CityFibre gets £825 million more investment
Disruptive UK fibre player CityFibre has managed to raise another massive chunk of change in its bid to take on the incumbents.
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CityFibre set to raise £1bn as UK fibre competition heats up
Altnet CityFibre is said to be on the verge of securing new debt and equity funding that would give it an extra £1 billion to spend on its fibre deployment.
Eurobites: BT boosts security offering for homeworker army
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Swisscom on a roll in H1; Brits watching even more telly in lockdown; UK operators get to grips with 5G.
UK fibre builders get a break from Ofcom
Ofcom will not cap the wholesale prices fibre network operators can charge customer for access to the fastest available services on their networks.
CityFibre adds new towns and new ISPs in the new year
2021 is off to a solid start for UK altnet CityFibre, which has broken ground on its full fibre network project in Reading and signed up another retail ISP customer.
CityFibre customers keep coming
CityFibre has signed up another four retail ISPs to its fibre network, more than doubling its wholesale customer base.
CityFibre chucks another £1.5 billion at UK fibre rollout
UK fibre network specialist CityFibre has awarded the contracts for building out fibre across 27 towns and cities.
Telco bosses tell UK government to ‘get on with it’ on fibre
Big names in the UK telecoms industry urged the government to push on with plans to allocate funding for rural high-speed broadband rollout, despite questionable demand.
Virgin Media hopes to lead Gig economy with ‘hyperfast’ speeds
Ultrafast suddenly sounds a little bit pedestrian, after Virgin Media used the term ‘hyperfast’ to big up its new broadband breakthrough.
Three UK expands backhaul partnership with CityFibre
UK MNO Three has signed up fibre infrastructure specialist CityFibre to connect 1,300 of its mobile masts with fibre backhaul.
CityFibre takes a £64m jaunt down the M4 corridor
CityFibre has revealed that Swindon and Slough will be the next stops on its full-fibre rollout.
CityFibre announces major UK recruitment drive
Fibre network provider CityFibre couldn’t have picked a better time to announce it wants to fill 10,000 network construction positions.
CityFibre completes £200mn FibreNation acquisition
With TalkTalk shareholders approving the sale of FibreNation to CityFibre for £200 million, the wholesale infrastructure challenger has increased its rollout target to 8 million premises.
CityFibre raises full-fibre table stakes to £4 billion
UK fixed infrastructure challenger CityFibre has committed another £1.5 billion for fibre deployment, taking the total investments up to £4 billion across 62 towns and cities.
Three to decouple traffic growth from price with CityFibre backhaul
CityFibre has been announced as the new preferred supplier for 5G backhaul for Three, as the telco aims to increase competition among its suppliers.
CityFibre buys FibreNation from debt-laden TalkTalk for £200 million
CityFibre has announced it will acquire FibreNation from TalkTalk for £200 million, as the latter has struggled to source funds to help it meet the three million FTTH connections it targeted.
The UK fibre industry has reached an inflection point
Full fibre has become a political hot potato but increasing competition in the sector is far more likely to move things along.
Vodafone extends broadband reach with new Openreach agreement
Vodafone has broadened its fibre footprint to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool after signing a new wholesale agreement with Openreach.
Hyperoptic switches private equity owners
UK independent fibre provider Hyperoptic has had the majority of its ownership switched from lot of investment companies to another.
CityFibre jumps on the BoJo bus
With Boris Johnson (BoJo) settling into his new home in No.10 Downing Street, CityFibre is one of the first telcos to champion the office of the blonde bombshell.
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