, which was clawed back from the original Superfast Cymru Project, where money was returned when take-up increased. The Extending High-Speed Broadband […]

CityFibre launches nationwide 8.5Gbps wholesale product

CityFibre announces the launch of its 8.5Gbps product, which it is rolling out across its entire network, allowing customers across the UK access to some of the fastest FTTP products available. The company has been working to roll out 10Gbps XGS-PON technology nationwide across the CityFibre footprint, which reaches over 4.7m premises according to the […]

Mobile Broadband

Virgin Media O2 signs network deal with Ericsson and Nokia

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with both Ericsson and Nokia worth hundreds of millions of pounds to upgrade its mobile network. The deal is part of VMO2’s Mobile Transformation Plan, which is seeing the company invest £700m a year in improving its mobile network. The deal announced […]

Broadband

Weekly Brief – 27/03/2026

Some other news items from this week that may be of interest. Starlink offer reduces pricing in some areas to £25/month Our friends over at ISPreview have found that Starlink have cut the price of its satellite broadband service to £25/month in some areas. This is a discount of £10/month for the first six months, […]

Broadband

nexfibre offering 2Gbps connectivity to UK youth centres

nexfibre has announced that Brentswood Hub in Haywards Heath has been connected to free full fibre broadband. The company is working with charity UK Youth to offer youth centres access to high-speed connectivity, in partnership with Virgin Media O2. Youth centres will have access to free connectivity at 1 or 2Gbps for the next two […]

Broadband

Virgin Media O2 connects 1 million digital excluded people

Virgin Media O2 has announced that it has reached a milestone of 1 million people connected via its Better Connections Plan, to help people experiencing digital inclusion access services online. A range of different programmes and partnerships have been provided to help people get online, access essential services, and stay in touch with family and […]

Broadband

Devon residents urgent to sign up for Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

People in Devon are urged to sign up to the government’s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme before the deadline in August is reached, with a report to the Devon County Council committee highlighting issues in the area around getting broadband rolled out. The GBVS scheme is due to end in August, and there are currently no […]

Government launches Mobile Market Review

The government has launched a Mobile Market Review to try and help the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) decide what needs to change so the country gets better mobile networks. The key policy aim is to deploy 5GSA across all populated areas by 2030 – perhaps a fairly ambitious timeline (VodafoneThree’s target is […]

Regulation

US (sort of) bans foreign-made consumer broadband routers

The United States has brought in new rules which limit the sale of consumer broadband routers which effectively blocks sales of new routers manufactured outside of the U.S. This change, led by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being framed as a national security measure, but not only does it have wider implications, it’s rather […]

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