Connecting Northern Ireland
Openreach builds, maintains and manages the broadband network in Northern Ireland.
Our 950 engineers are busy installing our Full Fibre network to more than 3,500 homes and businesses every week. This means that every hour another 22 premises in the region can access Full Fibre broadband.
We're proud to sponsor Ulster Rugby
Openreach and Ulster Rugby have joined forces to celebrate the importance of connections. From the families and friends that come together at weekend sports events, through to the coaches and communities that help support young people. And not forgetting our very own engineers who play such a crucial role in building the broadband network that keeps Northern Ireland connected.
Covid-19/Coronavirus update
COVID-19 poses a bunch of challenges for the UK - and we want to play our part in limiting the impact on society, the economy and our employees.

Full Fibre in Northern Ireland
148k
Fibre broadband is now available to more than 148k homes and businesses in Belfast
575k
Province wide more than 575k homes and businesses can get Full Fibre Broadband
1Gbps
Technology capable of delivering download speeds of up to 1Gbps
- Fibre
The future of fibre
Find out the different ways we use fibre optic cables to connect you to our network.
Our performance
Learn about our latest performance, and of course, check the numbers.
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