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Salaries across fibre roles are set to increase during 2023 as the squeeze on talent increases and altnets look to increase their build rates, predicts Recruitment firm Carrington West.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May joined representatives of CityFibre and build partner VolkerHighways for a tour of their £14m project in her local constituency.

Neos Networks is set to transform connectivity on the UK’s rail network after being selected as the preferred bidder for Project Reach.

LightSpeed Broadband has welcomed Chris Tagg as its new Chief Technology & Information Officer as it continues to roll out its FTTP across the east of England.

Voneus Broadband has completed trials of new Gigabit capable Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology, completing its network upgrade in Dalton Piercy, Hartlepool.

A community-run broadband scheme in rural Wales has extended into neighbouring communities through £525,000 funding from the Welsh Government.

Horsham MP Jeremy Quin recently joined representatives of CityFibre and build partner Lanes-I for a tour of their £12m town fibre rollout.

The UK’s overall FTTP coverage was 13.7m premises at the end of 2022, up from 9.2m at end-2021.

Quickline CEO Sean Royce forecasts the collapse of rural communities as the UK’s fibre coverage targets make hard-to-reach areas an unattractive prospect. Fibre providers continue to be put off by the cost and complexity of taking their rollouts to sparse geographies, instead opting to overbuild others in cities and market towns.

CityFibre’s £40m investment into Medway’s digital infrastructure may unlock over £990m in economic benefits, according to a report by Hatch.