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The UK’s altnets have reached 5.5 million premises, a 111% growth year-on-year, and are expected to reach 11.5m premises by the end of 2022.

Telford and Wrekin Council has signed a 10-year, multimillion-pound deal with Virgin Media O2 to boost infrastructure, digital skills and employment.

CityFibre is expanding its network rollout in Peterborough by investing £2m into neighbouring Yaxley.

Lit Fibre has begun building its fibre network in Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Redditch, Melksham, Harpenden, and Sutton Coldfield, bringing the total number of homes in towns under deployment to over 200,000.

Gigaclear’s network rollout now passes more than 300,000 premises, up from 250,000 in December.

FullFibre has begun connecting homes and businesses in Ross-on-Wye to its full fibre network.

KCOM has appointed Johan Dennelind as Chairman of its Board of Directors, as a part of his relationship with Macquarie Asset Management as an industry advisor.

Hats off to pioneering CityFibre CEO Greg Mesch who collected the Services to Digital Britain award during the inaugural UK Fibre Awards (London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, June 9th). The 2022 Hall of fame included Wessex Internet which picked up two gongs and Giganet was named Overall Fibre Provider of the Year.

Glide is continuing its partnership with the Unite Foundation, a charity that delivers a unique accommodation scholarship scheme for care leavers and estranged young people at university. 

Ogi has provided a rollout update to mark one year of operation stating it is on track to deliver its first phase 150,000 premises plan and intends to accelerate its rollout further.