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"Competition creates innovation and wakes up incumbents. If it wasn’t for the handful of trailblazing altnets, the UK would have continued our slide down the global connectivity rankings."

Wayleave specialist Legal Firm Trenches Law has applied to Ofcom seeking Code Powers in a move to accelerate fibre distribution in Multi Dwelling Units (MDUs).

ISP Home Telecom will join MS3’s expanding network as its holding company Telecom Acquisitions signs a partnership with the altnet.

nexfibre will acquire Upp following initial integration work by Virgin Media O2. The acquisition will add 175,000 premises to nexfibre’s footprint in the east of England where it plans to invest more than £350m by 2026.

Connexin has signed a two-year extension to its partnership with Hull KR and will remain the men’s first-team principal sponsor.

Fibrus and its network build partner Viberoptix have committed to creating at least 90 apprenticeships covering a range of roles from underground and overhead cabling to surveying.

BrawBand has shared its plans to expand its network across Scotland, doubling its coverage to 500,000 properties through CityFibre’s footprint.

Comms providers not prepared for the September 5th stop-sell – which saw Openreach end the sale of WLR across the UK – will need to act fast and get on track with the move to all IP, warned James Lilley, Director of Managed Customer Migrations, Openreach.

Essex-based County Broadband has donated £10,000 worth of computers and laptops to Digital Essex to help tackle digital exclusion across the county.

Fibrus has now connected 50,000 customers to its network in Northern Ireland and the north of England.