Category: Wholesale
CityFibre starts work on Project Gigabit contract in Kent
With work in Kent now starting CityFibre is now building in all the Project Gigabit contract area. The Kent project should bring full fibre to 50,000 premises that were not expected to see full fibre rolled out commercially.
nexfibre roll-out reaches 9,000 homes in Bath – UPDATED
Virgin Media O2 as the anchor tenant for nexfibre has announced the roll-out in Bath has reached a total of 9,000 premises to date.
nexfibre sets out its market stall for Ofcom Telecoms Access Review
nexfibre who have Virgin Media O2 as their anchor customer has published a report entitled a A Fork in the Road looking at what they'd like to see from the Telecoms Access Review Ofcom is set to publish in 2026.
EXCLUSIVE January 2025 update on Openreach full-fibre roll-out
Love or hate Openreach they are by massive margin the largest full fibre network in the United Kingdom. The last three months has seen their footprint grow by 1.1 million premises with Ready for Service full fibre.
Nokia locked in by Openreach for its One Network
Nokia has been officially named as the partner to help Openreach push its full fibre wholesale network to even more of the UK.
CityFibre announces work has started on its Sussex Project Gigabit contract
57,000 premises across East and West Sussex are set to see CityFibre build full fibre to them as part of the BDUK contract the firm holds and work has now started.
nexfibre footprint passes 2 million premises
nexfibre is celebrating passing 2 million premises with its XGS-PON full fibre network and lays claim to being the only fibre provider of significant scale that exclusively uses XGS-PON.
£289 million worth of Project Gigabit contracts awarded – UPDATED
131,000 more premises are set to benefit from Project Gigabit funding to roll-out full fibre in areas where commercial operators have indicated no commercial roll-out is likely in the next couple of years.
CityFibre full fibre services available in Watford
The old vertically integrated LitFibre full fibre network is now almost completely converted to wholesale CityFibre access with Watford and Cirencester being two of the last places to convert.
Openreach shares info on record breaking 2024 in terms of data traffic
While full fibre and the increased speeds are a driver for higher data use as 4K streaming rather than just SD resolution becomes possible for some people it is often events such as sports or online games pushing data usage.