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Altnets have grown their share of the residential subscriber market from 1.99% to 2.35% over the last 18 months, representing a net gain of around 100,000 subscribers from the UK’s incumbents.

VMO2 has connected an additional 4,250 homes in Alsager, Cheshire East to its ultrafast network.

Hyperoptic CEO Dana Tobak has written to the heads of Ofcom, DCMS, and the ASA and CAP, calling for emergency changes to the way broadband plans with mid-contract prices can be advertised.

Bolsover MP Mark Fletcher has visited new build housing in his constituency where Openreach is making full fibre available.

Openreach’s fibre network in Greenock has now passed its first 2,000 properties including St Patrick’s and Whinhill primary schools and Notre Dame High School.

CityFibre has laid 840km of full fibre internet cables through Northampton as part of its £40m plan upgrade the town’s digital infrastructure.  

During his recent tenure as Secretary of State for Business, Jacob Rees-Mogg visited Truespeed’s build sites across the south west.

Jonathan Edwards, MP for Carmarthenshire East & Dinefwr visited Openreach engineers as 35% of premises across his constituency now have access to fibre.

Sheffield MP Clive Betts recently visited CityFibre’s £115m build which has seen 500km of full fibre cable laid beneath the city’s streets.

Trenches Law has launched a surveying service to counter the skills gap holding the industry back.