fibre broadband

Openreach To Start Telephone Exchange Closure ProcessOpenreach To Start Telephone Exchange Closure Process

Openreach To Start Telephone Exchange Closure Process

Plan to reduce the number of Openreach's legacy telephone exchanges is updated, with closure process to begin this year

4 days ago
Openreach Tests 50Gbps Broadband Connection With NokiaOpenreach Tests 50Gbps Broadband Connection With Nokia

Openreach Tests 50Gbps Broadband Connection With Nokia

Possible broadband speed of the future? Openreach and Nokia test UK’s first live 50Gbps fibre broadband connection

4 weeks ago
BT Openreach Names Latest Copper ‘Stop Sell’ LocationsBT Openreach Names Latest Copper ‘Stop Sell’ Locations

BT Openreach Names Latest Copper ‘Stop Sell’ Locations

Openreach announces a further 79 exchanges where it is to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband connections

5 months ago
BT Recoups £105 Million By Recycling Copper CablesBT Recoups £105 Million By Recycling Copper Cables

BT Recoups £105 Million By Recycling Copper Cables

Valuable scrap. As fibre transition continues, BT recycles 3,300 tons of redundant copper cabling, recouping millions of pounds

5 months ago
Sky Signs Full Fibre Broadband Partnership With CityFibreSky Signs Full Fibre Broadband Partnership With CityFibre

Sky Signs Full Fibre Broadband Partnership With CityFibre

Sky and CityFibre agree long-term partnership that will bring Sky's Full Fibre Broadband to the CityFibre network

7 months ago
BT Details Plan To Launch First Symmetric Ultrafast FTTP BroadbandBT Details Plan To Launch First Symmetric Ultrafast FTTP Broadband

BT Details Plan To Launch First Symmetric Ultrafast FTTP Broadband

BT will in April 2025 launch a symmetric 1Gbps broadband product, potentially offering same upload speeds as download

7 months ago
BT Extends Deadline For PSTN Switch To Digital LandlinesBT Extends Deadline For PSTN Switch To Digital Landlines

BT Extends Deadline For PSTN Switch To Digital Landlines

Carrier 'refines' its digital switchover programme, and extends deadline for UK move from old analogue PSTN to digital landlines

10 months ago
Openreach Confirms Faster Fibre Speeds From 1 AprilOpenreach Confirms Faster Fibre Speeds From 1 April

Openreach Confirms Faster Fibre Speeds From 1 April

Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) broadband speeds are to be ‘turbo-charged’, after Openreach launches two new speed tiers

1 year ago
Full Fibre Arrives In UK’s Most Remote Inhabited IslandFull Fibre Arrives In UK’s Most Remote Inhabited Island

Full Fibre Arrives In UK’s Most Remote Inhabited Island

People living on Fair Isle, the UK’s most geographically remote inhabited island, have received a significant connectivity improvement. Openreach has…

1 year ago
Full Fibre Broadband Reaches 17 Million UK Homes, Says OfcomFull Fibre Broadband Reaches 17 Million UK Homes, Says Ofcom

Full Fibre Broadband Reaches 17 Million UK Homes, Says Ofcom

Ofcom finds that for the first time, over half of homes in all four nations of the UK have access…

1 year ago
Openreach Reveals New Destinations In Full Fibre Build UpdateOpenreach Reveals New Destinations In Full Fibre Build Update

Openreach Reveals New Destinations In Full Fibre Build Update

Fibre to the premise deployment reaches 11.5 homes, as Openreach announces another 19 locations that includes 200,000 homes and businesses

1 year ago
BT Halts Sale Of New Copper Lines On Openreach NetworkBT Halts Sale Of New Copper Lines On Openreach Network

BT Halts Sale Of New Copper Lines On Openreach Network

As UK full fibre rollout continues, BT announces halt to sales of new copper telephones lines, after more than a…

