Category: Broadband

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 […]

Good news for FTTP availability as our tracking of the many full fibre footprints is showing 85.05% of UK premises are now covered by one or more Ready for Service options. The time taken to go from 84% to 85% is a lengthy 78 days. The slow down in the full fibre rollouts from almost […]

VodafoneThree to use Vyntelligence in network upgrades Vyntelligence will be used by VodafoneThree to help support engineers to upgrade thousands of mobile sites more efficiently and safely. This follows other companies such as Cornerstone (mobile tower site operator on behalf of Vodafone / O2) and Gigaclear, who are both looking at the technology to improve […]

*** UPDATE SAT 27 JUNE 2026 AT END OF ARTICLE *** The FIFA World Cup is one of the most watched live sports shows and when England is playing, the viewership skyrockets. As it seems does latency in some cases. When a network link congests, packets are often lost and/or latency will significantly increase. This […]

Our weekly news brief covers things that didn’t make it into our news this week. ITS Technology announces network expansion to 13 locations Altnet ITS Technology Group has announced the next phase of its network build, which will allow more businesses to connect. The company is focusing on its business network, delivering Ethernet over FTTP. […]

It has been 11 years since Tesco had a name in broadband, but that could be about to change as the company is reportedly (FT/paywall) in discussion with Virgin Media O2 / nexfibre about retailing services over their network(s). Tesco Mobile is a joint venture between Tesco plc and Virgin Media O2, with the network […]

Some news bits here that might be of interest from this week. Opensignal ranks the UK last in their European Network Excellence Index Opensignal has released an analysis of mobile networks across Europe, focusing on the experience of 4G and 5G networks. Of the 29 countries listed, the UK came last. This seems to be […]

It has been a long time since we looked at the state of new home statistics and starting in 2023 it looks like the UK has been hitting 99% full fibre availability in new-builds. Previously we used to present data based on calendar year, but we re-worked the analysis to shift to financial year, so […]

InfraVia Capital, which jointly owns nexfibre with Virgin Media O2’s shareholders Liberty Global and Telefónica, has warned (via The Times, paywall) that there could be a risk to investment in broadband if Openreach is allowed to monopolise this market. The company has said that its plans to invest to reach up to 20 million premises […]

A few brief bits of news from this week. Extending High Speed Broadband Framework Agreement for Wales signed The contracts for the Welsh Extending High-Speed Broadband (EHSB) scheme have now been signed. This is a project with two Lots defined to split contracts into projects with more than 1,000 premises and those with fewer than […]