ASK4 has acquired ClearFibre in a move that will support the MSP’s long-term goal of improving connectivity and service delivery in multi-tenant buildings, as well as strengthening its ongoing commitment to the UK’s Build-to-Rent (BTR) market.
ITS has become the first UK provider to successfully trial the delivery of dedicated internet access services over 50G-PON in both lab conditions and a live business customer environment – a trial that marks a significant leap for the UK’s fibre market.
The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) has been approved to deliver telecoms apprenticeship training, backed by industry support from Vodafone and Cornerstone – a move that directly responds to the UK’s growing need for skilled telecoms engineers.
Openreach is celebrating the milestone of reaching 90% coverage of its full fibre rollout across Northern Ireland – with the region becoming the first within the Openreach UK network to hit this target.
FibreNest – the full fibre broadband service owned by Persimmon – will be sold to BUUK Infrastructure in a £100m deal, with proceeds going towards the housebuilder’s growth strategy.
BT has signed a contract worth nearly £10m to deliver full fibre broadband access to nearly 1,800 hard-to-reach sites across the Swansea Bay City Region as part of a project to support levelling up in key areas where a connectivity gap exists.
toob is connecting its high-speed broadband service to 12 new towns and cities across the UK, with over half a million homes set to benefit as part of its strategic partnership with CityFibre.
Carnival Internet UK, a new broadband provider, has launched in the UK, aiming to provide a focus on fairness, and sustainability for the industry.
AllPoints Fibre Networks’ (APFN) ambition to give CSPs wide-spread fibre access was shared at the official launch for its aquila wholesale platform (14th May 2025 - Royal Ascot Racecourse).
nexfibre has published its latest quarterly build update (Q1 2025), which shows its 10GBps FTTP/XGS-PON broadband network now covers 2.2m UK premises, with scaled back coverage target for 2025 to 2.5m premises passed, reducing future build plans for the next year.