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Genexis, which designs and develops FTTH products and end-to-end solutions, has appointed The Kenton Group as a distributor to facilitate growth in the UK.

Zzoomm is making an £18.4 million investment in Northwich, Cheshire to roll out full fibre to approximately 28,000 properties.

Without meaningful engagement between the Welsh and England governing bodies, the UK administration will create a gigabit scheme that does not meet the needs of Wales, warns a report by the Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee (CCEIC).

According to Ofcom estimates, Altnet fibre deployment exceeded the Openreach build machine for the first time this January, but ‘overbuild’ without customer uptake could threaten further fibre expansion.

A series of artworks, based on the theme of connections, are being installed on data cabinets around Haverfordwest as Ogi prepares for its first exhibition with local art centre, Breakout Gallery.

CityFibre's £37m investment into Bolton's digital infrastructure could unlock a £337m economic boost for the city, according to a report by Hatch.

A new joint venture between InfraVia Capital Partners and Virgin Media O2’s parent companies Liberty Global and Telefónica, is investing £4.5bn to cover up to seven million homes not currently addressed by VMO2.

Paul Hellings has been named CEO at Jurassic Fibre as Michael Maltby moves onto the Board in a Non-Executive Director role.

At the end of June, Virgin Media Business Wholesale hosted a networking evening for UK altnets to share their ambitions and challenges, given the rapid expansion of gigabit-capable services in recent years.

VMO2’s Project Lightning has added pace in Q2 2022, passing 114,000 additional premises, up from 101,000 in Q1 2022 and 89,000 in Q2 2021.