Rollout

More than 8,000 premises across Lincolnshire can now access speeds of at least 100Mbps following the completion of the BDUK-backed build by Quickline Communications.

The first 100 homes and businesses on the Hebridean isle of Jura can now access Openreach’s full fibre network, made possible by joint voucher funding from the UK and Scottish governments.

toob launches to thousands of homes across Berkshire in strategic partnership with CityFibre. 

Around 5,000 premises in Dumfries and Galloway can now connect to full fibre through the Scottish Government’s £600m Reaching 100% programme.

Openreach’s network in Bristol now addresses 65% of the city’s premises, representing more than 145,000 homes and businesses.

More than 800 hard-to-reach premises across Barnard Castle, Middleton-in-Teesdale and Winston can now access GoFibre’s network as the altnet completes phase one of its Project Gigabit contract.

Quickline’s network is now available to a total of 1,800 new homes across the Lincolnshire communities of Goulceby, Martin, Timberland and Belton.

Boosting rural connectivity could add £65.1bn to the UK economy and increase employment by 6.8%, according to research from Cebr for VMO2.

Warminster is one of six new UK towns added to Lit Fibre’s rollout plans, which look to cover 500,000 UK homes by 2026, reports the Wiltshire Times.

Openreach has begun building a new fibre network in Woking, alongside delivery partner Circet.