It was announced on February 12th 2026 that Wildanet had informed Building Digital UK that it wished to withdraw from fully completing the build on two Project Gigabit contracts covering south west and central Cornwall.
Following a review of our Project Gigabit contracts to roll out gigabit-capable broadband to “hard-to-reach” premises in south west and central Cornwall, Wildanet has taken the difficult decision to scale back the build on these. Despite extensive efforts to deliver the programme in full, the cost of delivery in these areas has increased significantly beyond anticipated and it is unfortunately no longer commercially viable for Wildanet to complete these works.
Wildanet has successfully connected around 13,200 premises to date under these contracts, from an original target list of about 19,250, but will no longer deliver to the remaining premises.
Wildanet is only paid for completed and verified connections and will not receive any funding allocated for the build to premises that have not been completed.
Across Cornwall, Wildanet has delivered more than 50,000 new connections through a combination of private investment and publicly funded contracts and we remain a locally based company committed to delivering reliable and sustainable gigabit-capable broadband connectivity across the South West.
Build on Wildanet’s regional (type B) contract for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly continues. BDUK and Wildanet are in discussions to determine if any changes are needed.
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