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Wildanet Builds 2Gbps FTTP Broadband Network into Bude via Project Gigabit | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative rural broadband provider Wildanet, which is building a new 2Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) network across rural parts of South West England, has today announced that they’re now deploying to 2,318 premises across Bude, Stratton and surrounding villages including Hersham, Grimscott and Marhamchurch in Cornwall. The work forms part of Wildanet’s remaining Project Gigabit contract for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (Lot 32), which was awarded...

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Business ISP Onecom to Harness AllPoints Fibre Networks’ UK Platform | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Business cloud, IT and telecoms provider Onecom, which is backed by private equity firm LDC, has today become the latest provider to sign a deal that will enable them to harness AllPoints Fibre Networks‘ (APFN) aggregated wholesale platform (aquila) of full fibre broadband networks. Customers of the ISP will thus gain access to an expanded range of high-speed connectivity services. The deal will give Onecom Group access to APFN’s full product suite...

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Community Fibre Resume UK FTTP Broadband Build – Targets 2 Million+ Premises | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More One of the UK’s largest alternative network operators, CommunityFibre, has today reported their annual accounts to the end of 2025, which reveals that revenues jumped 48% in the year to £113m and adjusted EBITDA surged by 530% to £50m. But the biggest news is that they’re resuming the build of their 5Gbps FTTP broadband network, targeting “beyond” 2 million premises by 2028-2029. Just to recap. CommunityFibre has been through quite a few changes over the...

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Full Fibre UK ISP CommunityFibre to Launch Cheap Unlimited 5G Mobile eSIM | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative broadband operator and ISP CommunityFibre, which have deployed their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across 1.4 million UK homes (inc. 185k businesses within 200 metres of their network) in London and the South East, has today soft launched a £15 unlimited Mobile eSIM service for their existing customers. The service, which has been developed in partnership with Gamma Communications and app developer Zappter, aims to go live...

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Netgem Add More Games and Channels to UK PLEIO Freely TV Streaming Box | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has today announced that they’ve added a bunch of new cloud games and FAST TV channels to their UltraHD (4K) IPTV box – PLEIO, which already includes support for the UK’s newest broadband-based live TV streaming service (Freely). The set-top-box and wireless Bluetooth gamepad, which currently costs £99 one-off (including a 12-month subscription to their optional premium TV and cloud gaming service – 150+ channels...

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BT Group Loses 203K UK Broadband Lines and Grows FTTP to 23 Million Premises | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The BT Group has published their H2 FY26 biannual results, which saw total half year revenues of £9,840m (up from £9,806m in H1) and another quarterly UK decline in Openreach’s broadband lines of -203k (down from -210k in Q3 FY26) – full year losses totalled 825k. But the network operator still grew their full fibre (FTTP) coverage by 2.608 million premises in H2 (vs 2.23m in H1) to total 23m. The group’s consumer divisions – including BT, EE and Plusnet...

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Openreach, Crimestoppers and EMR to Tackle UK Copper Broadband Cable Theft | ISPreview UK

Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) and existing charity partner Crimestoppers have today announced that they’ve joined forces with a global leader in metal recycling, EMR, to help combat the rising tide of copper telecoms cable theft on their national broadband and phone network. Total Metal Theft is said to have costed the UK economy £4.3bn in the past decade. Crimes like this have become increasingly common in recent years, driven in part by the high...

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Telstra and Ericsson team up to target 6G | Total Telecom

Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The agreement spans various aspects of 6G research, including trips to both parties’ research centres Telstra and Ericsson have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on 6G research. The agreement will see the companies collaborate on the research, standards development, and real-world testing of 6G technology, It also includes mutual site visitations, with Telstra engineers visiting Ericsson’s testbed in Sweden, and Ericsson staff travelling to...

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Sparkle Expands Quantum Safe Connectivity With Equinix | Total Telecom

Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the commercial availability of its Quantum Safe Interconnect (QSI) across 20 Equinix International Business Exchange® (IBX) data center locations in  Europe, the Americas and Asia where Equinix Managed Solutions are offered. After successful validation through a Proof of Concept (PoC) conducted over a secure Internet Protocol (IPsec)...

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Connecting Europe Facility Digital: For more resilience and security | Total Telecom

Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article by Marc Tachelet, Director of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) Since 2021, CEF-Digital has invested €615 million in 75 projects, spanning 18 EU countries and 10 overseas territories. These cables are strategic and critical assets, designed to: leverage private investment in European digital infrastructure; provide resilient high-speed coLnectivity to all EU citizens, including in the Outermost Regions and...

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