Nexfibre passes 500k premises and names new CEO

Mon, 2/10/2023 - 10:21
NexFibre

nexfibre has passed 500,000 premises with its full fibre network and has appointed Rajiv Datta as CEO to lead its scale-up to more than five million homes and businesses by 2026.

Datta brings over 25 years of experience in the digital infrastructure and fixed telecoms sectors including roles at Colt Technologies and AboveNet Communications (now Zayo).

He replaces Bernardo Quinn, who was appointed interim CEO of nexfibre at the start of this year. Quinn will remain as an advisor to the board for the remainder of the year.

Andrea Salvato, Chairman of nexfibre, said: “We will work with Datta and our partners at Virgin Media O2 to create a national scale challenger, boosting wholesale competition, driving consumer choice and providing significant value to the UK economy."