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CityFibre declares primary full fibre rollout in Reading complete

1 week ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

Another urban area has reached the point where CityFibre is saying its primary FTTP build has completed. Reading and the surrounding area now has some 97,000 homes which are Ready for Service via the many resellers who use the CityFibre wholesale network. The CityFibre press release makes the claim that the rollout means Reading is one of the best connected locations in the country.
Over 50 masts upgraded to improve mobile signal

1 week ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

Under the Shared Rural Network programme more than 50 rural masts that previously only offered a signal to EE customers or emergency 999 coverage have been upgraded to support more networks. This means many places people live and work in or visit on holiday will now have improved 4G mobile coverage. In terms of footprint the combined area with improvements is the size of 66,470 football pitches.
APFN aquila platform adds Onecom business deal

1 week ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

AllPoints Fibre Network (APFN) and its aquila platform is expanding as a deal has been signed with Onecom. The new deal means Onecom business customers will have access to what the press release calls the largest network of business grade fibre premises in the UK. It will means Onecom will be able to use the CityFibre full fibre platform for the first time. Apparently this is the first time that layer 3 connectivity is delivered by APFN over the CityFibre network.
Grain Connect now in Widnes as Warrington FTTP footprint increases

1 week ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

Widnes is the latest new place where we’ve mapped availability from Grain Connect and hopefully over the coming weeks and months the footprint will expand further. Grain Connect focus on urban rollouts and has a footprint of over 250,000 premises across Great Britain. The footprint in the Warrington area including Widnes is currently at 6,365 premises and we will go hunting for more footprint in a few days time.
Openreach full fibre footprint confirmed at 18.3 million premises ready for service

2 weeks ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

Our tracking of the Openreach full fibre rollout and mapping of premises where the public can get the service installed has hit the 18.3 million premises milestone. This is month after it was mentioned by Richard Tang at Connected North during a keynote presentation and 23 days since the Openreach press release announcing the milestone being reached. The precise figure 18,030,020 premises passed and this is 55.4% of the UK.
Two more Project Gigabit contracts fail

2 weeks ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

A statement from DSIT has revealed that two Project Gigabit contracts previously awarded to Full Fibre Ltd have ended based on a mutual agreement. BDUK and FullFibre have mutually agreed to terminate the Project Gigabit contract for the Peak District. BDUK is now moving swiftly to put in place alternative plans with other suppliers to connect premises that were due to be covered by this contract. Statement on Peak District contract pageThe two contracts are for and the Peak District.
Openreach aims to bring FTTP to 5 million premises before 31st March 2026

2 weeks ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

Openreach has its 25 million premises passed by full target for the end of 2026 and based on the build rates observed over the last 3 to 12 months we are expecting to report on that sometime between November 2026 and January 2027. In the last 12 months Openreach has said it built full fibre to some 4.3 million premises and is aiming to go further in the 12 months starting 1st April 2025 and ending 31st March 2026 with its engineers and contractors delivering full fibre to 5 million premises.
BT results show 6.5 million premises signed up for full fibre

2 weeks ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

The BT Group results for the year ending 31st March 2025 have finally been published. The headline for broadband being that take-up of the Openreach full fibre services was running at 6.5 million subscribing premises back at the end of March 2025. BT Group delivered strong progress against its strategic priorities in FY25, as we stepped up the pace of build of the UK’s leading next generation networks.
Digital upgrade at Kinghorn Community Library reduces running costs

2 weeks ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

GoFibre is now powering Kinghorn Community Library and has managed to see the charity reduce its broadband and phone bills, cutting them in half. Not only has the service from GoFibre been terrific, but we’re also grateful to the company for providing a donation to support the launch of our new STEM activities for children in the area. STEM skills are vital to many jobs of the future and this is the sort of practical support and inspiration that we aim to provide in our community.
CityFibre says primary full fibre build in Ipswich now complete

2 weeks ago | thinkbroadband.com | Andrew Ferguson

Ipswich has had CityFibre building its full fibre network for some time now, but the big rollout is now complete, and going forward there will be some infill work and Project Gigabit rollout in the surrounding rural areas. Our rollout in Ipswich makes it one of the best-connected towns in the UK, unlocking incredible opportunities for residents and businesses alike.