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Openreach, IntoUniversity support young people facing disadvantage

Openreach has joined forces with education charity IntoUniversity to give young people facing disadvantage a taste of working life. The partnership – which sees IntoUniversity work in the telecoms sector for the first time – will give Openreach people the opportunity to share their knowledge and life experiences to inspire young people, teach them new […]

July 9, 2024

Zen Internet offers 1.2 Gbps and 1.8 Gbps broadband

Zen Internet became the first broadband wholesaler to offer the latest 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) packages over the Openreach network when it connected its first Partner end-user in May. The new products are now available to 5.5 million premises providing Zen’s Partner base with access to high speeds, enhanced reliability, and […]

June 19, 2024

Openreach boosts broadband upgrade

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has published updated plans to build ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to 517 more locations across the UK – covering a further 2.7 million homes and businesses. The new tranche of locations includes 400,000 premises in the hardest to reach, most rural parts of the UK with a spread across […]

May 28, 2024By Colin Mann

BT at “inflection point” of long-term strategy

BT Group has reported its FY numbers. Revenue stood at £20.8 billion (€24.2bn), up 1 per cent YoY, and adjusted revenue at £20.8 billion, up 2 per cent on a pro forma basis attributed to price increases and fibre-enabled product sales in Openreach, increased service revenue in Consumer with annual contractual price rises being aided […]

May 16, 2024

Openreach tackles cable thefts

An invisible DNA marker that links criminals to crime scenes is playing a key role in helping UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach clamp down on cable thefts. The number of incidents, which often cause widespread phone and broadband disruption, dropped last year across the UK by more than 30 per cent. But Openreach’s security team […]

April 26, 2024By Colin Mann

Data: Record year for UK broadband

Broadband use across the UK increased by 9 per cent in 2023, according to digital infrastructure provider Openreach. Openreach’s annual update indicates that broadband traffic across the UK increased by around 9 per cent during 2023 to 94,722 Petabytes (PB) of data. Closer examination of the numbers shows that peaks tend to be focused on […]

January 4, 2024By Colin Mann

Analysis: UK broadband market sees declining volumes

Point Topic, a provider of broadband market intelligence, has reported that total Q3 2023 FTTH/P/B, FTTC, cable, FWA/satellite and DSL wholesale and retail connections decreased in the UK during the quarter and stood at an estimated 28.718 million down from 28.746 million q-o-q but down considerably from 29.036 million y-o-y. The fixed broadband retail market […]

December 15, 2023

Openreach hits halfway in UK broadband upgrade

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has now made its ultrafast Full Fibre broadband network available to 12.5 million homes, businesses and public services across the UK – marking the halfway point in its nationwide plan to reach 25 million premises with the technology by the end of 2026. The company says it is building a […]

December 7, 2023By Colin Mann

Most haunted village in Britain goes full fibre

Residents of Pluckley, Kent have now joined the one million homes and businesses across the South East able to upgrade to Openreach’s ultrafast network. The location, named by Guinness World Records as the most haunted village in Britain, has been upgraded to Full Fibre broadband thanks to a partnership between local residents, Openreach and the […]

October 31, 2023

Scotland: Ultrafast Openreach tops 1m properties

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has revealed the 20 locations with its best ultrafast broadband coverage in Scotland – and a small Fife village tops the list. More than a million homes and businesses can now access ultrafast, full fibre broadband on the company’s Scottish digital network. While cities are often perceived to have the […]

October 10, 2023By Colin Mann