Welsh Full Fibre Broadband ISP Ogi Confirms Departure of Current CEO | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed UK ISP Ogi, which is rolling out a 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across South Wales (110,000 RFS premises passed by end of 2024), has today announced the departure of their current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founding member, Ben Allwright, after 5 years in the post. Ben said he was “immensely proud of what we have achieved at Ogi” and spoke of how he was now “excited to explore new challenges and contribute...
Cross-Party Inquiry Finds UK Unprepared for Attacks on Subsea Fibre Cables | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has today published the results of their cross-party inquiry into the growing threats facing the country’s undersea fibre optic data cables. The report finds that the UK has “plenty of cable routes and good repair processes” for routine breakages, but the UK can’t protect all of it from adversaries and must improve. Damage to submarine cables is, sadly, not uncommon. According to the United...
Owners of Fishing Trawler Ordered to Pay Virgin Media £346k Over Cable Break | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The High Court of Ireland has ruled that the owners of an Irish-registered fishing trawler, MV The Lida Suzanna, should pay the wholesale division of broadband provider Virgin Media some $397,514 (£346k) to cover the cost of repairing a key undersea fibre cable that runs between the UK and Ireland. The 218.7km long cable in question is Sirius South, which was originally deployed in 1998 by NTL (they later became part of Virgin Media after the merger with...
New UK Broadband ISP NuFibre Adopts WiFi 6 Home Routers from Genexis | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More New internet provider NuFibre, which was recently established by the existing owners of Yayzi Broadband (here), have signed an agreement to adopt broadband routers and mesh WiFi extenders from European network kit manufacturer Genexis. The ISP will thus become the first such UK provider to deploy the Genexis Elite HX30 residential gateway (router) and Home CX30 WiFi extender. The Genexis Elite HX30 is a WiFi 6 device (peak wireless speeds of 3Gbps) with...
Hollow Core Fibre Cables Step Closer to Commercialisation in the UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Fibre optic network technology provider Relativity Networks has entered into a strategic partnership with UK-based Network Planning Solutions (NPS), an international provider of fibre installation and support services, in order to support commercial deployments of Hollow-Core Fibre (HCF) cables and infrastructure. Conventional single mode optical fibre cables work by guiding laser light through solid glass (silica) cores, which need to be extremely...
Altnet Broadband ISP Grain Expands UK Full Fibre Network in Grimsby | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Carlisle-based alternative broadband operator Grain, which in July 2025 secured a major £225m funding boost (here), has announced that they’re expanding the coverage of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network deeper into one of their original deployment towns – Grimsby in Lincolnshire. The operator’s broadband network, which is home to over 43,000 customers and covers 270,000 UK premises (aiming to reach 600,000 in the future), first...
CWP Develops Own Broadband Switching Solution for UK Business ISPs | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Common Wholesale Platform (CWP), which is a non-profit member-owned organisation that helps alternative broadband networks to connect with the retail ISP market, has said that it plans to preview its new Business Switching solution for ISPs and UK businesses at next week’s Connected Britain 2025 event. The goal of the new system is to give businesses a “faster, simpler, and more reliable way” to change telecom providers while ensuring compliance with...
Building the UK’s digital future: Why fibre quality and longevity matter | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article By Richard Moyes, Digital Solutions Business Director at Prysmian With universal broadband access now recognised as a vital enabler of economic growth, some challenging targets remain. At present, 86% of homes can connect to gigabit-capable broadband, but the remaining 14%—largely rural and remote properties—remain underserved. By 2032, the target is for 99% of premises to be connected. Achieving this will require thousands of...
Gigaclear becomes the first retail fibre provider to harness Vyntelligence AI technology | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Gigaclear becomes the first retail fibre provider to harness Vyntelligence AI technology, transforming rural broadband installations. This makes Gigaclear the first retail fibre provider to adopt Vyntelligence’s Agentic AI-powered Vyn® platform, setting a new benchmark for innovation in the UK fibre industry. Since launching the initiative, Gigaclear has already seen impressive results. To date, over 1,100 customer submissions have...
A Look at Amazon’s Project Kuiper Satellite Broadband Terminals and Speeds | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Internet retail giant Amazon recently turned up at the UK’s DSEI 2025 Defence Exhibition & Trade Show in London to showcase their Project Kuiper network of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The good news is that some of ISPreview’s readers were there and managed to collect a few new details on service speeds and network terminals. Amazon currently has approval to deploy and operate their own constellation of 3,236 LEO...