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| 27.07.2026 | UK Copper Switch-Off Hits 555,000 Homes: Your Alarm May Stop Working in January | By Chase Fiorini
Published: Jul 27 2026, 3:04 PM EDT
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| 25.03.2026 | Openreach taps Google AI to speed fibre rollout, cut emissions | Previous
An electric van from Openreach's fleet, a telecommunications company, in Plymouth, Britain, April 19, 2024. Openreach/Handout via REUTERS
An electric van from Openreach's fleet, a telecommunications company, in Plymouth, Britain, A... |
| 18.03.2026 | Ofcom Clears Path for Potential Openreach Deregulation | Ofcom has finalised its plans to boost competition and investment across the UK’s fibre networks, paving the way for Openreach’s gradual deregulation as the nationwide full‑fibre rollout enters its final phase.
Touting the success of the co... |
| 17.03.2026 | Britain sets rules for final phase of fibre broadband roll-out | LONDON, March 17 : Britain said on Tuesday it would regulate BT Openreach's national broadband network for another five years, with a price cap on a wider range of speeds, to drive competition and extend fibre connections to the final fifth... |
| 23.02.2026 | Soho Square Capital’s First Unicorn – Netomnia – to Be Acquired by InfraVia, Liberty Global and Telefónica Through Their Existing Joint Venture nexfibre | Soho Square Capital LLP (“Soho Square”), an investment firm focused on financing established and growing UK and European SMEs, is pleased to confirm its portfolio company Netomnia, the UK’s second largest alternative fibre provider, has ann... |
| 19.02.2026 | Владельцы Virgin Media O2 покупают британскую компанию по оптоволокну Substantial за $2,7 млрд | Консорциум во главе с Liberty Global в среду договорился приобрести британского альтернативного провайдера оптоволоконной связи Substantial Group за 2 млрд фунтов ($2,72 млрд) в попытке конкурировать с BT Openreach.
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| 05.02.2026 | BT sees record fibre demand, stabilises overall customer losses | LONDON, Feb 5 : BT, Britain's biggest telecoms group, said it was seeing record demand from homes and businesses wanting to connect to its growing fibre network, helping reduce its overall customer losses.
The group has been losing customer... |
| 17.12.2025 | $1 bn Telefónica UK win ends mega-deal dry spell for TCS but it's not out of the woods yet | - |
| 23.11.2025 | Vyntelligence: $30 Million Series B Raised To Advance Agentic Video Intelligence | Vyntelligence has raised $30 million in new Series B funding, marking the company’s most significant investment to date. The round was co-led by Blume Equity and Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s 1GT climate private equity strategy, po... |
| 06.11.2025 | BT bets on budget provider amid broadband customer losses | BT has lost more broadband customers than expected, a sign that even its £15bn fibre rollout is struggling to retain customers from drifting to cheaper rivals.
Openreach, BT’s network arm, reported a net loss of 242,000 broadband lines in t... |
| 29.05.2025 | The Future of Customer Experience: AI Takes Center Stage at Interactions International 2025 | The landscape of customer experience (CX) is evolving. A seismic shift is underway, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. This transformation will be on full display at Interactions International 2025, a premier event set t... |
| 27.05.2025 | NICE Announces Interactions International 2025 | NICE is excited to announce Interactions International 2025, the premier customer experience (CX) event of the year, taking place July 1-2, 2025, at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham, London. This two-day conference will unite 1,000 industry le... |
| 01.05.2025 | Scotland’s Most Remote Areas Get Huge Broadband Upgrade | Around 65,000 digitally isolated communities across Scotland, including many in some of the most remote areas of the country, will receive access to lightning-fast broadband for the first time, after the UK Government announced its largest ... |
| 24.04.2025 | UK Bans SIM Farms In Fraud and Scam Crackdown | The UK government has issued a ban on the possession and supply of SIM farms in a European first, in an effort to better protect people from fraud and scams.
SIM farms are technical devices capable of holding multiple SIM cards enabling cri... |
| 23.04.2025 | The Rise of Altnets: A New Era in UK Broadband | The UK broadband landscape is shifting. Alternative network operators, known as altnets, are carving out a significant niche. In 2024, nearly three-quarters of a million people switched to these independent providers. This marks a seismic s... |
| 22.04.2025 | Ofcom Takes “World-leading” Action Against Mobile Networks Threat | Ofcom has announced a new ban that aims to protect people from the malicious use of mobile networks via Global Titles.
The UK regulator is banning the leasing of Global Titles – special types of phone numbers – by closing a technical loopho... |
| 20.03.2025 | Fast broadband ‘revolution’ in final phase, Ofcom says | The roll-out of ultrafast broadband across the UK is in its “final phase” and could reach nearly all homes by 2027, Ofcom has said.
The industry regulator said data it had compiled from telecoms firms indicated 96 per cent homes and busines... |
| 12.03.2025 | Publication of Climate Transition Plan | Publication of Climate Transition Plan
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| 18.02.2025 | Report: Bandwidth Shortages Putting UK Businesses At Risk | More than two-thirds of UK businesses face an unnecessarily high risk of having their data, including commercially sensitive and personal information, intercepted by hackers because they are not following best practices for securing data on... |
| 07.02.2025 | First Minister Opens BT’s Multi-million Pound New Office in Dundee | Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney, officially opened BT Group’s office in Dundee, which marks the end of the project which has seen the company invest millions in a brand new, long-term office in the city.
