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Brsk has now passed more than 27,000 homes and businesses with its full fibre network and has connected more than 2,000 customers.

Wessex Internet has appointed Geraint Evans into the newly formed role of CTO to leverage his 30 years’ experience in network architecture, implementation and operations.

County Broadband now intends to pass half a million homes and businesses by the end of 2027, following £100m investment from Aviva Investors.

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.