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[Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24, 2026] At Digital Transformation World (DTW) 26, Huawei, in collaboration with TM Forum and GSMA Intelligence, hosted the 5th Green & Resilience Development Forum, bringing together industry leaders to explore the sustainable development of communications networks. The forum featured in-depth discussions on the Green Network Index (GNI), AI-powered energy efficiency, and resilient architecture practices, collectively charting the course toward green and resilient networks.

Executive Vision: Green + Resilience as Dual Engines for Future Networks

Tim Niu, President of Huawei’s Network Consulting and System Integration Department, delivered the opening remarks, warmly welcoming distinguished guests and partners from around the world. The forum’s theme—”AI-Driven Green & Resilience: New Blueprint for Zero-Carbon and Reliable Network Architecture”—underscored a critical paradigm shift: green networks are no longer optional but essential. Resilience serves as the baseline for sustainable networks, while AI acts as the accelerator toward the 2030 zero-carbon vision.

“Huawei is committed to collaborating with industry partners worldwide, leveraging ‘green + resilience’ as dual engines to advance the GNI standard and the Hedera architecture,” Tim stated. “Together, we will build networks that are low-carbon and measurable, resilient and verifiable, and evolvable and sustainable.”

Industry Consensus: Green Transformation of Communications Networks is Imperative

Peter Jarich, Head of GSMA Intelligence, presented the Green Network Index Round 2 findings. The second round introduced an enhanced measurement methodology and comprehensive indicator system covering entire networks, individual networks, and stations. Over 20 mobile and fixed network operators participated in this initiative. Additionally, the GNI digital platform has been launched, providing operators with case studies for sustainable development planning and benchmarking.

Marc Einstein, Director of Research at Counterpoint Research, explored how AI is reshaping the sustainability trajectory of telecom operators. Drawing on validated operator data, he highlighted that AI-driven optimization has achieved annual energy savings of 4 billion kWh. Over the past decade, Telefónica has seen data traffic surge by 1,200%, while total network energy consumption decreased by 12%, and energy density ratio declined by 92% compared to 2015. Green is no longer merely a compliance requirement—it has become a strategic foundation for the digital economy and computing power networks.

Lloyd Chan, Vice President of Strategic Transformation at HKT, outlined HKT’s approach to infrastructure development, emphasizing green practices, cyber resilience, and AI enablement. Network modernization, intelligent power supply systems, and resilient architecture design not only improve operational efficiency and mitigate operational risks, but also support AI-era service development and emerging application requirements.

Technological Innovation: AI Accelerates Green and Resilient Development

David Yu, General Manager of Huawei’s Green Resilience Target Network Solution, addressed key industry challenges: accelerating climate change, rising OPEX, and the prevalence of low-efficiency legacy equipment and network outages. Huawei has partnered with industry organizations to establish a green network index and Hedera Architecture, leveraging digital twin capabilities and AI for data governance. The solution is promoting the transformation of traditional wireless base stations into green smart sites and legacy equipment rooms into edge data centers capable of meeting future computing demands, supporting collaborative development across mobile, home, and business (CHB) scenarios—achieving results over 30% ahead of industry benchmarks.

“Green and resilient innovation provides the driving force for carriers to develop high-quality services and maintain a competitive edge.” David noted.

Looking Ahead: Infinite Value in Industry’s Green and Resilient Transformation

Facing dual pressures from global shifts and surging traffic, Huawei has invited GSMA Intelligence, Counterpoint, and HKT to explore this topic together, reaching a consensus: green and resilience are no longer a trade-off—they are shared imperatives. Looking ahead, the industry will move from passive energy saving to active energy intelligence, powered by the GNI standard and AI agent technology, building a digital foundation that is both low-carbon and resilient. Green and resilience are strategic imperatives, not competing options. Huawei looks forward to working with global partners to build a green target network that is zero-carbon, resilient, and built to deliver.

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Network access provider Openreach (BT) has announced that they will shortly reduce the Fixed Fee for Excess Construction Charges (ECC), which are sometimes charged when UK broadband or Ethernet deployments require extra civil engineering work. In addition, they’re also reducing the Connection Charges on Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) lines for businesses.

Sadly, not all new installations are easy and some builds can attract ECCs, particularly those requiring the installation of a dedicated high-capacity Ethernet line (leased line) – these may need extra work to provide you with a service (e.g. running the fibre over a much longer distance than usual).

