Openreach’s MD for Strategic Infrastructure and Development, Kim Mears OBE, will retire from the role in March. Katie Milligan will widen her remit to become Chief Commercial Officer.
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CityFibre recently welcomed Philip Hollobone MP for a tour of its £17m fibre rollout in Kettering.
Openreach’s £180m fibre network in Wales now addresses more than 600,000 homes and businesses.
Rt Hon Dame Rosie Winterton DBE, Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central, was recently welcomed by CityFibre and build partner Heneghans for a tour of the works in Edenthorpe, giving her a closer look at the £25m citywide project.
Hyperoptic has hired ex-Vodafone Consumer Chief Lutfu Kitapci as Chief Customer Officer to lead the company’s consumer strategy, brand, marketing, sales, and customer experience and service.
Broadway Partners has appointed Steve Haines as CEO as it looks to connect 250,000 premises across Wales and Scotland in the next five years.
According to Netgem TV’s MD Sylvain Thevenot the addition of TV packages can boost full fibre sales by up to a quarter, and he is urging altnets to differentiate through bundling ‘Fibre with TV’ as the race for connections heats up.
euNetworks has deployed an additional 26km of hollowcore fibre cable between Basildon and London.
Construction of CityFibre’s £50m town-wide full fibre network has begun in Maidstone which is set to pass all premises in the region by 2027.
Most UK broadband operators are more likely to work with vendors that use energy-efficiency labels (84%).