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517 exchange locations have been announced by Openreach as the next areas to receive full-fibre broadband. 2.7 million homes and businesses, including 400,000 rural areas are in this latest batch set to be upgraded by the end of 2026.

Nexfibre has received a fine for roadwork offences in Bridgewater. Somerset

Openreach have requested network operators using their duct network in the Surrey village of Bramley to refrain from accessing the network "under any circumstances" due to a leak of petrol into their underground assets.

Hard to reach areas of Cheshire are to receive fibre broadband from Freedom Fibre after the company has been awarded a £43 million contract as part of the government's Project Gigabit rollout.

Consultancy firm EightAdvisory has put out a strategy document providing solutions for alt-nets to increase penetration and profitability.

BT has revised it's timetable for moving customers onto digital landlines and away from the analogue PSTN network with a plan to switch this off by January 2027, delayed from 2025.

We have seen reports of widespread outages affecting both core network fibre optic lines as well as broadband services in the Cuckoo Oaks area of Telford.

Kettering is said to be the most complete location on the CityFibre roll-out with around 25,000 ready for service properties which CityFibre say is around 86% of residential properties and most businesses.

CityFibre has announced the completion of its purchase of LitFibre from Newlight Partners. For the current 10,000 LitFibre customers the integration work and an eventual retail home is being worked on.

Nexfibre has announced it is set to build over 40,000 more premises across County Durham, announcing more specific areas in Sedgefield as the first step.