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TalkTalk has secured a £75m non-recourse financing facility from investment firm KKR.

SWS Broadband has donated £1,000 to an appeal transforming a former Newsagents into two upstairs flats and a ground floor space for local enterprises, charities and NFP organisations to use.

Over half of UK homes (15.4 million or 52%) can now access fibre services according to Ofcom’s Summer update, an increase of 15 percentage points in one year and four percentage points since its Spring 2023 update.

CityFibre has completed its rollout east of Wokingham Town and north of Crowthorne, with its build now progressing towards the remainder of Crowthorne and north west of Wokingham.

Vorboss has appointed Richard Price as Chief Security Officer, and James Fredrickson as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer.

Gigabit Networks is expanding its services to encompass CityFibre’s national footprint, giving it access to more than two million customers in the UK.

"Competition creates innovation and wakes up incumbents. If it wasn’t for the handful of trailblazing altnets, the UK would have continued our slide down the global connectivity rankings."

Wayleave specialist Legal Firm Trenches Law has applied to Ofcom seeking Code Powers in a move to accelerate fibre distribution in Multi Dwelling Units (MDUs).

ISP Home Telecom will join MS3’s expanding network as its holding company Telecom Acquisitions signs a partnership with the altnet.

nexfibre will acquire Upp following initial integration work by Virgin Media O2. The acquisition will add 175,000 premises to nexfibre’s footprint in the east of England where it plans to invest more than £350m by 2026.