Rollout

County Broadband has added five villages comprising 2,000 premises in Cambridgeshire to its full fibre network. Civil engineering contractor NGE is helping to deliver the regional rollout.

KCOM has begun work to connect 360 properties in Gunness, Lincolnshire, to its full fibre network.

Engineering work will start in March as Gigaclear and build partner Clancy look to connect 7,000 properties in Chilworth. This marks the altnet’s first community in Surrey, the 23rd county it will enter.

Openreach’s last mile services are now live in Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester as part of an ongoing Metro Access Network expansion programme.

Openreach is urging homes and businesses in Torbay to upgrade to fibre as its uptake rate sits at 18%, below the national average of 20%.

Ogi has begun work to connect 23 new communities in south Wales as it extends its £200m phase one build plan.

Openreach’s MD for Strategic Infrastructure and Development, Kim Mears OBE, will retire from the role in March. Katie Milligan will widen her remit to become Chief Commercial Officer.

CityFibre recently welcomed Philip Hollobone MP for a tour of its £17m fibre rollout in Kettering.

Rt Hon Dame Rosie Winterton DBE, Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central, was recently welcomed by CityFibre and build partner Heneghans for a tour of the works in Edenthorpe, giving her a closer look at the £25m citywide project. 

Construction of CityFibre’s £50m town-wide full fibre network has begun in Maidstone which is set to pass all premises in the region by 2027.