1 year ago
Openreach Saves £10m, Extends FTTP Rollout Via ‘Subtended Headends’Openreach Saves £10m, Extends FTTP Rollout Via ‘Subtended Headends’

Openreach Saves £10m, Extends FTTP Rollout Via ‘Subtended Headends’

Use of Subtended Headends helps Openreach extend its fibre to the premise (FTTP) rollout in more difficult and remote locations

2 years ago
Ofcom Allows BT Openreach To Lower Fibre Wholesale PricesOfcom Allows BT Openreach To Lower Fibre Wholesale Prices

Ofcom Allows BT Openreach To Lower Fibre Wholesale Prices

Bad news for altnets? Openreach's new pricing offer for full-fibre broadband, known as Equinox 2, receives Ofcom green light

2 years ago
Ofcom Crackdown After ISPs Miss Broadband Switching DeadlineOfcom Crackdown After ISPs Miss Broadband Switching Deadline

Ofcom Crackdown After ISPs Miss Broadband Switching Deadline

Uswitch says £1.85 billion has been lost in broadband savings, amid industry failure to implement easy broadband switching rules

2 years ago

Virgin Media O2 In Talks Over £3bn CityFibre Bid – Report

Talks have reportedly begun between Virgin Media O2 and Cityfibre over a possible takeover worth £3 billion

2 years ago

Google Fiber Plans US Network Expansion – Report

Google Fiber resurfaces. Network to be expanded to offer speedy internet connectivity to cities in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and…

3 years ago

Openreach Full Fibre Now Reaches 8 Million UK Premises

Another one million UK homes have been added to full fibre broadband connections in a three month period, Openreach confirms

3 years ago

Openreach Hits Quarter Mark, On Way To 25 Million Full Fibre Build

More than seven million homes and premises in the United Kingdom can now enjoy full fibre broadband goodness, Openreach confirms

3 years ago

Government Launches Consultation To Ban Huawei From FTTP, 5G

UK government begins consultation on the next legal steps to restrict Huawei in Britain's mobile and fixed line telecoms networks

3 years ago

Virgin Media O2 Mulls Fibre Network Expansion With New Venture – Report

Virgin Media O2 reportedly plans to launch a fibre-network building joint venture, to expand its network footprint beyond current reach

3 years ago

Government Issues Warning, After Altice Increases BT Stake

French telecoms group founder Patrick Drahi increases stake in BT from 12 to 18 percent, as UK government warns of…

3 years ago

Virgin Media O2 Completes Gigabit Network Upgrade

Ultrafast broadband. 15.5 million homes can now access speeds of 1.1Gbps, after Virgin Media O2 completes network upgrade

3 years ago

Openreach To Pilot Closure Of Five Telephone Exchange Areas

Plan to close down 4,600 local telephone exchanges begins, as Openreach announces pilot closure of five exchange areas in the…

3 years ago

Vodafone Expands CityFibre Partnership To Continue FTTP Push

Vodafone claims to be the UK largest full-fibre broadband provider, thanks to Openreach and expanded CityFibre partnership

3 years ago

Broadband Speeds Rise 20 Percent Since Start Of Covid-19

But 134,000 properties in the United Kingdom are still unable to get a decent broadband connectivity, Ofcom's latest research shows

3 years ago

UK Government £4m Trial For Fibre Cables In Water Pipes

Government trial to install fibre cables in water pipes to accelerate rollout of broadband and mobile signals in hard to…

4 years ago

Ofcom: Telecom Firms Must Do More To Help Struggling Customers

Despite falling average telecom prices, two million UK homes are struggling to afford internet access, comms regulator finds

4 years ago

Openreach Doubles Rural Full Fibre Deployment Target

Good new for rural broadband as Openreach doubles its target for 1Gbps full fibre to 6.2 million rural homes and…

4 years ago

BT Raises FTTP Target To 25 Million Premises

Despite a tough financial year, an extra five million premises has been added to BT's deployment of FTTP broadband, creating…

4 years ago