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Ses Indy who has 25 years of experience working in the digital infrastructure and fixed telecommunications sector has joined nexfibre in the role of Chief Commercial Officer. Ses Indy joins from Openreach where he had worked for 17 years working closely with providers like Sky, Vodafone and PXC with a focus on wholesale strategy. “I […]

Broadband infrastructure builder Nexfibre (owned by the owners of Virgin Media O2) are in the process of acquiring Substantial Group, the holding company behind Altnet Netomnia. This is currently being investigated by the regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority. We previously did a deep dive on what this acquisition would mean for Virgin Media O2 […]

The UK Government has announced that 50 masts have now gone live in Scotland as part of the subsidised Shared Rural Network (SRN) which extends 4G mobile coverage to more rural communities to tackle mobile not-spots for mobile phon and data services. The SRN is a joint initiative between the Government and the mobile network […]

Research by OnePoll for Community Fibre of 2,000 adults shows lots of people they are tied into agreements that are not good value for money (38% of respondents) or the service they receive does not justify the price they pay (26%). Looking at where people said they are frustrated with household bills and long term […]

Ofcom has issued a large fine of £28 million to Virgin Media for the effort and hassle it made customers go through to switch to another broadband provider in the period of January 2022 to September 2024. The problems are pretty negated today in terms of volume because the One Touch Switching system that came […]

The Advertising Standard Authority (ASA UK) has issued a ruling admonishing Grain Connect for a marketing e-mail where it made references to YouFibre and Brsk and its pending acquisition by Virgin Media. The e-mail sent in March included the text: “IMPORTANT NEWS: Virgin Media are taking over YouFibre & BRSK [..] Got friends with YouFibre […]

The news is that the UK has finally made it to 91% Gigabit broadband availability, through the combination of the full fibre rollouts and Virgin Media O2 cable network coverage. We reported on hitting 90% back in February 2026 so that additional point of coverage has taken 5 months. The expectation is that future point […]

INCA commissioned research reveals that 1 in 10 people are considering switching to an alt-net such as Community Fibre. Community Fibre is available to more than 1 in 3 properties in the London region and has services that start at £19/m for a 100 Mbps symmetric full fibre broadband service. Current offers mean 1 Gbps […]