Hyperoptic, the UK’s leading alternative full-fibre broadband provider, has made strategic appointments to its customer service leadership team, welcoming Mark Davidson as Customer Experience & Service Director and Igor Sabljak as Head of Customer Service. Mark Davidson, a veteran with over 25 years of experience at Meta, Virgin Media, and WebHelp, has assumed the role … Read more
Liberty Global, the owner of Virgin Media, and InfraVia Capital have shut down their joint venture in Germany, helloFiber, which was launched in 2021. The project aimed to roll out fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks across Germany, but staff were made redundant prior to Christmas, resulting in the closure of the venture. While the closure of a … Read more
Fibrus, an Infracapital-backed broadband ISP, is making significant strides in its mission to address digital poverty in rural and regional areas. The company is currently rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across both Northern Ireland and the North of England, and it aims to reach a total of one million premises over the … Read more
Fibrus, a leading infrastructure provider committed to addressing digital poverty in rural areas, has recently secured four additional ISO accreditations to further strengthen its commitment to health and safety, environmental, quality, and security management systems. With over 340 employees and an additional 900 indirect hires through build partners and subcontractors, Fibrus has been awarded ISO … Read more
Vodafone is launching a 2 Gbps service in York over the CityFibre network. This announcement comes after the successful completion of the trial and the upgrades to the York CityFibre network to support XGS-PON. With XGS-PON supporting symmetrical speeds of up to 10 Gbps, the 2 Gbps service is only the first step in Vodafone’s … Read more
CityFibre is making great strides with its £45m network in Luton and Dunstable, with the project now bringing fibre to thousands more premises. This new network will provide Luton and Dunstable residents with a faster and more reliable internet connection, which is vital for modern-day living. The works have been completed in large parts of … Read more
The UK broadband market is known for being overly crowded, making it risky for any new player to establish itself. Despite the competition, a new alternative network provider has emerged, Giggle, focusing on building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the city of Glasgow in Scotland. This new provider is being backed by Triple Point’s … Read more
County Broadband has partnered with civil engineering firm Highway Workforce to help extend its fibre build in rural Norfolk. The altnet is currently working on designing, building, and deploying FTTP infrastructure in over 50 rural communities across the county. Its goal is to target 500,000 premises across the east of England by the end of … Read more
Quickline’s innovative hybrid full fibre and 5G fixed wireless broadband rollout has tripled broadband speeds for more than 50,000 rural homes across the UK in 2022. The last year has seen almost 100 mast sites go live in North and West Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, upgrading internet speeds for over 2,000 rural communities. This is a … Read more