2025 has proved a pivotal year for AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN), with the completion of its consolidation programme and the launch of its wholesale fibre platform reflecting the full transformation of disparate retail ISPs and network builders into a scaling wholesaler. Here, CCO Nisreen El-kaloush lays out the post consolidation priorities for APFN as well as its long-term ambitions in the fibre sector.
Emtelle has deepened its strategic partnership with GoFibre following the altnet provider’s most recent Project Gigabit £105m contract win, bringing high speed full fibre connectivity to over 60,000 residents across the Scottish Borders, including Aberdeen City and Dundee.
Virgin Media O2 is supporting the next generation of STEM employees with the creation of a new £1m Apprenticeship Talent Fund to help charities, local authorities, small businesses and social enterprises train future workers — removing the biggest barriers stopping SMEs from hiring apprentices.
Highland Broadband is preparing a major expansion of its ultrafast network thanks to securing a new £50m investment that will ensure it remains on track to extend its reach to over 150 rural communities over the coming year.
A trial of the latest fibre optic sensing technology is being used by Openreach to detect and prevent costly water and gas leaks, in an initial six-month pilot underway in Hounslow, west London.
The newest high-speed internet network operator for Wales, TfW ffeibr, has delivered its first commercial fibre connectivity contract for Cloud Centres Networks in partnership with Cardiff University to implement a dark fibre solution for the fibre that runs alongside railways.
Zen Internet has formed a new partnership with Sky Business Wholesale giving Zen’s partners and direct business customers access to Sky’s Ethernet-enabled exchange footprint, spanning over 2,800 exchanges with more than 80 per cent enabled for 10 Gb services.
A new £9.5m government fund is being launched to help tackle digital inequality across the UK, including workshops to familiarise people with tech and schemes donating devices like phones and laptops to the digitally excluded, all led by local councils and charities.
toob is joining in partnership with Hampshire FA to become the official Headline Sponsors of the club’s Walking Football programme, which will offer a diverse range of opportunities for the company.
A recent survey of 500 UK healthcare professionals has revealed that frontline staff lose an average of over 122 hours annually - equivalent to 17 working days - due to outdated and unreliable digital infrastructure.
Fibrus has passed a major milestone in bringing ultrafast full fibre broadband to Cumbria, connecting 100,000 residents in the county — less than three years after the company entered the region in November 2022.