Interview

According to Ofcom estimates, Altnet fibre deployment exceeded the Openreach build machine for the first time this January, but ‘overbuild’ without customer uptake could threaten further fibre expansion.

We’re the fifth largest global economy and yet when it comes to broadband, we’re 48th for internet service provider download speeds according to World Population Review – way behind leaders Monaco, Singapore and Hong Kong.

The demand for skilled workers continues to grow as altnets scale up their operations, but the limited labour market means attracting and retaining talent has become an industry wide issue.  

There’s a lot of buoyancy in the telecoms industry with people looking to invest in the infrastructure that will support a UK-wide gigabit-capable future.

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.

Product availability issues and disruption to supply chains are likely to plague altnets for some time to come, warned Comtec Head of FTTx Sales and Business Developments John Greene, who explained how the company is helping to offset these impacts.

With a strategy of stimulating infrastructure competition to drive Full Fibre coverage nationwide, Ofcom required Openreach to launch its Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product in 2011.

Brsk bosses Giorgio Iovino (CEO) and Ian Kock (COO) are leveraging the lessons they learnt from their time at Vumatel in South Africa to guide the altnet’s next phase of growth and triple its monthly run rate of homes passed in 2022.

CityFibre is investing billions to build a world-class digital infrastructure platform for the UK. Achieving it is about more than just rolling out Full Fibre though. A transformational approach to customer experience is pivotal and sits right at the heart of building a network that is better by design.

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