Category: Broadband

We’ve all heard that phrase before when we join a Zoom meeting: “Sorry, my Wi-Fi is playing up, so I’m going to disable the video.” Sometimes it’s an excuse not to take an active part in a meeting and multitask, but often it’s a symptom of a wider problem with internet connections, including issues within […]

The West Herefordshire and the Forest of Dean contract between BDUK and FullFibre Ltd was terminated in May 2026, as the two parties agreed to mutually terminate it. The alternative plans that BDUK talked about at the time have been updated so that both areas are now covered by Openreach. A few weeks ago there […]

Our broadband maps have had some additional data added to them, so that people in Scotland can now see Project Gigabit Open Market Review status of their address based on the Scottish Governments review. Previously we only had data for Scotland for the September 2024 data set, but we have in the last day added […]

VodafoneThree targets £1bn of annual cost savings by 2032 VodafoneThree has set a new cost savings target in an investor briefing. The company has increased its aim to reach annual savings of £1bn per year by 2032, compared with its previous target of £0.7bn by 2030. The company envisages that this will be possible once […]

The good news Wales has reached 90.37% Gigabit coverage (i.e. full fibre or Virgin Media O2 cable is available) taking the nation past a major milestone. Actual full fibre coverage is not far behind at 88.62% because of the amount of overbuild of the old cable network in Cardiff and Swansea by Openreach and the […]

Richard Tang, CEO of Zen Internet, produces an interview series with a series of business leaders, and his latest guest is Katie Milligan, CEO of Openreach. The conversation included Openreach’s fibre rollout, competition and regulation, the future of Altnets, AI and efficiency, Project Gigabit and the copper switch-off. Full-fibre Rollout & Regulation Openreach is continuing […]

It has taken since 4th July 2026 for this latest point increase in full fibre coverage across the UK, a period of 3 months and 2 days. This is a long way from the peak of the fibre rush when each point of coverage was happening every 3 to 4 weeks. Full fibre rollouts have […]

Vodafone TV launches, bringing Netflix, HBO Max and Freely Vodafone has launched a new TV service that offers different plans from £10 per month, providing access to Freely. For an Extra £7/month, customers can subscribe to Vodafone TV Essential, combining Netflix and HBO Max with Freely. Vodafone Mobile customers can also take the Vodafone Entertainment […]

TalkTalk in the final stages of the sales process for its businesses TalkTalk has issued a strategic update to investors with the disposal of its PXC and TalkTalk Consumer businesses. It is reported that it’s now in the final stages of its sales process and expects both transactions to conclude imminently. Octopus Investments had been […]

BDUK has published its September 2026 update for contracted and built premises for the Project Gigabit contracts across England and Wales. Our interactive maps have been updated to show the latest figures, along with the history of each areas. There are fluctuations in some of the figures, reflecting changes in data submissions and in some […]