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WightFibre’s latest milestone announcement sees services available to 40,000 premises, signalling the Gigabit Island Project’s halfway mark, with a total of 460km of trenches dug to date. 

A £200m expansion into Great Britain will see Northern Ireland-based altnet Fibrus connect 40 Cumbrian towns and villages to fibre.

Fibre & Wireless Networks will dial up its south of England rollout following a £25m funding package from Santander UK.

County Broadband will create 100 new jobs by the end of the year as it extends its network to 500,000 rural premises.

ISPA is amongst the industry bodies supporting LSBUD’s National Safe Digging Week which is ensuring safety practices are maintained during the post-pandemic digging boom.

The holding company of O’Connor Utilities and Instalcom, OCU Group, has been acquired by Triton Partners which will ramp up its fibre installation operations across the UK.

CityFibre’s £22m investment in Weston-Super-Mare could spur a £144m economic uplift, including £73m in productivity benefits, £16m from a widened workforce, and £4m in Local Authority savings. 

The completion of Zzoomm’s network in Henley-on Thames has contributed to revenues of £0.4m as subscriptions spur 300% growth.

Fibrus has passed over 1,500 homes and businesses in rural parts of Fivemiletown and the surrounding rural areas with its full fibre rollout.

Netomnia is partnering with Light Source to rollout fibre to 24,000 premises in Grantham, Lincolnshire, via a £7m investment into the area.