CityFibre
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CityFibre has fully automated its network infrastructure platform test environment – a facility where all of its products, network technology changes and software upgrades are tested. -
Utility Warehouse (UW) has signed a partnership with CityFibre, the UK’s second largest full fibre network, to improve the broadband services it provides to its customers.
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CityFibre has passed three million premises as it looks to reach up to a third of the UK.
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Sylwia Kechiche, principal industry analyst at Ookla shares her advice for the UK’s AltNet community.
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it is "unlikely" that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approve a Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) takeover of CityFibre according to Jerry Dellis, equity analyst at Jefferies Equity Research.
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The owner of four of the UK’s smaller fibre operators are merging their operations in the face of rising competition.
Forthcoming events
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Across the UK, local ventures – some funded by private equity, others by the community – are in a race with BT’s Openreach unit to connect rural homes to full fibre broadband. by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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UK-based full fibre operator CityFibre has hired someone from the government as its chief marketing officer.
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UK-based infrastructure company CityFibre has exceeded its plans, leaked in May, to raise £1 billion.
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Neos Networks and CityFibre are ramping up their Ethernet network expansion programme, adding nine urban areas.
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CityFibre is reportedly closing in on sale a £1 billion stake in its business, to help fund an expansion of its fibre rollout plans.
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The number of UK households without an internet connection has almost halved in the year since the pandemic began.
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Fibre operators in the UK have welcomed today’s statement by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, on its plans for the fixed wholesale market.
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CityFibre and Virtual1 have announced a collaborative partnership to serve the UK connectivity community with full fibre business services.
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UK telecoms group Daisy has demerged its cloud business into a separate company, with investment from private equity fund Inflexion.
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European telco euNetworks has bought a Manchester fibre network from its UK rival Gamma Telecom.
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UK independent telco TalkTalk is set to be taken over by a hedge fund and a private equity firm for £1.1 billion.
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After four years with Sunrise in Switzerland, Olaf Swantee is now heading a company with an ambitious target to fibre up London. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks him about his vision
