Interviews

25 February, 2025, 10:11 am

A month on from the tie-up between FullFibre and Zzoomm - which has created an organisation with 600,000 ready-to-serve properties and over 65,000 customers - CEO James Warner talks to Fibre Provider to give a progress update on the merger. He highlights an acceleration of customer acquisition and the migration to a single operating model and systems stack as an ongoing priority and shares his  

7 February, 2025, 2:40 pm

Here, Group CEO Jeremy Chelot discusses his ambitions to create the UK's largest full fibre altnet, the third-largest full-fibre network overall, and one of the top five ISPs. He discusses milestones hit so far, strategies for 2025, and his long-term view of the UK altnet market.

11 December, 2024, 10:12 am

Omelcom’s UK Business Development Manager Jamie Todd is leveraging a decade of industry experience to strengthen the manufacturer's status in the UK telecom market. Jamie is accelerating strategic actions to form critical collaborations with altnets and fibre providers to support long-term network development for both small and large-scale projects.

9 October, 2024, 12:35 pm

With around £1bn at its disposal, Quickline is fully funded on its mission to bring gigabit-capable infrastructure to deep rural communities and is on target to pass 120,000 premises by the end of the year.

23 September, 2024, 4:59 pm

Freedom Fibre's goal of becoming a top five altnet is gaining momentum, propelled by its March merger with VXFibre and two Project Gigabit contract wins. Here, Delivery Operations Director Adele Cihlar shares how the altnet plans to continue climbing the industry ranks by utilising further debt funding and M&A.

20 September, 2024, 12:46 pm

Fibreray's rural rollout campaign received a boost following its August acquisition of RunFibre in a deal that also accelerates the Cornwall-based altnet's wholesale ambitions, according to CEO Daniel Herbert. Here, he explains how Fibreray’s design-then-build approach will increase RunFibre's rollout efficiency and help it leverage the “almost unlimited” opportunities present in this space.

10 September, 2024, 11:24 am

Openreach CEO Clive Selley has sparked industry debate with an open letter to Ofcom setting out a blueprint for its upcoming Telecoms Access Review (TAR), which will re-set the fibre rules for the next five years.

6 September, 2024, 9:20 am

NETS International is a global systems integrator and solutions provider with over 40 years of expertise and an established presence in the UK, UAE, KSA, Germany, Pakistan, and the USA. Here Haseeb Ahmed – CEO NETS International UK, discusses the unique nature of the UK market and how it differs from more centralised, government-driven rollouts.

12 August, 2024, 9:29 am

Currently capable of serving 25% of UK commercial premises, ITS’ next target is to reach 40% coverage in the coming years. Here, CEO Daren Baythorpe shares how the company will match network expansion with strong connection rates to deliver return on investment.