However, Ofcom’s regulatory rules require that any reduction in ECCs incurred must be reflected in the Fixed Fee that Openreach charges for the service, which is currently set at £708 excluding VAT. The good news is that there was a reduction in ECCs incurred during 2025/26 (here) and so the network operator will cut the Fixed Fee to £516 from 1st August 2026. But this has also had another positive impact.

OR’s Statement on EAD Charges

As a result of the ECC Fixed Fee reduction, Openreach has reviewed its Connection Charges. Having reviewed the ECC Fixed Fee reduction and compliance with the Ethernet basket charge control as a whole, Openreach will be making reductions to EAD Connection charges.

These reductions will apply to EAD up to 1GB services in Area 2 and Area 3, with the level of reduction varying by geographic area. These changes are also reflected in the Ethernet Access Direct (EAD) 1000Mb Local Access alternative pricing for the UK excluding CLA and HNR areas offer via an equivalent adjustment to the offer rental charge (Price List page 8.2.56).

The EAD price reductions are fairly small to modest, but it’s still a welcome development (see EAD Pricing).

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Some customers of Sky Broadband reported that they were unable to access the main NHS website and app earlier in the week, seemingly after the internet provider accidentally managed to block it. But Sky has since suggested that the fault might have been with the NHS. The issue prevented people being able to access their medical data and manage appointments etc.

The problem appears to have occurred on Tuesday morning (23rd June 2026) and was reported across social media (X, Facebook etc.), including via threads on Reddit and Sky’s Community Forum. Customers initially thought the problem was with the NHS itself, but the health service instead pointed the finger of blame at the ISP (no other internet providers seem to have experienced the issue).

“NHS IT Dept tells me that there is a national issue affecting Sky Broadband customers who are unable to access NHS networks remotely, potentially due to a ‘dynamic DNS assignment’,” said one of Sky’s customers on their forum, while another added: “When I’ve spoken to my Practice they say their NHS IT service are saying there is a major issue with Sky Broadband accessing any NHS sites and they are advising everyone to phone Sky.”

The good news, according to a Sky Support agent, is that the problem was finally resolved before 4pm on the same day. “The NHS has implemented a fix on their end and we believe this should be fully resolved for our customers now. I’m very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you today,” said Sky’s agent.

A smaller smattering of customers had previously reported some brief but similar issues with NHS access, occurring both the day before and the day after the main disruption. The connectivity problems came a couple of months after Sky accidentally managed to block Secure Shell (SSH) communications to Bitbucket.org, which is a cloud-based Git repository hosting service that is designed for professional software (business) teams (here).

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The Worcestershire County Council (WCC) in England has today announced that Openreach have connected the first homes to their new full fibre (FTTP) broadband network as part of the £41m (public subsidy) Project Gigabit contract, which currently aims to cover 22,600 premises across the county’s hardest-to-reach (mostly remote rural) areas.

The first live connections under the contract, which was first announced back in January 2025 (here), are now serving properties in Lower Broadheath, Hallow, Powick and Callow End, while network build activity is also underway in and around Knightwick.

The latest data from the Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency indicates that Openreach has so far covered 170 premises under the contract (here), but this is now expected to ramp-up. Further work is also said to be “underway to explore opportunities to bring additional premises into the contract“.

Councillor Adam Kent, Deputy Leader of the WCC, said:

“This is a brilliant moment for Worcestershire. The first homes and businesses in Lower Broadheath, Hallow, Powick and Callow End are now plugged into some of the fastest broadband in the country – and the diggers are already moving on to the next communities.

Worcestershire is a county that means business, and this £41 million investment makes sure no village or rural enterprise is left behind. Whether you’re running a company from a converted barn, studying from home or streaming with the family, gigabit broadband puts world-class connectivity right on your doorstep. This is Worcestershire building the infrastructure of the future, today.”

Back in 2023 the WCC announced that they’d committed to help ensure that 90% of premises across the county will be able to access a gigabit-capable broadband ISP network by 2027 (here).

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Internet provider NuFibre has today announced the launch of nuHub v1.0, which despite the name isn’t a router but rather their new bespoke “self-service customer portal” – designed and developed in-house to make “broadband management simpler and more accessible for customers“.

Quite a few ISPs already have something similar and, much like those, the nuHub aims to provide a centralised platform where customers can access and manage key account information, including: contact details, broadband packages, billing information, payment methods, router credentials and IP address information.

