Three UK Mobile Launch Summer 5G Home Broadband Deals from £18pm | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Three UK (VodafoneThree) recently kicked off their Summer Sale 2026 across various plans, which among other things says they’ve reduced their unlimited Three 5G Home Broadband package to just £18 per month on a 24-month contract term (although it was just £16 when we tried just now). The aforementioned package comes with a Three 5G Hub MC888AD Wi-Fi 6 router from ZTE, a 30-day money-back guarantee, the ability to claim up to £200 in...
Three UK Mobile Launch Summer 5G Home Broadband Deals from £18pm | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator Three UK (VodafoneThree) recently kicked off their Summer Sale 2026 across various plans, which among other things says they’ve reduced their unlimited Three 5G Home Broadband package to just £18 per month on a 24-month contract term (although it was just £16 when we tried just now). The aforementioned package comes with a Three 5G Hub MC888AD Wi-Fi 6 router from ZTE, a 30-day money-back guarantee, the ability to claim up to £200 in...
Swansea Bay City Deal Pumped £44.8m of Investment into Digital Connectivity | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new report from consultancy firm FarrPoint has confirmed that the Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme in Wales has so far secured £44.8m of investment in digital connectivity during 2024–25, which went towards various broadband and dark fibre roll-out projects. Readers might recall that the UK and Welsh Governments gave approval for a £55m digital infrastructure investment under the £1.3bn Swansea Bay City Region project back in...
YouGov Find Limited Support for Nationalisation of UK Broadband and Phone | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new YouGov survey, which was conducted during late May 2026 with an unspecified number of UK respondents, has claimed that 82% of Britons believe water companies should be run in the public sector, with 70% saying the same of energy companies. But only 38% said the same for broadband “internet and phone providers” (16% didn’t know and 47% felt they should continue to be run by the private sector). Regular readers might recall that the current party of...
Freely on Track to Overtake Freeview and be in 10.5 Million UK Homes by 2034 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband-based live TV streaming service Freely, which is backed by the major UK TV broadcasters and is an evolution – not (yet) a replacement – for the existing Freeview platform (inc. Freeview Play and Freesat), has revealed that they now have well over 1 million users (up from 500,000 from Sep-Dec 2025) and the number of Freeview homes in 2034 is forecast to fall to 860,000. The latest forecasts from ‘3 Reasons’ show that the number of homes without...
Rural Full Fibre Broadband ISP Gigaclear Publish Annual UK Accounts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Abingdon-based alternative network Gigaclear, which have built a full fibre (FTTP) network across 618,000 premises in rural parts of England and is home to 170,000 customers, has published their annual accounts after lenders recently took control of the business (here). The results reveal that their c.£963m senior debt facility was revised to a principal amount of £575m (shrinking by £388m). In case anybody has forgotten. Gigaclear was previously owned...
SoftBank lines up €75bn data centre investment in France | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News “France is uniquely positioned to become a leading AI infrastructure hub in Europe,” says SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son. This week, SoftBank Group has announced plans to invest up to €75 billion to deploy 5 GW of AI-focused data centres in France. Phase one of the project will see €45 billion building out 3.1 GW of AI data centre capacity at a variety of locations in northern France including Dunkirk, Bosquel, and Bouchain. The first of these new...
Openreach Extend and Add New UK FTTP Broadband Discounts UPDATE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today notified Communication Providers (broadband ISPs etc.) about a further extension on some of their existing offers for Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines and 10Gbps Cablelink products under their Equinox incentives, while also introducing three new FTTP offers (some of which target Virgin Media areas). Firstly, Openreach have just extended a special offer for broadband ISPs, which discounts the charge on...
Zen Internet Start Selling Broadband via MS3’s UK Full Fibre Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Rochdale-based UK broadband ISP Zen Internet has confirmed that MS3’s alternative full fibre (FTTP) network, which has so far covered 215,000 premises (Ready for Service) in the North of England (mostly in Hull and Lincolnshire), is now live on their service for business and consumers after being almost fully integrated following last year’s wholesale deal (here). Just to recap. Zen sells their own broadband packages via multiple different full fibre...
Cluttons Survey of UK People and MPs Reveal Problems with Broadband and Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Consultancy firm Cluttons and polling company YouGov have published the results from a new survey of 2,055 UK people and 108 MPs, which among other things found that 27% of consumers are frustrated with their home broadband (Wi-Fi) connection every week and 42% have difficulty accessing 4G or 5G mobile outside half the time or more. At present around 90% of UK premises have access to a gigabit-capable broadband line (rising to 98% for 30Mbps+ speeds –...