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Hyperoptic has been tasked by Hillingdon Council to bring full fibre to 10,000 social homes across the borough.

Brsk bosses Giorgio Iovino (CEO) and Ian Kock (COO) are leveraging the lessons they learnt from their time at Vumatel in South Africa to guide the altnet’s next phase of growth and triple its monthly run rate of homes passed in 2022.

FullFibre has hit another milestone in its midlands south full fibre rollout as it begins connecting premises in Leominster.

YouFibre’s network is now live across 21 towns as the altnet connects its first customer in Wakefield.

Zzoomm is expanding its North Yorkshire network to Stokesley and Great Ayton following the launch of services in nearby towns Thirsk, Northallerton and Easingwold.

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.