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Challenges for Altnets: Attaining Only Half of BT Openreach’s Penetration Rate – An EightAdvisory Analysis

July 16, 2024May 8, 2024 Jonny Rae

EightAdvisory, an independent advisory firm specialising in transactions, restructuring, and transformation in the UK & Europe, has today published a compelling report (using some of Point Topic’s industry data) that sheds light on the challenges alternative network providers (altnets) encounter as they attempt to expand their market presence in comparison to Openreach. The report offers … Read more

CityFibre Hits 400,000 Customer Connections and Positive EBITDA performance for entire first quarter of 2024

July 16, 2024May 8, 2024 Emily Turner

Big news is coming from CityFibre this morning. They hit a pretty impressive milestone of connecting 400,000 customers and more importantly, announced a positive EBITDA for their first quarter of 2024! The sales performance of CityFibre’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners has shown remarkable improvement, with customer connections surpassing 400,000, a staggering 77% increase year-on-year. … Read more

Virgin Media O2 Slashes Carbon Emissions Equal to Nearly 15,000 UK Homes’ Annual Energy Consumption

July 16, 2024May 7, 2024 Max Walker

Virgin Media O2 reduced Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 23% last year – equivalent to emissions caused by the annual energy use of almost 15,000 (14,883) UK homes. The network & ISP giant is on track to meet its target to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 60% by 2025. This mega … Read more

Openreach To Provide Superfast Full Fibre To Middleton Through Government Voucher Scheme

July 16, 2024May 7, 2024 Max Walker

Openreach is rallying the residents and businesses on the outskirts of Middleton to support a bid to bring ultrafast, ultra-reliable full-fibre broadband to approximately 120 local properties. Through the initiative, by leveraging free government broadband vouchers, the community can usher in this cutting-edge technology and start reaping its benefits within the next 12-18 months. If … Read more

Freedom Fibre, Keeping It Clean -Altnet Provides North Shropshire Communities with Litter Picking Kits

July 16, 2024May 7, 2024 Emily Turner

Freedom Fibre has taken a proactive step to keep Shropshire clean by distributing litter pick kits across North Shropshire. Freedom Fibre, the rapidly growing altnet, is currently in the process of rolling out its lightning-fast full-fibre broadband network to residences and businesses throughout North Shropshire. The network is pretty well known for community projects. Their … Read more

Brsk Hits 500,000 Properties Passed!

July 16, 2024May 6, 2024 Emily Turner

Brsk continues to build at an impressive pace, with the altnet announcing their addition of 30,000 properties each month, bringing their total to 500,000 properties passed as of last week! While some “altnets” may be slowing down on the build side, the same cannot be said for Brsk. Operating in the West Midlands and the … Read more

Toob To Reduce Build Workforce. Job Losses In Sight.

July 16, 2024May 2, 2024 Jonny Rae

Last night, ISPreview released an article regarding toob reducing its workforce as it transitions away from its current “build model”. Mark Jackson, the owner of ISPreview, wrote, “The latest operator to possibly be experiencing some of these headwinds appears to be toob. According to some of the feedback we’ve received from sources this week, toob … Read more

Ogi Implements Tailored Telecoms Training Program for Engineers

July 16, 2024May 1, 2024 Max Walker

Ogi has launched a new bespoke 8-week telecoms training program designed to equip its engineers with the skills and knowledge necessary for their roles within the Service Operations division. The comprehensive training initiative, conducted in-house, combines regulatory e-learning modules, peer-led sessions, and practical assessments facilitated by Future Networks Training (FNT). Engineers undergo a structured induction … Read more

Connected North 2024. Was It Any Good?

July 16, 2024April 30, 2024 Jonny Rae

Connected North. What a day! When it comes to broadband-related events, we have limited choices in the UK. Plus, this is the first broadband event as the UK comes out of hibernation after the old awards sessions at the back end of the year in 2023. So when the dates roll around to attend Connected … Read more