Infrastructure
Residents of Stocksfield and Mickley are now surfing the digital waves at lightning speed, thanks to the recent installation of full fibre broadband in these rural Northumberland villages. Since the tail end of summer 2022, Fusion Fibre Group (formerly known as FACTCO), in collaboration with Northumberland County Council, has been on a mission to future-proof … Read more
Gillian and Jeff Bailey, residents of Martin in Hampshire, are among the first in the New Forest to experience the lightning-fast benefits of ultrafast full fibre broadband courtesy of Wessex Internet, all thanks to Project Gigabit, the government’s initiative aimed at bringing top-spee full fibre broadband to remote communities. With a chunky £14 million investment … Read more
KCOM has unveiled a plan that could allow other broadband providers to share its infrastructure without the need for additional poles. However, the question remains: Will it be viable for other networks? Probably not. Our guess is that KCOM will make the costs to share said network quite unmanageable to hinder other networks from gaining … Read more
Virgin Media O2’s deployment of 4G and 5G “smart poles” (lamp post sized poles next to a street cab) on top of its existing fibre network marks a significant development in telecommunications infrastructure in the UK. These smart poles are placed beside the VMO2’s existing national fibre network cabinets. Of course, Virgin, being the size … Read more
This is an excellent news update direct from the heart of Alfreton! More than 14,000 homes and businesses in Alfreton now have access to ultra-fast broadband services, thanks to Virgin Media. This tremendous network growth is all thanks to nexfibre, the network on a mission to change lay fibre at outstanding rates. They have invested … Read more
A leadership transition at Gigaclear will see Gareth Williams, currently CEO of the business organisation, replaced by Nathan Rundle starting in April. Back in 2018, Rundle began working for the altnet and, for the three years since, has been the COO. Prior to this, Nathan held high-up roles with BT/Openreach. His appointment represents the completion … Read more
In a significant development for Blyth, Virgin Media O2 has officially launched its fibre network, extending coverage to an additional 12,000 residences and businesses within the town. This expansion marks a substantial leap forward in the region’s connectivity landscape. The infrastructure rollout is part of nexfibre’s ambitious £4.5 billion investment initiative aimed at delivering high-speed … Read more
nexfibre, the next-generation fibre network operator, has today published its latest quarterly rollout update – which confirms that it now has more than 800,000 premises passed and ready for service (RFS). This update details the significant progress nexfibre continues to make in deploying its full-fibre network across the UK and that it is on track … Read more
Openreach is commencing work this week to build a new Ultrafast broadband network offering speeds of up to 330Mbps* in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire – the first area in Scotland to be announced as part of the company’s countrywide investment to reach three million homes and business. The new network will mean local people could be … Read more
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