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The UK Fibre Awards 2025 shortlist of finalists has been announced, setting the stage for this year's event on June 5th at the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, London

Netomnia will be using Adtran’s SDX 6400 series to deliver ultra-high speed service, in a milestone project that marks the UK’s first commercial deployment of 500 PON over existing infrastructure.

Openreach will be supported by increased investment from BT Group and now expects to accelerate towards its target of reaching 25 million premises by December 2026, upping its build rate by 20% to up to five million premises passed during the year to March 2026.

Netomnia is expanding capacity and unifying its regional networks into a national core to facilitate subscriber growth and network expansion.

Openreach is helping more than 140,000 homes and businesses across Cardiff to access full fibre broadband, thanks to its nationwide full fibre rollout, with around 80 per cent of properties across the city connected to ultra-fast speeds.

Freedom Fibre has joined forces with VeloxServ to power its wholesale B2B connectivity offering and extend its reach to even more businesses across Greater Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, North Shropshire, and Cheshire.

With the ongoing debate about Openreach’s PIA being unfairly priced, Deputy CEO of Openreach, Katie Milligan has shared why she believes the industry needs to work together to build a network that will benefit both the community and the environment, with greater price transparency for all.

CityFibre has completed the primary-build of its full fibre network in Ipswich, allowing over 70,000 homes in the region access, around 98% of the town’s properties – making it one of the best-connected locations in the UK.

ASK4 has acquired ClearFibre in a move that will support the MSP’s long-term goal of improving connectivity and service delivery in multi-tenant buildings, as well as strengthening its ongoing commitment to the UK’s Build-to-Rent (BTR) market.

ITS has become the first UK provider to successfully trial the delivery of dedicated internet access services over 50G-PON in both lab conditions and a live business customer environment – a trial that marks a significant leap for the UK’s fibre market.