In another boost to its retail operation, Ogi is extending its high street presence this spring, opening concessions in three new stores. Landing on the high street back in August last year [2023], Ogi is now adding the Blackwood, Pontypool, and Tonypandy Get Connected stores to its existing locations in Abergavenny, Chepstow, Haverfordwest, and Monmouth. … Read more
In a £26m contract, BT will connect over 650 primary schools in England’s hardest-to-reach areas with gigabit broadband, each capable of delivering lightning-fast speeds up to 500 times faster than their current speeds. With the aid of the Department for Education, and the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, this collectively funded programme should allow … Read more
Internet service provider (ISP) G.Network has declared it will buy new customers out of their contracts and contribute to up to £150 toward early termination fees as part of a new offer to assuage customer fears, it announced this morning. The drive has arisen from compelling research highlighting that a substantial number of UK ISP … 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
Over 820 homes in North Kelsey, South Kelsey, Howsham and Moortown are now connected to Openreach’s new ultrafast, ultra-reliable high speed full fibre broadband. Thanks to an investment by Openreach, homeowners in these remote towns are now saying goodbye to crawling, intermittent FTTC/ADSL2+ connections. The massive project, which took around 6 months to complete, saw … Read more
Telecom Acquisitions had an impressive trading quarter in the residential broadband space, with a record quarter, adding 22,000 new customers. This achievement highlights the continued growth of the company, which is making moves in all the right directions. Out of 22,000 new customers, 16,000 we’re gained through acquisition and strategic partnerships, the remaining 6,000 net … Read more
Altnet Spring Fibre, today announced the addition of Alex Stevanović, to its leadership team as Strategy & Commercial Director. Spring Fibre is a fast growing altnet in a market that is ripe for consolidation, and this marks its first senior appointment into a team that has organically expanded the network reach with the plan to … Read more
Lightning Fibre has officially transferred to new ownership following its move into administration on 19 February. In 2020 the firm that had already completed Foresight’s banking and had secured a significant amount of investment to help expand the network as the company looked to build to over 100,000 premises, which is more than double the … 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
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