The roll-out of full-fibre broadband continues apace, as the number of UK homes with access to it jumps by more than 50 per cent in a year, according to research from regulator Ofcom. Ofcom’s Connected Nations autumn update reports that 37 per cent of households can now get full fibre, which is more reliable and […]
UK full fibre platform CityFibre has now passed more than 2 million homes in its rollout. The major milestone marks the completion of 25 per cent of its announced nationwide rollout to 8 million premises. Once the full rollout is completed, the network will address approximately one third of the UK market and unlock up […]
Broadband customers are set to add more than £1.4 billion (€1.61bn) to the coffers of the UK’s major broadband providers as a result of price rises coming in the new year, in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis, according to full fibre broadband provider Hyperoptic. With broadband providers increasing their prices by inflation plus up […]
Full fibre connectivity provider Giganet is to acquire Cuckoo – twice voted the UK’s best broadband provider for customer service – continuing its growth in the UK as part of the Fern fibre family, which also includes Jurassic, Swish, Allpoints Fibre and Vorboss Since launching its fibre broadband service to households just over 12 months […]
UK households looking to get faster home broadband have received a welcome boost, with new figures from regulator Ofcom revealing two thirds of homes can now sign up to gigabit broadband. Ofcom’s latest figures show these speeds are available to 66 per cent of all UK homes (19.3 million) – up from 37 per cent […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has now built ultra-fast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to more than seven million homes and businesses across the UK, including more than two million in the hardest to reach ‘final third’ of the country. Having already built the new technology to more than a quarter of its target footprint, Openreach […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach and network test, monitoring and assurance solutions provider VIAVI are collaborating to automate testing the quality and speed of the Openreach Full Fibre broadband network using Fusion, a virtual performance monitoring system. Fusion will effectively deliver an on-demand network ‘speedometer’, showing near real-time views of the speeds that end users […]
Full fibre broadband provider Community Fibre has doubled its network roll-out target in London and will now pass 2.2 million homes and businesses by the end of 2024. The network operator and ISP aims to serve more than half of the 3.6 million homes in the city. Community Fibre, which has already enabled 435,000 homes […]
Full-fibre broadband is now available to more than 8 million UK homes, as rollout accelerates, according to regulator Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report on the availability of broadband and mobile services across the UK. It reveals that the rollout of future-proof, full-fibre technology is accelerating at its fastest ever rate. More than 8 million homes […]
The European Commission recently published its Digital Economy and Society Index 2021 (DESI) which tracks the progress made in EU Member States in digital competitiveness in the areas of human capital, broadband connectivity, the integration of digital technologies by businesses and digital public services. First of all, the FTTH Council Europe welcomes that the 2021 […]