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Brendoncare, a Winchester-based charity dedicated to supporting older people, has expanded its services with the help of a grant from VMO2.

Neos Networks has been chosen to provide backhaul and data centre connectivity to support Giganet’s southern counties network rollout.

VMO2 is expanding the range of apprenticeships it offers, introducing five new schemes in digital marketing, cyber security, quantity surveying, network cabling and DevOps.

Community Fibre is pushing its social broadband tariff, which is accessible without proof of income support, following the government’s announced plans to make the most affordable packages as accessible as possible.

Openreach provides Connecting Cumbria update More than 25,000 homes and businesses across Cumbria can access fibre through Openreach’s £10m investment with Cumbria County Council’s Connecting Cumbria programme.

Research conducted on CityFibre’s behalf demonstrates that 64% of consumers are unaware of the difference between full fibre and part fibre broadband.

Fibre cable systems use far less energy than copper cables, perhaps seven times less, but this statistic alone is not enough for altnets to consider their job done as the UK searches for sustainability best practice.

More rural homes and businesses in Scotland will be access fibre following a £36m expansion of its its Reaching 100% (R100) contracts.

MS3 has agreed a new long-term contract with existing wholesale partner, Zone Broadband, which will enable the ISP to deliver fibre services to residents in Hull, Grimsby and Scunthorpe.

e-volve Solutions have been granted Code Powers by Ofcom enabling them to improve the deployment of fibre broadband services.