Over half of UK homes (15.4 million or 52%) can now access fibre services according to Ofcom’s Summer update, an increase of 15 percentage points in one year and four percentage points since its Spring 2023 update.
CityFibre has completed its rollout east of Wokingham Town and north of Crowthorne, with its build now progressing towards the remainder of Crowthorne and north west of Wokingham.
Openreach has broken ground in Shotts where it aims to address most homes and businesses with a new fibre network.
Openreach has started work to build a new ultrafast broadband network for Annan, a rural town in Scotland.
Lothian Broadband Networks is set to go live for over 3,400 homes and businesses in Stirling’s surrounding villages.
toob is investing £18m to build a fibre network in Gosport that addresses 45,000 homes and businesses.
Josh Babarinde OBE, Parliamentary Spokesman of the Eastbourne and Willingdon Liberal Democrats, recently joined Lightning Fibre for the unveiling of its latest Primary Node Cabinet in Hampden Park.
GoFibre is extending its network into new areas of Aberdeenshire to address 6,000 premises across the county.
Netomnia has begun work to bring fibre to more than 51,000 homes and businesses in Musselburgh and the surrounding areas.
CityFibre has now laid 340km of fibre cabling beneath the streets of Reading as part of its £58m plan to upgrade the town's digital infrastructure.