Full Fibre

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 has appointed Lisa Neale as MD of Infrastructure, to deliver the company’s network rollout ambitions.

Rural altnet Gigaclear is closing out 2021 having covered a quarter of a million rural homes and businesses with its full fibre network.

Fibrecast is the latest consumer ISP to jump on CityFibre’s full fibre network and will provide Gigabit speed services to homes and businesses in Dundee.

Resellers in Somerset are due a broadband boost as altnet Truespeed has begun rolling out its full fibre network in Glastonbury, Shepton Mallet and Street.

Neos Networks is investing in a network expansion programme across four major UK cities, to bring last-mile services directly to over 30k businesses.

County Broadband has created a Bespoke Connections Team to find and deliver methods of connecting the remotest premises on the outskirts of villages back to a ‘core’ main network.

Dorset Council has been awarded £20,000 from the Local Government Association Digital Pathfinders to develop a training programme for fibre engineers and help the county catch up with gigabit connectivity.