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Business ISP and IT provider Gamma Communications has this morning confirmed that their board has proposed to accept a cash offer from private equity firm Epiris, which implies an enterprise value of approximately £1.079bn. The deal, if approved, will be managed through a newly incorporated entity called Bradbury Bidco Limited. (more…)
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After a turbulent year, broadband provider Wildanet, which is deploying a new 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of Cornwall and Devon in England, has published their annual accounts to the end of 2025 and revealed revenue growth of 43% to £2.51m (2024: £1.75m). But they also wrote another £17.1m off the value of their assets. (more…)
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Networking kit manufacturer TP-Link, which builds a lot of broadband routers, WiFi extenders and smart home devices, today claims to have soft launched the “world’s first” commercial Wi-Fi 8 products – the Archer 9 Ultra router and Deco 8 Ultra mesh Wi-Fi system. But the kit will use a draft specification, since the full standard isn’t due to be ready until May 2028. (more…)
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Five tenants of a building in Gloucester (Gloucestershire, England) could be left without a working UK broadband and phone service after the property owner, Mo Mujaed, claimed that Openreach had deployed a new telecoms (telegraph) pole that damaged a seemingly exposed Virgin Media cable in the process, which served the building. (more…)
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Alternative UK broadband network and ISP Gigability, which first cropped up in 2024 (here and here) with plans to build a full fibre network across rural villages in Shropshire (England), appears to have run into a problem on part of their network after a couple of their customers in the medieval market town of Much Wenlock indicated they’d been given one month’s notice of service closure. (more…)
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The government’s new changes to the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) approval processes in England (here) are causing additional delays to some of Openreach’s new broadband installs. Ironically the changes are being introduced to correct for the delays and increased costs of telecoms operators trying to deploy new networks into large buildings (MDUs etc.) under the prior system. (more…)
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National network operator Openreach has informed ISPreview that their long planned pilot of a 100Gbps capable Cablelink (Ethernet) solution is now scheduled to start around May 2027. The new product will, among other things, be used by ISPs to support the rollout of their 8.5Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband products for UK homes. (more…)
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Customers of virtual mobile operator Sky Mobile, which is estimated to be home to around 4-5 million customers in the UK, have just become the first O2 (Virgin Media) powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to introduce 5G Standalone (5G+) technology for better mobile broadband performance and more. (more…)
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Sources have informed ISPreview that the alternative broadband network and retail ISP Voneus, which is backed by Macquarie and has deployed a mix of full fibre (FTTP) and fixed wireless (FWA) internet networks across various remote rural parts of Wales and England, have allegedly acquired the Aberdeen Group backed altnet Airband. (more…)
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Starlink’s (SpaceX) ultrafast satellite broadband service has finally responded to complaints from small boat owners about the company’s recent restrictions on international roaming, which threatened to make the service untenable for those who sail around different parts of the world – sometimes for months. But a new Personal Maritime Plan may be the answer, albeit with caveats. (more…)