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Motherwell and Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson yesterday (Monday) visited Openreach engineers building an ultrafast broadband network for 150 new homes in Motherwell. The MSP heard about the next generation of broadband technology – future-proof, ‘full f...

South Scotland MSP Michelle Ballantyne yesterday (Monday) visited Openreach engineers working on an installation of ultrafast broadband technology for new homes in Galashiels. The MSP heard about the next generation of broadband technology – futur...

The latest tool in Openreach’s drive to get pupils thinking about careers in engineering – a high-tech Showcase van - hit the road for the first time in Scotland on Monday at an Ayrshire careers fair. The digital network business has created two n...

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson yesterday (Monday) visited Openreach engineers at the site of one of his constituency’s first new ultrafast broadband networks. The MSP heard about the next generation of broadband technology – future-p...

Laura Whelan is Openreach’s new Partnership Director covering the East of England and South regions, strengthening relationships between the UK’s largest telephone and broadband network and local stakeholders. She’ll be working closely with policy...

Over 98% of homes and businesses across the county now have access to superfast broadband, with download speeds of 30Mbps or more, thanks to the Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire programme, led by the County Council in partnership with Openreach. ...

Extra funding of almost £3 million is to be invested in broadband for the Highlands and Islands after take-up rates across the region’s Digital Scotland fibre network topped 60 per cent. Hundreds of additional homes in some of Scotland’s most rura...

More households and businesses across Scotland can now upgrade to faster fibre broadband through the £460 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) rollout. It's the first time the programme has brought fibre broadband to several rural l...

Politician and Labour Party life peer, Lord Anthony Young, was left ‘extremely impressed’ after being taken on a behind-the-scenes tour of Openreach’s Peterborough Training School. Lord Young, former General Secretary of the National Communication...

Staffordshire communities are making the switch to superfast broadband, thanks to a county council partnership which has enabled 80,000 properties to connect. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses are already benefitting from faster speeds tha...

Building a nationwide full fibre network is the second-largest infrastructure project in the UK, requiring a physical build to more than 30 million front doors ...

Building a nationwide full fibre network is the second-largest infrastructure project in the UK, requiring a physical build to more than 30 million front doors, from big cities like Derby, Leicester and Nottingham to the most rural parts of Lincolnsh...

Building a nationwide full fibre network is the second-largest infrastructure project in the UK, requiring a physical build to more than 30 million front doors, from big cities like Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich to the most rural and remote parts of...

Connecting everyone in the South West to ‘full fibre’ broadband by 2025 would create a £4.3 billion boost to the region’s economy, by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next-generation of home-...

Connecting everyone in the South East to ‘full fibre’ broadband by 2025 would create a £8.7 billion boost to the region’s economy, by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next-generation of home-...

Connecting everyone in the Greater London area to ‘full fibre’ broadband by 2025 would create a £13.8 billion boost to the region’s economy, by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next-generatio...

Connecting everyone in Wales to ‘full fibre’ broadband by 2025 would create a £1.98 billion boost to the economy, by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next-generation of home-grown businesses....

Connecting the UK to Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband by 2025 would deliver almost a £60 billion boost to UK productivity – an average of more than £1,700 per worker – by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opp...

Connecting everyone in the North East to ‘full fibre’ broadband by 2025 would create a £1.7 billion boost to the region’s economy, by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next-generation of home-...

Connecting everyone in the North West to ‘full fibre’ broadband by 2025 would create a £5.5 billion boost to the region’s economy, by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next-generation of home-...

Connecting everyone in Yorkshire and the Humber to ‘full fibre’ broadband by 2025 would create a £3.8 billion boost to the region’s economy, by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next-generatio...

Connecting everyone in Scotland to ‘full fibre’ broadband by 2025 would create a £4.55 billion boost to the country’s economy, by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next generation of home-grow...

MORE than 940,000 homes and business across Scotland can now access fibre broadband through the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout, with deployment set to continue into 2020. The partnership marked the latest milestone in the East Ayrshi...

Some of the fastest and most reliable broadband in the UK is heading to the villages of Hesketh Bank and Parbold, after they were named as two of 13 rural communities to benefit from a new broadband trial. Openreach engineers will be working in th...

Some of the fastest and most reliable broadband in the UK is heading to the village of Flockton, after it was named as one of 13 rural communities to benefit from a new broadband trial. Openreach engineers will be working in the West Yorkshire vil...

Some of the fastest and most reliable broadband in the UK is heading to the villages of Tarporley and Mickle Trafford, after they were named as two of 13 rural communities to benefit from a new broadband trial. Openreach engineers will be working ...

The trial is part of Openreach’s ambition to extend its FTTP network into areas that were considered more difficult or expensive for the private sector to upgrade commercially - and could potentially become eligible for being included in Openreach’s ...

The trial is part of Openreach’s ambition to extend its FTTP network into areas that were considered more difficult or expensive for the private sector to upgrade commercially - and could potentially become eligible for being included in Openreach’s ...

Some of the fastest and most reliable broadband in the UK is heading to Scottish villages in Fife and West Lothian as part of a new broadband trial in rural communities. Openreach engineers will be working in Lundin Links, Lower Largo and West Cal...

Openreach engineers are trialling a range of new tools and techniques – as they work to upgrade 13 of the UK’s rural communities to faster, more reliable and future-proof broadband technology. The trials are part of the company’s ambition to exten...