Full Fibre

In its Digging up Britain 2021 report, LSBUD found that the UK telecoms industry has increased its digging work 24% from last year, spurred on by the national fibre rollout.

UK altnets have boosted their fibre coverage by 110% in the past year, up from 50% in 2020, to cover over 2.5m premises according to a report commissioned by the Independent Network Co-operative Association (INCA).

As part of Openreach’s nationwide five-year full fibre upgrade in Scotland, the Forth Road Bridge is being kitted out with a 3km stretch of glass fibre to bring ultrafast connectivity to the town of South Queensferry.

TalkTalk has supported recommendations made by the Gigabit Take-Up Advisory Group (GigaTAG) in its latest report which warns the government that a lack of Gigabit awareness could stand in the way of customer and business uptake.

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Vodafone has expanded its connectivity portfolio for channel partners by adding SoGEA and FTTP to pre-empt the 2025 switch-off.

Telecoms law firm Trenches Law has teamed up with property agent Island Lettings to speed up the full fibre rollout on the Isle of Wight.

CityFibre has begun its £21m FTTP rollout in the cathedral city of Worcester and plans to cover almost every home and business by 2024.