Full Fibre
Borderlink secures £164m investment from Gresham House
Borderlink, which trades as GoFibre, has received a further £164m investment from Gresham House to accelerate its full fibre rollout in Scotland and the north of England.Welsh broadband fund awards £900k to Powys project
A local broadband project in Powys will receive £900k of funding from the Welsh Government’s Local Broadband Fund.Truespeed secures additional £100m investment from Aviva
Bath-based Truespeed has secured a second tranche of funding from Aviva Investors.Toob secures £87.5m funding from Sequoia
Toob’s FTTP rollout in the south west has been given an £87.5m funding boost by Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund.Netomnia invests £20m to increase south west footprint
Netomnia is increasing its full fibre footprint in the south west, by undertaking a £20m rollout to connect 68,000 premises across Frome and Trowbridge.Connexin instals first cabinet in Hull
Connexin has installed its first fibre cabinet in Hull, meaning customers will go live on its network in the coming day.Gigaclear secures £190m boost for rural rollout
Gigaclear has secured a further £190m funding to support its rural full fibre rollout, which aims to connect 500k premises by 2023.Nearly half of UK homes can access gigabit broadband
Three million premises have been connected to full fibre this year, representing the highest year-on-year increase since the UK rollout began, according to Ofcom’s Connected Nations report 2021.Hyperoptic builds out leadership with new Infrastructure MD
Hyperoptic has appointed Lisa Neale as MD of Infrastructure, to deliver the company’s network rollout ambitions.Gigaclear hits 250k premise milestone
Rural altnet Gigaclear is closing out 2021 having covered a quarter of a million rural homes and businesses with its full fibre network.