UK: industry braced as nexfibre–Netomnia deal becomes referendum for fibre’s future

Joe Purnell2026-09-15T09:25:00

Source: nexfibre

In-depth: £2bn deal dominated the keynote stage at Connected Britain, with rival executives abandoning diplomatic language and openly clashing ahead of a competition ruling that could determine shape of UK fibre’s next phase.

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Themes: Alternative network operators (Altnets); Copper retirement; Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS); Debt restructuring; Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP/FTTH); Infrastructure competition; Market consolidation; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Plain old telephone service switch-off (POTS switch-off); Significant market power (SMP); Wholesale broadband.
Events: Connected Britain 2026.
People: Conal Henry; Giles Rowbotham; Katie Milligan; Lutz Schüler; Michael Weekes; Rajiv Datta; Rob Hamlin; Simon Holden.
Geographic: London; Northern Ireland; United Kingdom (UK).
Organisations: Airband; Brsk; CityFibre; Community Fibre; Competition and Markets Authority (CMA); Fibrus; G.Network; Giffgaff; Gigaclear; Hyperoptic; Liberty Global; Lit Fibre; Netomnia; nexfibre; Ofcom; Openreach; Oxera Consulting; Substantial Group; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); YouFibre.

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