Rollout

Quickline has added 20 communities to its rollout in the last eight months, with its network now passing 10,000 homes and businesses across North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Truespeed took its cumulative network to 60,000 properties passed in 2022 and has now connected 13,00 customers. The Bath-based altnet plans to double these figures by 2024.

Lit Fibre is expanding its network to cover an additional 60,000 homes across Watford and 30,000 homes in Basildon.

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.