Industry News

Full-fibre broadband is now available to more than 17 million UK homes, according to Ofcom’s latest Connected Nations Report.

Ofcom is proposing tougher protections for customers by banning inflation-linked mid-contract price rises.

Ofcom has issued new guidance to broadband providers, requiring them to tell consumers about the network that underpins their service using only clear and unambiguous terms.

Lit Fibre has added a broadband jargon buster to its website to combat confusion caused by complex acronyms and years of providers misbranding fibre.

The Autumn Statement confirms that the Full Expensing policy, which may help altnets reduce rollout costs, will be made permanent.

BT’s CEO Philip Jansen is calling for tax incentives to that encourage investment in fibre to be made permanent, ahead of the Autumn Statement.

According to PointTopic, the UK’s overall FTTP coverage was just over 17.4m premises (54.5%) at the end of Q3 2023, up from 16.3m in Q2 2023.

nexfibre has published its first quarterly update on the progress of its nationwide rollout and planned build locations for 2024.

Quickline has praised the rapid intervention of two of its engineers who rescued a man from the River Trent.

Grain will cut jobs nationwide and slow its network expansion as it looks to raise capital. This was confirmed by the altnet to Cumberland newspaper News and Star.