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Sky announces price hikes; Uswitch reacts

Sky has announced that annual price increases will occur this April for broadband and TV customers taking out a contract from today (February 4th). Sky broadband customers will see a hike of £3 to their monthly bills, whilst Sky’s pay-TV services will be subject to a £1 increase per month for the Sky Cinema channel […]

February 4, 2026

Community Fibre reports record revenue growth

London-based Internet Service Provider (ISP) Community Fibre has announced a record year of annual revenue growth, up 48 per cent to £113 million (€130.5m). Following the news welcomed by investors and shareholders today, Community Fibre also reported an adjustment in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to £49.8 million, up 530 per cent […]

January 29, 2026

Survey reveals looming risk for Japanese ISPs

At the Wireless Global Congress (WGC) APAC 2026 in Tokyo, Airties, a provider of AI-driven software for ISPs, has revealed findings from a commissioned consumer survey, independently conducted by Qualtrics, of more than 1,000 Japanese households. The survey revealed a potential churn crisis for home ISPs in Japan: approximately one-quarter of households are considering switching […]

January 27, 2026

Uswitch: Broadband bills to rise by up to 4x rate of inflation

Millions of UK households are facing telco price rises up to four times the rate of inflation this April, as the industry marks one year since the launch of Ofcom’s ‘pounds and pence’ pricing rules. Analysis from Uswitch, the comparison and switching service, reveals that while inflation currently sits at 3.2 per cent, some mobile […]

January 15, 2026

Telia receives clearance for Bredband2 acquisition

In July, Telia Company announced a recommended public offer to the shareholders of Swedeish ISP Bredband2 to tender all shares in Bredband2 to Telia. Telia has now received competition approval from the Swedish Competition Authority and has therefore received all necessary approvals from authorities for the offer, which means that this condition for completion of […]

December 23, 2025

EE offers WiFi 7 across all full fibre plans

EE, the UK broadband provider, has became the first major network to offer all Full Fibre plans built with WiFi 7 connectivity as standard. The launch follows research which reveals that for today’s households, broadband reliability across the whole home is more important than just speed, with nearly half (44 per cent) of Brits prioritising […]

December 12, 2025

Reytel, Cell C, FASTtelco drop on Netflix Speed Index

November 2025 marked 15 years of the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly readout on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming.  Starting in 2026, the streaming giant says it will continue publishing monthly performance data on the ISP Speed Index site, but these updates will shift to a […]

December 9, 2025

Report: UK full fibre connections overtake FTTC

The UK broadband market regained momentum in Q3 2025, adding 64k subscribers and returning to growth across a total base of 28.94 million lines according to data from Point Topic. Full fibre (FTTP) adoption surged ahead at its fastest rate since nationwide rollouts began, reaching 11.56 million connections and overtaking FTTC for the first time, […]

November 27, 2025

Ofcom: Brits devour data at record levels

Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report finds that Brits used nearly a fifth (18 per cent) more mobile data in 2025 than the previous year, totalling over 1.2 billion GB each month. That’s the equivalent of streaming 400 million football matches in HD, watching 315 billion TikToks, or sending 1.3 quadrillion text-only WhatsApp messages. While 4G […]

November 19, 2025

Report: 22.4m Brits hit by broadband outages in last 12 months

Against a backdrop of repeated major provider outages this year, a Uswitch broadband outage report reveals the scale of the UK’s connection challenge, with 22.4 million (41 per cent) users across the UK left disconnected at least once in the last 12 months. Internet outages totalled 238.7 million hours in the past year, costing the […]

November 13, 2025