The hub will also help to free up the provider’s support staff to focus on other work. Nufibre said they intend to continue expanding the nuHub throughout 2026 with a range of new features and enhancements.

Martin Gardner, CEO of Nufibre, said:

“One of the aims we strive for at Nufibre is making broadband simpler for customers to self-manage. We have many exciting features already in development for future versions, including a fully integrated ticketing system, referral programmes, router self-diagnostics, and much more.

By giving customers instant access to the information and tools they need, 24/7, we’re enabling them to manage everyday tasks themselves while allowing our support teams to focus on areas where assistance is most needed.”

Existing customers can access nuHub here: https://hub.nufibre.co.uk/

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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Board Director at Infracapital-backed alternative UK full fibre broadband network operator Ogi, Wyn Innes, has announced that he will be “stepping down” from the role at the end of October 2026 in order to start “exploring new opportunities“.

At present Ogi’s network is home to over 24,000 customers (April 2025) and covers more than 118,000 premises in South Wales (inc. a small part of England) with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. The operator has also recently been linked by ISPreview to talk of a possible consolidation with Fibrus (here).

As for Wyn Innes, it’s worth recalling that he was named CFO of the year at the Finance Awards Wales for 2022 for his role in building, shaping and implementing Ogi’s growth strategy. Suffice to say that he’s played a significant role in the provider’s expansion over 5+ years and intends to remain as a shareholder of Ogi after his departure.

Wyn Innes, CFO at Ogi and NED at S4C, said:

“After five and a half fantastic years as Chief Financial Officer and Board Director at Ogi, I’m stepping down from my role at the end of October. Ma hi wedi bod yn fraint or mwyaf i chwarae rhan allweddol yn llwyddiant Ogi.

I’m exploring new opportunities and looking forward to see where my career goes next! I remain a shareholder and supporter of Ogi and I continue in my role as NED at S4C.

It’s been an honour to have been a part of Ogi from the very beginning and being able to build, shape and guide the Company through its fundraising, build and customer acquisition phases.

Standout moments include securing equity investment from principal investor Infracapital and senior debt from Cardiff Capital Region along with building an award winning Professional Services team; but most of all I’m proud of being a part of a Welsh company which has contributed massively to the telecoms infrastructure in Wales, generating high paid jobs and providing an economic multiplier uplift to the Welsh Economy.

I’m proud of what we’ve achieved together and I leave knowing the business is in good hands with a genuinely exciting next chapter ahead. My thanks go to the whole Ogi team, past and present – particularly to my colleagues in the Professional Services team.”

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The MVNOs World Awards 2026 were held this month, which among other things saw a few UK based mobile and telecoms operators walking away with wins. For example, SIM-only mobile provider spusu was named the “Leading Consumer MVNO/Sub-Brand“, while BT took home the “Host Operator Excellence Award“.

The MVNOs World Awards page doesn’t reveal much information, but we understand that winners are judged through a two-step evaluation combining a judging panel and public community voting. The process relies on scoring qualitative nominations against specific category criteria like innovation, sustainability, and customer experience.

“Being selected for this award highlights our commitment to challenging industry norms,” said Christian Banhans, MD of spusu UK. “The company was founded on being able to provide customers with simple, transparent and value-driven mobile services, instead of complicated, expensive plans.”

MVNOs World Awards 2026 Winners

eSIM Provider of the Year
firsty

Best MVNO & Industry Collaboration
Mavenir

Customer Impact Award
uCloudLink Group

Best Full-Stack MVNO Collaboration
Qvantel

Rising Star Award
Saily

Host Operator Excellence Award
BT

oT/Enterprise MVNO of the Year
Transatel

Sustainability Champion
Coop Mobile

Leading Consumer MVNO/Sub-Brand
spusu

MVNE/A of the Year
Plintron

eSIM Trailblazer of the Year
MDS Global

Best MVNO Tech Enabler
Amdocs

Outstanding IoT Connectivity Solution Provider
Skywave

AI & Analytics Excellence Award
SourseAI

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The GSMA, which represents over a thousand mobile operators and related businesses in the UK and across the world, has published its new Satellite Regulatory Playbook, which is said to be a practical guide designed to help policymakers develop “clear, consistent and future-ready” policies for the rapidly evolving satellite connectivity sector (especially when used for 4G / 5G mobile broadband).

