CityFibre
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UK independent full fibre firm CityFibre has acquired Connexin's fibre network infrastructure.
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CityFibre has reported record-breaking financial and operational performance for the year ending 31 December 2024, achieving profitability for the first time in its history.
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CityFibre has commenced work on the Kent leg of the UK-wide Project Gigabit, installing solutions to connect over 50,000 rural and hard-to-reach premises across the county.
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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.
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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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Colt Technology Services has expanded the reach of its UK metro network in eight cities across the country – Leeds, Bristol, Slough, Bracknell, Reading, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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CityFibre has teamed with Ciena to successfully deploy its first 800GBpbs backbone wavelength that will reach up to eight million homes in the UK.
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Vodafone is claiming that a new deal with CityFibre will make it the biggest full fibre provider in the UK.
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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.