Jonny Rae 
Ogi, Wales’s leading “altnet” for full fibre, has secured a £45m financing package from Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) and additional equity from its primary shareholder, Infracapital. This funding will support Ogi’s expansion across the ten local authority areas in CCR, where the company already has a strong presence. Ogi’s high-capacity network, crucial for cloud computing, … Read more
Jonny Rae recently welcomed Alistair Goulden, a man of many roles—Director, Investor, Advisor, and NED—to the Fibrenews Studio. Their discussion delved into Alistair’s journey from founding Swish Fibre, a leading player in the altnet space, to the challenges of expanding a network’s footprint and driving customer adoption. Alistair was candid throughout, addressing Jonny’s questions on … Read more
In the latest instalment of Fibrenews’ Ask Anything series, Jonny Rae interviews John Balfour-Lynn, Account Director, of Gigabritain to discuss their popular London product, wireless ethernet. Jonny Rae: You came into the GigaBritain family because of the Luminet acquisition. How long have you been with Luminet? John Balfour-Lynn: Nearly ten years now. Jonny Rae: And … Read more
Zen Internet has become the first national ISP to sign a wholesale agreement with Trooli, an altnet with a full fibre network passing 370,000 homes and businesses. This is pretty big news… Previously, Zen only operated on Openreach and CityFibre. I’ve wondered for a while if Zen would continue to enter the altnet arena after … Read more
If you didn’t know, a couple of times a year, thinkbroadband.com releases a document named “The State of Broadband” report, which provides some key metrics in the full fibre world. Specifically, they feed “RFS” data from all the major networks, so they can provide the most accurate report on how large an “alt net” footprint … Read more
News this morning confirms that TAL has acquired the remaining CityFibre and Full Fibre networks-based customers from Gigabit Networks, adding an additional 2,300 customers to the TAL brands. Initially, TAL had struck a deal with Gigabit for a portion of CityFibre customers, but as of this morning, the remaining customers have now been migrated into … Read more
https://youtu.be/VBKvINP_5Uo Let’s rewind a bit… Last month, I had Will Goodall, Head of Wholesale for GigaBritain, in our studio to discuss everything channel-related and, of course, the new GigaBritain brand and how they’re supporting resellers with all things connectivity. During our conversation, we touched on their Wireless Ethernet offering. Being the inquisitive soul that I … Read more
Five of the UK’s largest alternative fibre network operators—nexfibre, AllPoints Fibre, Community Fibre, Gigaclear, and the newly-merged Netomnia and Brsk—have formed the PIA Coalition to push for fairer access to Openreach’s physical infrastructure. This move is aimed at addressing significant pricing disparities that place alternative network operators at a disadvantage. According to the coalition, these … Read more
In one of its largest deals yet, Commsworld will extend its digital infrastructure services for Glasgow City Council. This includes managing Local Area Networks, Wi-Fi, firewalls, security, and remote access, building on their existing robust WAN and IP telephony services. Having previously transformed Glasgow into a ‘Gigabit City,’ Commsworld provided 525 WAN connections, high-speed internet … Read more