Readers in the UK will already be aware that mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) recently launched their new Direct-to-Device (D2D) based O2 Satellite service (here), which for just £3 extra per month enables normal Smartphones to connect to their mobile network via Starlink’s satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Vodafone and AST Space Mobile also have similar plans, albeit using different satellites.

Suffice to say that LEO based satellite networks are rapidly expanding and can often be harnessed to complement terrestrial mobile and fixed broadband networks. The new Satellite Regulatory Playbook is intended to support this by providing governments with a structured framework to “modernise satellite regulation” in ways that they say “support societal needs, protect consumers, and encourage investment in the next generation of communications networks“.

The focus here seems to be on support technology-neutral regulation while promoting greater consistency in regulatory outcomes across markets. Ofcom is arguably already way ahead of this in the UK, although the same can’t always be said for other countries where regulation has yet to catch-up. But the Playbook does not prescribe a one-size-fits-all model and instead fosters a flexible framework that can be tailored to different needs.

Michaela Angonius, Head of Policy & Regulation at the GSMA, said:

“As satellite connectivity becomes an increasingly important part of the global communications landscape, policymakers have an opportunity to create regulatory frameworks that are fit for the future. The Satellite Regulatory Playbook gives policymakers practical guidance to create frameworks that protect people, ensure law enforcement can always do their job, attract investment into the whole communications sector and keep pace with innovation.

Connectivity is not a choice between terrestrial and satellite networks. Meeting the needs of citizens, businesses and governments requires a diverse and complementary connectivity ecosystem. Regulation should therefore be technology-neutral and focused on delivering consistent outcomes for consumers and society, regardless of how services are provided.”

Naturally this is an industry-centric document and so you’re not going to see much in the way of counter-arguments, such as with respect to the growing challenge of managing so many satellites in orbit (risk of collisions etc.), including their increasingly negative impacts upon vital observational sciences (e.g. radio and observational astronomy, weather tracking etc.).

The Playbook instead identifies eight key regulatory pillars that policymakers should consider when developing or modernising frameworks for satellite services:

• Local establishment rules
• National security
• Consumer protection and operational measures
• Infrastructure and facility requirements
• End-user terminal deployment
• Fiscal considerations
• Emergency services and public safety
• Enforcement

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Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV appears to have recently slashed the price of their new UltraHD (4K) IPTV set-top-box – PLEIO, which includes support for the UK’s newest broadband-based live TV streaming service (Freely) and can now be had for just £80.

Take note that PLEIO (retail via Amazon – affiliate link) is not designed to fully record TV shows. But despite the price cut it does still ship with the added bonus of a 12-months subscription to their premium content service (you don’t have to keep the subscription after it ends), which normally costs £9.99 per month. The PLEIO subscription gives access to 250+ Cloud Games and 150+ extra TV channels.

The latest price cut makes the PLEIO set-top-box (includes remote control and game controller) slightly cheaper than Manhattan TV’s recently launched budget Aero 4K box (details), which at the time of writing can be purchased on Amazon for £89. But for those with deeper pockets there’s always the PVR capable Humax AuraEZ (FHR-6000T), yet that’ll set you back around £250, and it’s recording capability only works via the old Freeview signal (you can’t record when using Freely).

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Telecoms provider Vodafone has this morning informed ISPreview that they’ve today started their 2026 Summer Sale, which will run until 22nd July 2026 (23:59) and includes various discounts across their 4G to 5G SIM mobile plans, Smartphones (including airtime bundles) and fixed broadband packages.

The announcement includes a huge selection of example discounts, which are far too tedious to summarise in their entirety without this becoming spammy. But to give a few examples, Vodafone Mobile‘s unlimited data SIM plans can now be had from £25 per month on a 24-month term (inc. unlimited data, calls and texts – max speeds of 100Mbps) instead of the usual £35.

As for Vodafone Broadband, the prices can vary a bit between networks (full fibre packages are available via Openreach, CityFibre and CommunityFibre’s networks), but 910Mbps symmetric speeds via CityFibre will now start at £29 a month on a 24-month term and 150Mbps via any network starts at £25 per month.

The usual catch to be aware of is that mid-contract price hikes do apply from 1st April each year. Monthly plan charges will thus increase by £2.50 for Pay Monthly Airtime and Data plans, £1.50 for Pay Monthly Basics plans and £3.50 for broadband (inc. 5G home broadband). But out of bundle charges will increase each April by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate published in January of each year + 3.9%.

Just take note that we don’t know precisely when this morning all of these new offers will be going fully live (some have already started).