Category: Wholesale
Fibre First reaches 5% of Cardiff and more areas with ultrafast Gfast broadband
The Fibre First full fibre roll-out that we have found in Cardiff has grown to reach 1 in 20 premises as the result of the roll-out in the Whitchurch area.
11 new locations for Openreach Fibre First roll-out announced
The next 11 areas that will be part of the Openreach Fibre First roll-out have been announced along with plans to hire 3,000 new trainees in 2019 to support the push to 3 million premises of full fibre in the next two years.
Unrestricted access to Openreach ducts and poles under Ofcom spotlight
Duct and pole access (catchy acronym of PIA) has been around for a while but restrictions to date mean using it for leased line services is not possible, so as part of the Business Connectivity Market Review Ofcom is consulting and making the unrestricted access each more unrestricted.
The increasing pace of roll-out of full fibre from Openreach
Openreach is ramping up its full fibre deployment and is now saying that it is building at a rate of 13,000 premises week.
Temporary hold placed on fibre on demand orders
The Fibre on Demand option that is available to the majority of premises where they have VDSL2 access already has hit a snag with Openreach asking providers to slow down in submitting orders to help manage delivery timescales. The Fibre on Demand service is NOT the same as the FTTP being delivered by programmes such as Fibre First and numerous BDUK projects.
40% discounts up for grabs from Openreach for qualifying providers
From 21st August a new set of discounts will be available on the GEA product range from Openreach covering FTTC, G.fast and FTTP. The discounts will be available to wholesale customers who meet various targets and will run for 3 or 5 years to encourage take-up.
Gigabit broadband for Cardiff well underway says Openreach
Cardiff has been described by Openreach as about to benefit from thousands of homes and businesses gaining access to some of the fastest broadband in Europe.
Huawei and Nokia chosen by Openreach for headend equipment
Openreach has announced Huawei and Nokia as the suppliers for its headend kit where the GPON FTTP networks are ran to before joining the core network.
Openreach announces next set of areas to get Gfast
The Gfast roll-out is set to reach another 370,000 premises in 59 more locations across the UK.
BT Wholesale now showing availability of WBC-FTTP Gigabit service
Openreach has been talking about its FTTP service as Gigabit capable for some time and at last the largest wholesaler in the form of BT Wholesale is showing availability and has pricing that comes into effect on 1st June 2018.