CityFibre’s £23m investment into Crawley’s digital infrastructure could bring economic benefits including £385m in productivity and innovation gains, £85m from a widened workforce, and up to £288m in increased housing value.
More than 16,500 homes and businesses in Blyth can access fibre following a £4.9m investment from Openreach.
CityFibre’s £17m fibre rollout is underway in Loughborough with build partner Granemore kicking off construction in Storer and Garendon.
Truespeed has appointed Robert Purdy as CIO to enhance its internal systems and aid its scale-up.
Northumberland County Council has awarded Commsworld a £22m contract to transform the county’s digital infrastructure over the next 20 years.
Grain has secured £130m in funding to accelerate its fibre rollout. This consists of a £110m bank facility from Nord L/B and £21m of additional equity from existing shareholders Equitix, Albion Capital and Pinnacle Group.
Giganet is launching a sub-1Gbps fibre solution for smaller businesses looking to transition from FTTC.
The Communications and Digital Committee is launching an inquiry into digital exclusion and the cost of living. It is inviting written contributions by Tuesday 7th March.
CityFibre’s £50m investment into Southend-on-Sea’s digital infrastructure could spawn £800m in economic benefits.
Truespeed has begun work to connect 6,000 properties across Uphill, Bleadon and Banwell through a £4m investment.