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With plans to create over 200 jobs in the regions they operate, Giganet has opened its full fibre Training Centre in Whiteley.

Borderlink, Cloudnet, Hyperoptic, Lothian Broadband Group and Virgin Media O2 have all signed Scotland’s Full Fibre Charter.

Virgin Media O2 has connected a further 1,200 homes in Wigan to full fibre as part of its ongoing investment in Greater Manchester.

Netomnia has enlisted infrastructure company Makehappen to rollout its upcoming fibre networks in Horwich, Bolton and Bamber Bridge, Lancashire.

Fibrus has secured £220m from a consortium of banks, including the UK Infrastructure Bank, to fund its fibre rollout in Northern Ireland where it is investing £0.5bn to reach 330,000 premises.

In 2018 Daren Baythorpe took the helm of ITS Technology Group and began refocusing the company as a specialist full fibre provider to UK businesses, swiftly securing £45m funding from Aviva and launching its Faster Britain brand.

Macquarie Group and the UK Government have confirmed a long-rumoured joint £12bn investment into sustainable infrastructure across the UK, including a commitment to boost gigabit broadband.

GoFibre has kicked off its full fibre rollout in the east Lothian commuter towns of Haddington, Dunbar and North Berwick.

Zen Internet has become the third ISP to join CityFibre across its entire national footprint following an expanded strategic partnership between the companies.

Neos Networks has been chosen to supply a new dark fibre network in Northern Ireland by Jisc, which supplies digital networks to the UK’s tertiary education and research sector.