Take-up Rises as Netomnia Report Q1 Results for UK 10Gbps Broadband Network | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative operator Netomnia (Brsk and YouFibre), which last week reported expanding their 10Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 2.4 million UK premises (RFS) and connecting 310,000 customers (here), has today published their Q1 2025 results and seen take-up grow to 12.4% (up from 11.5% in Q4 2024). But revenues fell. The network access provider is now currently in the process of completing their merger with Brsk (here)...
London Full Fibre Broadband ISP CommunityFibre Reports First Profit | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network ISP CommunityFibre (CF), which has deployed their 5Gbps speed full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover 1.35 million UK premises (mostly in Greater London), has reportedly “posted its maiden profit” after recording earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of £8m in 2024. Customers also grew to 336,000. The provider, which is currently being backed by funding of around £1.1bn, has had a rough couple of...
Altnet Broadband Operator Freedom Fibre to Suffer UK Job Losses | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network provider Freedom Fibre (Lila Connect), which have so far grown their FTTP based gigabit broadband network to cover 315,000 premises (Nov 2024) across parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Essex, has over the past week notified staff of more redundancies. The operator, which originally aspired to cover 2 million premises across England and Wales with their full fibre network, has gone through...
Network Operators Named as Finalists for UK Fibre Awards 2025 | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The shortlist for the fourth annual UK Fibre Awards event, which is due to take place next month (5th June 2025) at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, has recently been released. The event sees various broadband ISPs and full fibre network builders across several categories pick up awards for their achievements. The event, which appears to be quite similar to many existing industry award ceremonies (e.g. the ISPA Awards and Connected Britain),...
Nexfibre Cut 2025 UK Full Fibre Target to 2.5m Premises as VMO2 Pause NetCo Plans | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Liberty Global has confirmed that sibling nexfibre, which is working alongside UK ISP partner Virgin Media to deploy a new 10Gbps full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across over 5 million premises (c.2.2m have already been built), has scaled back its coverage target for 2025 to 2.5 million premises passed. At the same time, VMO2 “have paused our NetCo plans“. Just to recap. Nexfibre is the product of a £4.5bn joint venture (here) between Telefónica,...
96% of UK Altnets are considering M&A, according to new research from Neos Networks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More 1st MAY 2025 – One of the UK’s foremost business connectivity providers, Neos Networks, has today announced research from 100 Senior Decision Makers at UK-based alternative network providers (Altnets). It reveals that almost all (96%) are considering M&A and partnerships with other service providers as they look for opportunities to survive and expand in the UK’s competitive broadband market. A competitive landscape The research, conducted by...
TikTok fined €350m over data transfer to China | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News TikTok has been fined €530 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following an investigation into the company’s handling of European user data The inquiry found TikTok unlawfully transferred personal data from European Economic Area (EEA) users to China and failed to meet transparency obligations under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Based in Dublin, TikTok falls under the Irish DPC’s oversight in the EU....
Telco executives convicted in NHS bribery scandal | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News This week, four men have been convicted in connection with a corruption and bribery scandal involving multimillion-pound telecoms contracts awarded to Scottish health boards The High Court in Glasgow found Adam Sharoudi and Gavin Brown, directors of Scottish telco Oricom, guilty of securing over £6 million in NHS contracts through fraud. The company, founded in Ayrshire in 2008, provided telecoms and video conferencing equipment to various...
Intelsat and AXESS Networks extend partnership to boost satellite coverage across the Americas | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Intelsat has partnered with AXESS Networks, a Hispasat subsidiary, to expand satellite service capabilities across the Americas The collaboration combines the satellite infrastructure and assets of both Intelsat and Hispasat to ensure reliable coverage throughout the Americas region. The two companies aim to offer quality, multi-satellite connectivity to enterprise and telecom customers. According to the companies, the agreement will improve the...
Netomnia Raise Extra £160m and Target 5 Million UK Premises for FTTP Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Alternative network operator Netomnia (Brsk and ISP YouFibre), which has now expanded their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 2.4 million UK premises RFS (up from 2.2m end of Feb 2025) and connected 310,000 customers (up from 270k), has boosted their coverage target to 5 million premises and raised £160m in debt funding. Just to recap. Netomnia is currently in the process of completing their merger with Brsk (here)...