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Weekly Brief – 17th April 2026

Our weekly update on broadband news. North Isles, Orkney subsea cable repair underway Following the arrival of the cable-laying/repair ship Pierre de Fermat, around 8km of cable has been replaced, with the damage reportedly due to abrasion on the seabed, which is laid across a rocky route. Part of the repair work has seen this […]

Broadband

Full fibre availability increases to 84% of UK premises

The jump from 83% FTTP coverage to 84% has been pretty quick compared to other point increases in the last 12 months, taking just 40 days. The biggest driver has been the Openreach FTTP rollouts and while lots of this is overlapping with altnets and the nexfibre XGS-PON rollout they are arriving as the first […]

Broadband

Amazon Leo buys Globalstar to acquire D2D and satellite network

Amazon announced this week that it is paying $11bn to acquire satellite company Globalstar in an effort to close the gap with Starlink. Globalstar runs it owns low earth orbit (LEO) network of around 24 second-generation satellites and also has mobile-satellite spectrum which can be used for direct-to-device networks, such as those offered by Starlink […]

Mobile Broadband

Vodafone Business launches Network Boost data priority option

Vodafone has today announced two new features it can offer to businesses on the VodafoneThree 5G standalone (5GSA) network. ‘Network Boost’ is a nationwide option that allows SME’s up to large enterprises to add to their contract to give priority on the network in busy areas. It’s available either as part of a network plan […]

Mobile Broadband

VodafoneThree gets green light for satellite smartphone connectivity

Ofcom has today announced that it has approved the request by VodafoneThree to provide satellite connectivity direct-to-device (D2D) in the UK. This follows on from O2, which launched its O2 Satellite service earlier this year. The approval comes in the form of allowing a license variation, which enables VodafoneThree to use its 900 MHz spectrum […]

Altnets

Community Fibre Double Speed Promo for Social Tariff (no income requirements)

Community Fibre recently re-launched their Double the Speed promotion where select packages have both their download and upload speeds doubles at no extra cost. This promotion is valid to 06/06/2026. “Unlike most other providers, Community Fibre does not ask for proof of income support or government benefits to access the tariff – making it one […]

Broadband

Openreach take on North Shropshire and West Herefordshire Project Gigabit contracts

BDUK has announced that Openreach will take on two Project Gigabit contracts after the altnets originally building decided to pull out of the contracts. 8,500 premises were descoped from the Freedom Fibre build for North Shropshire in June 2025 after the company pulled out of the contract after building 3,500 of the promised coverage. The […]

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EXCLUSIVE April 2026 update on Openreach full-fibre roll-out

The 31 days between 12th March and 12th April 2026 have seen the Openreach full fibre footprint increase by a new record of 19,624 premises per day, totalling 608,354 premises over the course of the month. The over 600,000 premises sets a new record for the amount of Openreach FTTP we’ve mapped in a single […]

Altnets

G.Network appoints new members to leadership team

London-based broadband altnet G.Network has announced that it has appointed new senior leaders to head up the business under the existing CEO and former co-founder, David Sangster. The company that went through the administration process earlier this year and is now running on a debt-free footing under Fitzwalter Capital has made the following appointments: Ed […]

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