Continually reviewing and improving the health and safety of staff and contractors is a top priority for fibre providers, with best practices in occupational health and safety measures the goal of all altnets. At the forefront of these efforts is Vorboss, a founding member of the Safety and Health in Fibre Telecoms (SHiFT), and here, Chief People Officer Jayelene O’Callaghan shares insights into the company's approach to managing and monitoring risk.
The uptake of Zzoom’s fibre services in Sandhurst and Crowthorne has exceeded 20%, seven months after finishing the build of the new network there.
Glide Group has appointed Paula Benoit as its new CFO.
Community Fibre has now passed more than one million residential properties across London with its full fibre network.
Virgin Media O2 has confirmed plans to cut 2,000 jobs by the end of the year, representing 12% of its workforce. This coincides with the company’s Q2 results to June 2023, which places a heavy focus on nexfibre’s fixed network deployment.
GoFibre recently hosted MSP for Angus North and Mearns and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, to its network build in Montrose.
Boldyn Networks has built a new fibre network to improve 21 CCTV cameras across Sutton, allowing the footage to be accepted as evidence in court.
InfraBridge-owned VX Fiber and Equitix-backed Freedom Fibre have held exploratory talks about a deal, reports Sky News.
Gigaclear engineers have begun work to connect homes and businesses in Peasmarsh and Northiam as Gigaclear extends its network into Sussex.
Lightning Fibre has named Stefan Stanislawski as its new interim CEO following the departure of Ben Ferriman.