Neos Networks is extending a longstanding collaboration with Zen Internet, involving a major upgrade to 400Gbps connectivity between Manchester and London to ensure Zen’s core network is ready for the future as digital infrastructure demand surges.
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Quickline is seeing its full fibre rollout continue at pace with remote premises across the East Riding of Yorkshire receiving a major digital boost, and thousands of homes and businesses enjoying gigabit speeds for the first time.
Lightning Fibre is backing young artists in Hailsham, sponsoring the recent School Art Competition and recently unveiled the winning artwork which is now wrapping a prominent broadband cabinet in the town centre.
Community Fibre has now connected more than 400,000 premises to its London FTTP network and has seen its customer base increase by a third in the past year, reaching a network penetration rate of 30% serving over 1.4m users across the capital.
Zen has appointed Jon Nowell as Managing Director of its business division to oversee the sales, engineering, architecture and business development functions within the division, with a focus on providing scalable, future-ready connectivity solutions to UK organisations.
Lightning Fibre is making a difference to Hailsham charity Pass It On in Your Community, donating £500 to boost the work that the group does to make daily essentials more accessible to local people.
VeloxServ has nominated Compton Care as its charity partner, helping to raise funds and boost awareness of the organisation that delivers specialist palliative care across Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall, south Staffordshire, and east Shropshire.
Nearly 153,000 premises in the UK have received a gigabit-capable broadband connection through a Building Digital UK (BDUK) subsidy between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2025, a new report reveals – a rise of 2,600 more than the previous financial year.
Neos Networks has been selected by NEP Connect to provide high-capacity, low latency fibre connectivity in support of the delivery of live Premier League broadcasting for the 2025-26 season in a new long-term agreement.
More than 13,000 homes in Stroud can now access Virgin Media O2’s (VMO2) gigabit services for the first time and sign up to Gig2 broadband with hyperfast connections of 2Gbps, after work to bring full fibre to the area has been completed.