Rural

Gigaclear is investing £7m to connect 7,000 premises in rural Suffolk to full fibre.

WightFibre has been allocated up to £9m from Building Digital UK (BDUK), the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport body responsible for ensuring that every UK home and business can access fast and reliable digital connectivity.

Quickline Communications’ full fibre rollout in Lincolnshire has reached a milestone as the village of Lissington becomes the first to go live.

County Broadband is expanding its east of England network into north Norfolk, naming 15 villages set for full fibre infrastructure.

Gigaclear is expanding its network in Buckinghamshire with the altnet now working to add Buckingham, Maids Moreton, Chackmore, Radclive, Gawcott and Padbury to its full fibre footprint.

Ogi has named Dinas Powys, Milford Haven and Johnston, and Monmouth as the communities next in line to receive its full fibre services. 

Northern Ireland’s state-backed Project Stratum has received an additional £32m of funding to extend its full fibre rollout to 8,500 more premises.

Gigaclear has secured a further £190m funding to support its rural full fibre rollout, which aims to connect 500k premises by 2023.

Neos Networks is investing in a network expansion programme across four major UK cities, to bring last-mile services directly to over 30k businesses.

County Broadband has created a Bespoke Connections Team to find and deliver methods of connecting the remotest premises on the outskirts of villages back to