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North Ayrshire and Arran MP Patricia Gibson has visited Openreach engineers as they install an ultrafast broadband network for new housing in the coastal village of Fairlie. The MP and MSP visited a development at Regatta View to witness first-han...

An award-winning rural distillery is now one of the best-connected places in Scotland, opening up a wealth of online opportunities to the family firm. Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, today (W...

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed Broadband Minister Matt Warman to Hartlepool to announce that thousands more homes and businesses in Tees Valley are set to benefit from faster and more reliable broadband. An investment of £3.5million – ...

More than 2,200 homes and businesses in Peterhead can now access fibre broadband through the £463 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) rollout - and nearly two in three have already connected. They’re among 86,000 homes and business...

Lothian MSP Neil Findlay met the engineers of the future at Openreach’s £485,000 fibre training school in Livingston today, as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2020. The revamped centre provides hands-on training for thousands of engineers who...

SkillsCymru Carmarthenshire 2020 is first stop for high-tech vehicle 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 Wales earlier last week a...

A leading cultural centre based in an 18th century manor is now one of the best connected places in Scotland, opening up a wealth of online opportunities for crafters and students. Gartmore House in rural Stirlingshire has hooked up to ultrafast, ...

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP Andrew Bowie this week visited Openreach engineers building a full fibre broadband network for a new housing development in Banchory. The MP visited Lochside of Leys to see innovative engineering techniques and...

Openreach has today announced that more than 30,000 homes and businesses in and around Nottingham can access some of the fastest, most reliable broadband anywhere in the UK. Engineering teams have been hard at work building the new network using t...

Kirsty Williams AM has been meeting with Openreach engineers working on the next generation of broadband technology to connect properties across Brecon & Radnorshire. She saw a new ‘full fibre’ network which has been built directly from the exchan...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in Crook and Howden-le-Wear. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas across the UK, with building to start in...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in a number of market towns and villages across Wales. More than 40 locations across Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 41 market towns and villages in the North West. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas across the UK, wit...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in seven market towns and villages across Yorkshire and the Humber. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas a...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 22 market towns and villages across the East of England. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas across th...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 9 market towns and villages across the West Midlands. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas across the U...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 27 market towns and villages across the South West of England. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas acr...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 63 market towns and villages across the South East of England. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas acr...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in four rural Scottish locations – Findhorn in Moray; Anstruther in Fife; Kelso in the Scottish Borders and Stonehouse in South Lanarkshire. It’s...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 227[1] market towns and villages across the UK, with building to commence within the next 14 months. The portion of this build plan completed ...

Ultrafast broadband is jewel in the crown for castle Set in remote Ayrshire countryside, Sorn Castle is well known as a top wedding venue. Now, thanks to the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) programme, it’s not just castle staff and wed...

Nearly 30% of homes and businesses in NI can now access the Openreach full fibre network as a result of Openreach’s ‘Fibre First’ programme Openreach also unveils its biggest ever marketing campaign in the region, celebrating its partnership with ...

The village of Llandybie in Carmarthenshire is the latest community in Wales to have access to some of the fastest and most reliable broadband speeds in Europe thanks to Openreach. More than 200 homes across the Bro Dinefwr village will be part of...

More than 141,000 premises across West Yorkshire can now enjoy faster, fibre broadband rolled out by the multi-million-pound Superfast West Yorkshire & York broadband programme. And more than half (56 per cent) of homes and businesses within the p...

Openreach is ready for the worst of the winter weather after stocking up on thousands of snow shoes, snow socks for vehicle tyres, bags of salt and litres of screenwash. Lessons learned from dealing with extreme conditions during recent years has ...

Openreach extends its free full fibre installation offer to include smaller developments of 20 homes or more. Around 13,000 homes per annum nationwide set to benefit Move comes as Openreach backs Government ambition to make full fibre mandatory...

Prehistoric Scotland met the 21st century with the Crannog Centre in Kenmore being the latest location to sign up to receive fibre broadband thanks to the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme. Across Scotland of the 943,000 homes and bus...

Kasam Hussain is Openreach’s new Partnership Director covering the Midlands, strengthening relationships between the UK’s largest telephone and broadband network and local stakeholders. He’ll be working closely with policymakers, council represent...

Openreach is ready for the worst of the winter weather after stocking up on thousands of snow shoes, snow socks for vehicle tyres, bags of salt and litres of screenwash. Lessons learned from dealing with extreme conditions during recent years has ...

Openreach is ready for the worst of the winter weather after stocking up on thousands of snow shoes, snow socks for vehicle tyres, bags of salt and litres of screenwash. Lessons learned from dealing with extreme conditions during recent years has ...