Grain has just hit a major milestone – over 30,000 customers are now connected to their full fibre network. Grain is growing fast, that’s for sure. They have infrastructure in over 50 towns, like Carlisle, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bolton, Bradford, Grimsby, Hartlepool, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, North Shields, Oldham, and Sunderland. Grain receives lots of … Read more
Cuckoo has entered into a new three-year agreement with GoCardless to further enhance their “tech-heavy” end-user experience. Now, this usually wouldn’t be the most exciting news to report on, but this is Cuckoo. And Cuckoo is still very much the “disruptor” in the broadband space. I’ve been following Cuckoo’s journey since 2018/2019 when the original … Read more
Yesterday, BT Group dropped a bombshell in their year-end report, casually mentioning, “we now expect to have migrated all customers off the PSTN by the end of January 2027, allowing us to align the programme with full fibre broadband customer upgrades where available.” Well, that was certainly news to the industry! (kind of) Back in … Read more
Ogi, the “altnet” bringing ultrafast full fibre to Welsh residents (on a completely separate note, I love how Ogi’s domain uses .wales), has announced the success of reaching two-thirds of its planned “first phase” rollout. This means that one in five “properties passed” have signed up to use one of their full fibre packages. Ogi … Read more
ClearFibre, part of the Telcom Group, has today announced the completion of its first phase build to bring superfast full fibre to Cardiff. Many residents of Cardiff will now be able to order full fibre, up to 1GB, from ClearFibre. Chris Baldock, Executive Chairman at ClearFibre, commented: “We are proud to be a part of this … Read more
CityFibre has now provided superfast full fibre access to over 25,000 homes (approximately 86% of residential properties and most businesses) in Kettering. They began building in 2022 and allocated £17 million to the project. To date, the total amount of fibre cable laid equates to over 162 kilometres! They’ve hit their target of passing over … Read more
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
Cuckoo’s Openreach/TalkTalk base has been acquired by Home Telecom (part of the Telecom Acquisitions Group). An undisclosed number of customers will now be served via Home Telecom. Here’s our take on the major announcement. Cuckoo stands out from the crowd with its unique branding and “high level” of support for customers seeking a more personal … 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
