Openreach’s full fibre footprint has expanded to 11 million homes and businesses, 44% of its 25 million premise target. This represents a 718k passed in the quarter at an average build rate of 55k per week.
Lit Fibre’s exchange in Watford has gone live for 15,000 households this month as part of a rollout that will see 60,000 homes in the town access its services.
Quickline Communications has been awarded Safe Contractor Certification following in-depth audit of all its existing safety systems.
Continually reviewing and improving the health and safety of staff and contractors is a top priority for fibre providers, with best practices in occupational health and safety measures the goal of all altnets. At the forefront of these efforts is Vorboss, a founding member of the Safety and Health in Fibre Telecoms (SHiFT), and here, Chief People Officer Jayelene O’Callaghan shares insights into the company's approach to managing and monitoring risk.
The uptake of Zzoom’s fibre services in Sandhurst and Crowthorne has exceeded 20%, seven months after finishing the build of the new network there.
Glide Group has appointed Paula Benoit as its new CFO.
Community Fibre has now passed more than one million residential properties across London with its full fibre network.
Virgin Media O2 has confirmed plans to cut 2,000 jobs by the end of the year, representing 12% of its workforce. This coincides with the company’s Q2 results to June 2023, which places a heavy focus on nexfibre’s fixed network deployment.
GoFibre recently hosted MSP for Angus North and Mearns and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, to its network build in Montrose.
Boldyn Networks has built a new fibre network to improve 21 CCTV cameras across Sutton, allowing the footage to be accepted as evidence in court.