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 –...
UK Ranks 3rd for Mobile Broadband Speeds vs Countries of Similar Size to Poland | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More French benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from an unusual new study, which compared the fastest average mobile broadband download speeds (4G and 5G) of 20 countries with a similar size (land area) to Poland. The results saw the United Kingdom rank 3rd with an average speed of 105.8Mbps. nPerf’s latest study was based on masses of tests carried out – between January and the end of April 2026 – by users of the speed testing tools on...
EE Deploy 5G+ Mobile Broadband to 25 Key UK Events and 30 Tourist Towns | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that 25 major events and more than 30 tourist destinations (seaside and market towns) will have been upgraded to support their latest 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband technology this summer, bringing faster data speeds and better congestion management. Just to recap. Early 5G deployments were Non-Standalone (NSA), which meant they were partly reliant upon older and slower 4G infrastructure. But SA (5G+)...
Sky Glass and Stream UK TV Customers Suffer ITVX Fast Forward Bug | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices and service are suffering from an annoying bug with the ITVX app, which causes any TV show or movie you may be watching to suddenly skip right to the end and then report the content as having been watched. The issue, which usually happens at the beginning of a programme or straight after an advertising break, appears to have started around the beginning of last week and...
Altnet ISP Lightning Fibre Launch Wi-Fi 7 Routers for UK Broadband Customers | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Eastbourne-based ISP Lightning Fibre, which is deploying a full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across parts of Sussex and Kent in England (they also hold a partnership to harness CityFibre’s wider UK network – here), have partnered with Genexis to launch a new range of Wi-Fi 7 capable routers and mesh extenders for customers. The first Wi-Fi 7 devices to be introduced are the Aura E750 gateway (router) and Home CX750 wireless mesh extender, although the...