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Openreach has named the next 84 new exchange locations, covering more than 880k premises, where it will halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services.

Automation can be the key differentiator for medium-sized businesses looking to scale, especially in industries suffering skill shortages, says Traverse Automation.

Virgin Media O2’s total serviceable fixed network footprint increased by 194,000 FTTP homes in Q1 2024, with Nexfibre having hit the one million premise milestone in mid-April.

Engineers recruited to Ogi are now learning through a bespoke 8-week telecoms training programme.

Brsk’s full fibre network now passes over half a million homes and businesses in the West Midlands and north west of England.

Quickline’s fibre network is now live for thousands of residents and businesses in villages across the Isle of Axholme in north Lincolnshire.

Freedom Fibre has unveiled new art on one of its street cabinets in Irlam, designed by students at Springwood Primary School.

All 181 primary, nursery and Additional Support Needs schools in north Lanarkshire now have fibre connections following a contract delivered by Commsworld more than 20 times the previous capacity, and secondary school connections are five times faster than before.

Voneus are working with a local MP to roll out gigabit broadband on Walney Island, to support the island’s economic development. 

Wessex Internet’s fibre services have gone live across 20 villages and other rural areas in Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire since January 2024.