Openreach is helping more than 140,000 homes and businesses across Cardiff to access full fibre broadband, thanks to its nationwide full fibre rollout, with around 80 per cent of properties across the city connected to ultra-fast speeds.
Tue, 24/06/2025 - 10:06
Quickline Communications has revealed the complete list of communities set to benefit from its full fibre rollout over the next three years, bringing connectivity to a further 360,000 premises, and marking a major milestone in the company’s mission to close the digital divide across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
The rollout is fully funded following a £250m financing deal secured last year with the National Wealth Fund and Natwest, alongside long-term investors Northleaf Capital Partners, enabling Quickline to move forwards with plans.
The programme includes locations in the Project Gigabit rollout, which Quickline is delivering in four regions, with a combined subsidy value of over £300m spanning west Yorkshire and the York area, south Yorkshire, north Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, targeting more than 170,000 premises.
In addition, nearly 200,000 surrounding addresses will be connected through commercial investment by the end of the year, densifying the rural network footprint and the company’s latest plans will more than double that figure by 2028.
Sean Royce, CEO of Quickline, said: “Our investment, alongside the much-needed government support through Project Gigabit, is about fairness, opportunity and inclusion, and ending broadband poverty to deliver the digital future for the people of rural Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.”
