Category: Altnets

Freedom Fibre was awarded a Project Gigabit contract in mid-2023 covering North Shropshire, but they pulled out of this in June 2025 having delivered less than a third of the 12,000 promised premises. Shropshire Council has written to the Government expressing concern about what they call unacceptable delays following termination of Freedom Fibre’s ‘Project Gigabyte’ […]

Scottish Fibre altnet GoFibre has agreed with Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) to de-scope some premises from its Project Gigabit contract in Teesdale/Durham (Lot 4). The company was awarded Project Gigabit contracts spanning North Northumberland, Teesdale, Borders & East Lothian (Scotland) and North East Scotland with the latter being substantially larger at £105m. than the others. […]

The Independent Networks’ Co-operative Association (INCA) has been promoted its UK Wholesale Standards Initiative to make it easier for retailers to talk to wholesale altnet operators in a ‘standard’ way thus ensuring easier integration between the platforms and the altnets, benefitting smaller players in particular as there’s no need to agree a common language as […]

Sean Royce who has lead Quickline since 2021 is retiring from his CEO role having taken the company through a period of significant growth. The new CEO is set to be Mark Bowden, who joined Quickline as its Chief Financial Officer earlier this year and Martin Cook is promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Sean Royce […]

The Financial Times has reported that Virgin Media O2 is in talks to potentially acquire Netomnia in what it suggests could be a deal worth £2 billion. The talks are described as non-exclusive and another potential suitor for Netomnia is CityFibre. In the Virgin Media O2 financial results today, they described themselves in the quarterly […]

Grain Connect has announced Gainsborough in Lincolnshire as one of its next rollout locations and introductory offers are set to see service starting at £8.99 a month. Other offers for those joining the broadband provider include half price Gigabit service for 12 months. “We’re excited to offer Gainsborough residents an internet service that can keep […]

The Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire Project Gigabit contract (C0324 Lot 10) was awarded to Connexin in January 2024. CityFibre acquired Connexin’s Fibre Infrastructure earlier this year, including the Project Gigabit contract. It appears that there has been a small de-scoping of the contract meaning some premises originally planned to receive broadband service will now no […]

A group of 20 altnets within INCA have decided to join forces and establish an asset sharing framework that will work in a similar way to Openreach’s PIA (Physical Infrastructure Access). The companies have been working on developing an industry framework to enable altnets to commercialise ducts, poles and fibre to allow other operators to […]

Broadband altnet Zzoomm posted a circular through the letter boxes of residents, which the ASA took issue with. The item was a ‘window’ envelope with the address, and the envelope contained the statement: “Important notice. Disruption in your area.” The letter clarifies this “Not the disruption you were expecting…But it’s the best kind. Homes across […]

Broadband provider GigabitIQ is launching a crowdfunding campaign, giving some individuals an opportunity to invest in the business and its future growth. The business now sells retail services across Full Fibre and F&W Networks’ networks, so it’s becoming a more traditional broadband provider rather than a pure altnet. Investing in a private business is complicated […]