UK gov closes broadband voucher scheme after Project Gigabit funding boost

Cameron Page2026-09-04T16:56:00

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Building Digital UK shutters applications for Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme as UK government funnels more funding towards Project Gigabit for rural fibre deployments. State says costs now outweigh the benefits of the vouchers, and views are mixed among altnets…

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Organisations: Building Digital UK; Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; FullFibre; Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy; Grain; Hyperoptic; National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority; Openreach; Strategic Investment Board; Voneus; Wildanet; WightFibre.
Geographies: Europe; United Kingdom (UK).
People: Ben Whitestone; Georgia Grimes; Kanishka Narayan; Richard Cameron
Themes: Alternative networks; Broadband Delivery UK; Digital connectivity; Fibre rollout; Fibrecos; Gigabit broadband; Gigabit-capable broadband; Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy; Infill projects; National Rolling Open Market Review; Project Gigabit; Rural broadband; Superfast broadband; Voucher schemes.

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