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BeFibre has connected the first of 14,000 Brentwood residents to its full fibre services and has also made the neighbouring areas of Clacton on Sea, Pilgrims Hatch and Ingatestone ready for service.

Full fibre is a critical asset for families and businesses post-covid, but marketing departments must work hard to ensure that engagement with customers is early, positive and clear.

Lothian Broadband Group has added Gullane, East Linton and Pathhead to its network rollout plan for 2022, representing increased investment within East Lothian and Midlothian.

Openreach is asking North of Tyne businesses to talk to altnets about upgrades as fibre adoption sits below 20%, lagging behind the UK average.

Fibrus is opening a £1m Service and Network Operations Centre at Dargan Crescent, Belfast to aid growth as its fibre network passes the 120,000 homes and businesses milestone.

The latest Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) update reveals that Openreach is actively building to around 1,500 premises across the region, with 400 premises currently ready for service.

Netomnia is working with Novo Technologies to roll out a £6m full fibre network in Irvine, North Ayrshire.

A charity football match between fibre rivals Lightning Fibre and Openreach has raised over £2,000 for the Children with Cancer Fund, Polgate.

Following a year of investment into network growth and expansion, Neos Networks has appointed Tim Passingham as Non-Executive Chair of the board to ramp up its connectivity rollout.

Vicky Higgin will assume responsibility for CityFibre’s long-term IT strategy and roadmap after being hired into the newly created role of Chief Digital and Information Officer.