Category: Wholesale
Project Gigabit roll-out in Norfolk starts going live
The speed options in several Norfolk villages just outside Norwich are improving as we have mapped the first live postcodes in the CityFibre Project Gigabit Norfolk contract.
EXCLUSIVE September 2024 update on Openreach full-fibre roll-out
Openreach says it is building past 1 million premises every quarter, the pattern is that each quarter has two months of average build volume and one exceptional month. Our report this month falls into the average category, but that is still more than double any competitor.
Openreach signs contract for Northwest, Mid, and Southeast Wales full fibre roll-out
We knew it was on the way since mid August but it looks like Openreach has signed a contract valued at up to £800 million to bring Gigabit capable full fibre to large parts of Wales.
Sky Business new deal with ITS
The UK business broadband market gets a lot less coverage than the residential, in part because its a lot smaller, but news today of an agreement between Sky Business and ITS will mean Sky has another Ethernet option in its armoury.
Openreach to make proactive FTTP upgrades a standard process
One route to having full fibre installed that is in demand from providers, but has had little visible discussion is Openreach offering a proactive upgrade path. This has been running for a year and now is set to be adopted as a standard product.
R100 project brings full fibre to Bunessan on Isle of Mull
The Ilse of Mull already has some Openreach FTTP on it near Tobermory but the latest additions in the Fionnphort exchange area are definitely part of the R100 project.
Virgin Media O2 looking to raise £1 billion for full fibre roll-out
Its difficult to know for sure if the plan to sell a minority stake for £1 billion is referring to the nexfibre roll-out, or the new whole NetCo that is gearing up to be the wholesale arm for the traditional Virgin Media cable footprint.
CityFibre pole in rural Norfolk is causing controversy
Felthorpe in Norfolk just has part fibre services and its looks very likely that CityFibre is rolling out full fibre via one of its Project Gigabit contracts, but one resident is objecting to a pole outside his home.
Liberty Global seeks code powers for 3 limited companies
With the Liberty Global/Virgin Media Telefonica joint venture that is nexfibre rolling out quickly already it is a bit odd to see the holding company apply for code powers.
nexfibre says its available to 11,000 premises in Huddersfield
nexfibre is busy rolling out and one of the more urban places is Huddersfield so the news that its 2 Gbps symmetric services are available to 11,000 premises is good news.