The UK Fibre Connectivity Forum says Wireless UK broadband company Cambium Networks Ltd (“Cambium”) filed a Notice of Intention to appoint an administrator on Thursday 10 September 2026, while Companies House currently still shows the company as active.
Word is in the channel, from a verified source, is that Cambium staff (the communication does not say whether it is all or some) received an email on Saturday morning from the CEO saying that the company was in negative cashflow, efforts to find a buyer for some, or all, of the business had failed, and that the business would be handed over to the Administrators in the UK.
Apparently a further email was sent to staff (the communication does not say whether it is all or some) that employees were thus notified that they had been made redundant.
Unsolicited advice for Redundancy (Please seek Qualified Advice)
If a company has run out of money, it can still make employees redundant, but it may not have the funds to pay their redundancy packages itself.
If the company becomes formally insolvent, eligible employees may be able to claim statutory redundancy pay, unpaid wages, holiday pay and notice pay through the UK government’s Redundancy Payments Service (RPS), subject to statutory limits. Even before formal insolvency, the RPS may provide financial assistance where an employer can demonstrate that it cannot afford statutory redundancy payments and has exhausted other sources of funding, such as monies owed. This means that employees may still be entitled to statutory payments even if their employer has no cash available to pay them.
Every individual situation is different, and details have yet to be released. If you are affected seek professional advice.
Unsolicited advice for Partners (Please seek Qualified Advice)
1. Establish who is actually trading with you
Cambium Networks is a global business, and the UK entity is only one part of the organisation. Partners should establish whether their contracts, warranties, licences and outstanding orders are with the UK company or another Cambium entity.
2. Do not assume existing orders will complete
Check all open POs, deliveries, rebates, MDF, commissions and credits. Get written confirmation from Cambium/the administrator about what will be honoured.
3. Protect your customer relationships
Partners with Cambium equipment already deployed could reassure customers that the rumours of the administration of the UK entity does not automatically mean their installed network stops working.
4. Review your Cambium dependency
If Cambium represents a significant part of your networking business, start looking at alternatives now rather than waiting for a disruption. Do not immediately rip out Cambium equipment, but do start contingency planning. Establish exactly which legal entity provides your support and licences, secure documentation and access credentials, check contractual protections, and identify an alternative supplier before you actually need one.
5. Be careful about taking on new financial exposure
Until the situation becomes clearer, partners should consider what their options are.
Unsolicited advice for customers (Please seek Qualified Advice)
For customers, the immediate message is:
“don’t panic, but don’t ignore it.”
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- Identify which Cambium products you have deployed.
- Check warranty and support arrangements.
- Confirm the status of software/cloud licences.
- Establish who will provide technical support if the UK operation changes.
- Make sure you have configuration and network documentation.
- Check whether you can obtain replacement hardware through distributors or other authorised channels.
- For major deployments, begin assessing alternative vendors as a contingency.
? The Big Questions ?
What happens to the installed base, support infrastructure, warranties, licences and channel relationships if the UK operation is restructured, sold or wound down? What happens to cnMaestro and cnMaestro X?
For Cambium’s UK partners and customers, the priority should be not to panic but to plan: establish who is responsible for existing contracts, support and warranties, protect against further financial exposure and begin preparing alternatives if the UK administration (bearing in mind the notice is an intention at this stage) affects the supply and support of Cambium products.
