Rollout

CityFibre’s £37m investment in Bolton has now seen enough fibre laid to take 723 laps of the University of Bolton Stadium’s pitch, home of Bolton Wanderers FC.

CityFibre has now laid 777km of full fibre across Swindon as part of its £40m investment to upgrade the town’s digital infrastructure.

Virgin Media O2 has connected more than 20,000 additional homes in Southall to its network, bringing gigabit broadband to tens of thousands more people.

Almost 360,000 homes in Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Renfrewshire, Stirling, Glasgow, and Edinburgh now have access to fibre services via Giganet.

Gigaclear’s £39m investment to connect more than 10,000 homes in four neighbouring Cambridgeshire villages continues apace.

CityFibre has now laid 415km of full fibre beneath the streets of Newcastle as part of its £62m plan to future-proof the city’s digital connectivity.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May joined representatives of CityFibre and build partner VolkerHighways for a tour of their £14m project in her local constituency.

LightSpeed Broadband has welcomed Chris Tagg as its new Chief Technology & Information Officer as it continues to roll out its FTTP across the east of England.

Horsham MP Jeremy Quin recently joined representatives of CityFibre and build partner Lanes-I for a tour of their £12m town fibre rollout.

The UK’s overall FTTP coverage was 13.7m premises at the end of 2022, up from 9.2m at end-2021.