The number of homes able to get gigabit-capable broadband is up to 24.0 million (80% of all UK homes), according to Ofcom’s Connected Nations Spring 2024 update. This is up 78%, from 23.2 million since its update in September 2023.
Telecom Acquisitions (TAL) has become the newest retail partner to offer services to customers on the Freedom Fibre network.
Vorboss is calling on Ofcom to introduce an automatic compensation regime for business customers after finding that the UK economy has lost £17.6bn in the last 12 months due to fixed connectivity outages.
Following four months of network build, another 1,500 homes and businesses in Forfar are now able to access GoFibre’s network.
Two million UK customers are now using fibre services from an altnet, representing 33% year-on-year growth in connections.
Fibrus has launched the 2024 Community Fund where £120,000 will be available for rural community groups across Northern Ireland and Cumbria.
Zzoomm has hit its latest commercial milestone, connecting its 25,000th customer to its full fibre network.
Investment bank Macquarie has appointed advisors PJT Partners as it explores the sale of KCOM, according to a report by the Telegraph.
Fibrus’ multi-million-pound collaboration with ACOME Group has helped the altnet reach its target of 354,000 homes passed across rural areas of Cumbria and Northern Ireland by March 2024.
More than one million faster broadband connections have been delivered to premises across Scotland, backed by £1 billion of publicly-driven investment.