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Last updated: 2026-08-27
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13- Openreach’s All-IP Exception Changes the Order of Migration
An eligible customer can leave a PSTN-dependent wholesale product without moving straight to full fibre. Openreach’s temporary FTTP-priority relaxation makes that sequencing choice visible. The buyer’s question is which requirement has actually been completed—and which one remains.
Primary articlePublished 2026-09-14 - Openreach's copper price lever still depends on each address
A lower exchange-wide coverage hurdle gives Openreach more scope to encourage fibre migration. Retailers still have to make that move work for individual customers.
Primary articlePublished 2026-09-09 - UK PSTN switch-off leaves 1.5m lines to migrate
About 1.5 million Openreach PSTN lines remain ahead of the January 2027 shutdown, while a survey points to gaps in customer readiness.
Primary articlePublished 2026-09-03 - EE launches 8Gbps fibre in Guildford and Woking
EE has begun selling 2.3Gbps and 8Gbps broadband over Openreach’s XGS-PON network in selected Surrey postcodes.
Primary articlePublished 2026-08-03 - Ofcom proposes blocking Openreach discount offer
Ofcom says the discounts may divert new wholesale orders from rival fibre networks, but the regulator has not made a final decision.
Primary articlePublished 2026-07-29 - Openreach expands Project Gigabit deployments
Openreach's latest rollout shows Project Gigabit progressing through construction and service activation across funded areas.
Primary articlePublished 2026-07-10 - Openreach puts Google Cloud AI into fibre and fleet planning—execution remains the test
Openreach is using Vertex AI, BigQuery and Gemini Enterprise for route modelling, fleet decisions and engineering work. The deployment may improve decisions, but rollout speed and carbon savings still require independently comparable results.
Primary articlePublished 2026-05-26 - Country Connect Ltd
The company serves as the primary or sole broadband provider for many rural premises in South Wales. Any change in its coverage, technology, routing, privacy practices, or contractual terms can immediately impact remote work, digital payments, online education, and public-service access. Its modest but growing autonomous-system presence also makes local routing changes significant to network observers.
Mentioned articlePublished 2026-05-26 - Openreach says AI prevents 3,000 fibre cancellations
Openreach says its AI tools are helping keep more than 3,000 full-fibre orders from being cancelled each month when installations run into delays or extra engineering work.
Primary articlePublished 2026-09-16 - Ofcom eases Openreach copper price controls from 2029
Openreach will gain more freedom to price copper services once ultrafast coverage reaches 90% of an exchange area, rather than waiting for full coverage.
Primary articlePublished 2026-09-11 - Ofcom lets Openreach raise copper prices at 90% coverage
From April 2029, Openreach can gain more pricing freedom in qualifying exchanges before coverage reaches 100%, while unserved premises remain protected.
Primary articlePublished 2026-09-10 - The copper retirement test lives in the devices nobody calls phones
Britain can withdraw an exchange product and still leave the harder migration unfinished. A lift alarm, payment terminal or pump controller has completed the journey only when its real signal returns through the new path.
Primary articlePublished 2026-08-25 - Openreach expands Project Gigabit deployments
Openreach's latest rollout shows Project Gigabit progressing through construction and service activation across funded areas.
Primary articlePublished 2026-07-09