May 2026 UK Contract Progress of the Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has released their May 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 256,680 contracted premises (up from 250,000 in April 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 837,340 (31% complete). The figures in this update are not directly comparable to the figures published in BDUK’s general...
Streetwave UK Surveys Mobile Network Coverage on the River Thames | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network analyst firm Streetwave has today published the results from a new study they conducted, which examined mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and mobile broadband performance across part of the River Thames (Putney Pier to Westminster Pier) in London, while travelling onboard an Uber Boat (Thames Clippers). Vodafone came out on top. The live survey, which used Streetwave’s portable network measurement and monitoring kit, was conducted during the...
UK’s fibre fiesta sees CityFibre’s Project Gigabit contracts ‘re-scoped’ | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The scale of the UK’s commercial fibre rollout means some target areas no longer warrant government support Today, fibre network operator CityFibre and Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency have agreed to ‘re-scope’ the nine contracts the operator holds as part of Project Gigabit. The decision, the companies say, comes “in response to the accelerated rollout of commercially funded full fibre across Project Gigabit areas”, meaning...
UK’s fibre fiesta sees CityFibre’s Project Gigabit contracts ‘re-scoped’ | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The scale of the UK’s commercial fibre rollout means some target areas no longer warrant government support Today, fibre network operator CityFibre and Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency have agreed to ‘re-scope’ the nine contracts the operator holds as part of Project Gigabit. The decision, the companies say, comes “in response to the accelerated rollout of commercially funded full fibre across Project Gigabit areas”, meaning...
Rights Holders Gain More Control to Block UK Access to Internet Piracy Sites | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The High Court has granted rights holders, such as Columbia Pictures and others, more flexibility to require the UK’s major broadband ISPs (e.g. BT, EE, Plusnet, Virgin Media, Sky Broadband and TalkTalk) to block customers from accessing websites that have been found to facilitate internet copyright infringement (piracy). At present ISPs subject to blocking orders, which in the UK usually flow from Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act...
Telia and QMill demonstrate a new quantum-enhanced data encryption method for mobile networks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More ESPOO, FINLAND, May 26, 2026—Telia Finland and QMill have developed quantum-enhanced message encryption for mobile networks. QMill’s new encryption method is enabled by local or cloud quantum computers. Once completed, the method is designed to protect messages against attacks carried out using either classical or quantum resources. ”The security of our networks is becoming more crucial, especially for our mission-critical customers. In this first...
CityFibre Reduce UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout Due to Expanded Commercial Cover | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of the country’s largest alternative networks, CityFibre, has announced that they’ve reached an agreement with the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency to “re-scope” the contracts they hold under the Project Gigabit broadband roll-out programme due to the “accelerated rollout of commercially funded full fibre” across their contracted areas. Just to recap. CityFibre’s full fibre (FTTP – XGS-PON) network currently covers over 4.7 million UK...
The Persian Gulf topped our 2026 cable risk index. Here’s what it means for operators and what they can do about it | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article by Pete Harvey, Senior Product Manager Subsea, Starboard Maritime Intelligence When Starboard published Cable Risk Intelligence 2026 (Issue 1) in April, the Persian Gulf scored 4.6 out of 5.0 on our risk index, the highest of the 25 cable landing zones we assessed globally. At the time, that rating was grounded in a combination of geopolitical tension, high traffic density, constrained repair access, and documented vessel behaviour...
Virgin Media and O2 UK Change Plans for Community Forum Merger | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile providers Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have changed their plans for the previously proposed merger of their respective customer community forums. The complexity of the challenge means that they will now focus on reintroducing the two communities separately, at least at first. Just to recap. Both Virgin Media and O2 took their separate community forums offline for new postings in January 2026 (here), which formed part of their plan to...
Quickline Backer Allegedly in UK Broadband Merger Talks with KCOM in Hull | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners, which backs alternative rural UK broadband ISP Quickline, has reportedly expressed an interest in acquiring KCOM, the incumbent broadband and phone provider for Hull, from Australian investment group Macquarie. But any deal is likely to see Northleaf pay less than £627m Macquarie did to buy the incumbent. Quickline is currently funded by c.£500m from Northleaf, as well as c.£300m of public subsidy from...