Driving the UK's digital revolution

Connecting you to the world

We run the UK's digital network. We're the people who connect homes, mobile phone masts, schools, shops, banks, hospitals, libraries, broadcasters, governments and businesses – large and small – to the world.

It's our mission to build the best possible network with the highest quality of service, and make sure that everyone in the UK can be connected.

Openreach explained

Who we are and what we do.

About us

Our company

Openreach is part of the BT Group, but also a legally separate business. Find out what that means, as well as information about our four divisions.
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How we're led

Openreach Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Telecommunications plc but is independently governed. Meet our board and exec and see how we're run.
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Our story

Openreach was created in 2006 to maintain and build the phone and broadband networks that connect UK homes and businesses to the world. Read about our history right up to the present day.
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Recognising our Performance

28.6m

The number of homes and businesses that get broadband speeds of more than 30Mbps, thanks to our fibre network.

£17bn

The amount we’ve invested in our network over the last decade – giving people the service and broadband speeds they need at work and at home.

192m km

The length of cable we manage – from Scotland to Cornwall, and Wales to the east coast.

Our performance

Sustainability

Openreach is committed to sustainability. So we’re cutting our vehicles' emissions and looking into how we can switch to electric and alternative fuels.
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Our people

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Five ways we're rising to the rural broadband challenge

27 May 2021

At Openreach we know the importance of rural connectivity and how vital it is to many communities and businesses. Find out about the five ways we're rising to the challenge of delivering Fibre broadband to rural areas of the UK.
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Openreach success at the Best Companies to Work for Awards

26 May 2021

Openreach has placed 12th in the Best Companies to work for list. Find out what it's like to work for us and about our world class training.
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Ultrafast full fibre is changing how we work and live

26 May 2021

The Centre for Economics and Business Research's new report for 2021, Ultrafast full fibre broadband: a platform for growth, confirms digital connectivity's crucial role in helping us through Coronavirus and in changing how we work and live for the better.