The first minister was welco... |
| 03.02.2025 | How Does Scotland Fare in its Digital Connectivity? | New research from FarrPoint has revealed the latest insight into the UK’s progress in digital connectivity, with Scotland showing the most progress compared to other UK nations.
The company’s Digital Connectivity Readiness Index (DCRI) eval... |
| 02.09.2024 | Switching broadband in the UK is about to get easier | Changing your broadband service provider has always been a hassle. Usually it takes around 10 days, not to mention that you have to put up with phone calls and emails from your old supplier offering you better deals and pleading with you no... |
| 20.05.2024 | BT Delays Plans for Forced Digital Landline Switch | BT Group has announced a revision to its timetable for moving all customers – consumers and businesses – off the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and onto digital landlines. The move seeks to better protect vulnerable customers and ... |
| 17.03.2024 | Turn Your Tech Trash into Cash: Virgin Media O2 Expands O2 Recycle to Include Gaming Devices | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 17 March 2024, 12:03 pm
Virgin Media O2 expands its O2 Recycle initiative to include gaming consoles, enabling gamers to exchange their old PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch consoles for cash.
The updated program ... |
| 19.07.2023 | Can I Have an 020 Number For My VoIP Phone? | 0 shares
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On the 22nd April 2000, the 020 area code fully replaced all previous London area codes that had regularly changed during the 1990s. It standardised London numbers and made them... |
| 23.09.2022 | UK mini budget: Government to boost gigabit broadband by easing access to infrastructure on private land | The U.K. government has announced plans to make it easier for telecoms operators to access telegraph poles on private land, representing part of a broader push to bring high-speed broadband to all corners of the country.
The announcement wa... |
| 09.09.2022 | Vorboss brings minimum 10 Gbps enterprise fibre network to London businesses | A new enterprise fibre network is ready to deliver up to 100 Gbps (gigabits-per-second) high-speed internet to London businesses, as part of a £250 million ($290 million) investment in the city’s infrastructure.
Vorboss was founded out of L... |
| 14.02.2022 | Openreach deploys VIAVI automated testing solution across its Full Fibre broadband network | LONDON and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Openreach and Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that they're collaborating to automate testing the quality and speed of the Openreach "Full Fibre&quo... |
| 05.03.2019 | Openreach Unveils £485,000 Investment in Livingston Training Facility | Openreach has unveiled a £485,000 investment in a national fibre training school for Scotland, aimed at educating the country’s next generation of digital engineers.
Trainees at the new centre will hone their skills in a replica street to r... |
| 12.12.2018 | Consumers to Receive Compensation for Broadband Failures | Customers who experience broadband or landline outages will soon be entitled to compensation under a new scheme.
Openreach has agreed to award £8 per day to customers in the event that their services are disrupted. Five of the UK’s biggest ... |
| 10.10.2018 | Scottish Ultrafast Broadband: How Does Your Region Fare? | Figures released by broadband comparison site, thinkbroadband, show that Edinburgh residents have the best access to ultrafast broadband. Nearly 90% of households and premises have access to ultrafast broadband, compared to 63% in Glasgow.
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| 21.08.2018 | Ultrafast Broadband Network Goes Live in Remote Highland Communities | The communities, which are scattered across 26 miles of rough terrain, are set to gain access to the UK’s fastest and reliable broadband. An estimated 140 homes spanning from Achnasheen to Aultguish in Ross-shire – roughly 20 miles north-we... |
| 21.05.2018 | Openreach Announces £400,000 Investment in Training | Openreach Chief Executive, Clive Selley, has announced a £400,000 investment in a fibre training school for Scotland in support of educating a new wave of digital engineers. In the run up to the company’s roll-out of ultra-fast broadband th... |
| 19.04.2018 | Scots Being ‘Shortchanged’ By USO | Fergus Ewing MSP has called for Scotland to received its’ fair share of UK broadband funding and demanded clarity from Westminster over what Scottish broadband consumers stand to receive from the Universal Service Obligation.
The Rural Econ... |
| 15.03.2018 | 400 New Trainee Engineers for Openreach Scotland | In a bid to accelerate its ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) programme, Openreach has announced it is recruiting over 3,500 new trainee engineers, more than 400 of which will be located in Scotland.
The Scottish trainees will be locate... |
| 12.03.2018 | Scotland’s Rural Businesses Could Add £1.4 Billion to Economy | Two new reports have highlighted the importance of Scotland’s rural economy and the value it can add to the country, through the provision of high speed broadband services.
In a study published today by Regerenis Consulting, it is estimated... |
| 26.02.2018 | Opeanreach Fined £50,000 for Worsening Road Works | This is the third penalty incurred by Openreach during a six-year period, taking its total fines to date to a total of £118,500. Previously, the firm was penalised £38,500 in 2012 and £30,000 in 2014 for failure to comply with Scottish Road... |
| 31.10.2017 | Can New Competition Deliver Ultrafast UK Infrastructure? | Connectivity problems and slow internet speeds have been a long-standing complaint for many UK businesses. In a digital world where video conferencing, real-time analytics and e-commerce are increasingly needed, fast and stable internet is ... |
| 09.10.2017 | Advertised broadband speeds should actually be realistic, UK tells ISPs | Enlarge / BT Openreach van and a coil of yellow broadband fiber cable awaiting installation in February 2017 in London, England.
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| 01.02.2017 | Hyperoptic fibre broadband hands-on: UK’s fastest Internet connection | reader comments 41 with 28 posters participating, including story author
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| 17.05.2012 | 330Mbps fiber-to-the-home coming to UK this summer | reader comments 40 with 31 posters participating
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