News and info from the UK tech and broadband space
Virgin Media O2 is reportedly preparing a £600m cost-cutting programme, with some insiders expecting around 4,000 job losses. The savings target is expected with its quarterly results early next week.
Seventy-five jobs are uncertain at Cambridge Broadband Networks Group after Verizon, its main customer, passed on its mmW product. PKF Littlejohn Advisory Limited was appointed administrator on 7 October 2026.
Barnet Borough Council has appointed Streetwave to measure 4G and 5G coverage and data speeds along 723km of the borough's roads. EE, O2 and VodafoneThree will all be tested, with the work due to be done twice in the next year.
Fastr Broadband, formerly UK Fibre Networks, appears to have quietly put an 8Gbps symmetric full fibre package on sale in York. It costs £119.99 a month on a 24-month term and replaces a 2Gbps top tier.
O2 has put Nokia's AI-driven radio access network software to work on a live 5G+ Standalone site at London Paddington, and says spectral efficiency rose by about 20%. It plans to extend the technology, though it has not said where or when.
EE has launched Early Phone Swap, letting around a million Flex Pay customers upgrade up to a year early at no extra cost, provided they meet the conditions and sign a fresh 24-month airtime plan.
Plusnet, the budget broadband brand in BT Group, has launched a new website, a new logo and a character named Plusso. Its full fibre packages still carry a £4 monthly price rise every April.
Nufibre has launched a 5G home broadband package on the VodafoneThree mobile network, priced from £25 per month with a Wi-Fi 7 router. It needs no engineer visit or new fixed line.
