Articles tagged with 'Wales' | Openreach

It seems scarcely believable that just a month ago, towns and cities across Wales were packed with shoppers and workers going about their daily business. Life was as close to what used to pass for normal.  But since then, everything has changed. ...

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...

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 a number of market towns and villages across Wales. More than 40 locations across Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf...

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...

Openreach is getting ready for the worst of the Welsh winter weather after stocking up on thousands of snow shoes, snow socks for vehicle tyres, bags of salt and litres of screenwash. ...

Welsh Assembly drop-in session highlights Openreach’s plans for Wales’ digital future Welsh politicians had a chance to quiz engineers from Openreach about Wales’ digital future during a drop-in session at the Welsh Assembly earlier this week. ...

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....

Barry, the town famed as the home of BBC comedy series Gavin and Stacey, has been announced as the latest location in Wales to benefit from Openreach’s rollout of some of the fastest broadband speeds in the UK. The announcement comes as filming ha...

To underline its commitment to Wales and greater independence from BT Group, Openreach has established a new Board for Wales. The Openreach Cymru Wales Board, whose members represent the teams of engineers and support staff working across Wales, w...

Ian Lucas MP for Wrexham has been meeting with Openreach, to see first-hand the next generation of broadband technology that’s coming to town. A new housing development on the outskirts of Gwersyllt will have more than 50 family homes and enjoy so...

Chris Elmore MP for Ogmore has been meeting with recent Openreach recruits that are rolling out the next generation of broadband technology across his Ogmore constituency. ...

Stephen Crabb MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire has been meeting with Openreach engineers working on the next generation of broadband technology to connect a new social housing development in Milford Haven....

Cavers that come to South Wales are to benefit from a new digital safety net, thanks to the efforts of local Openreach engineers....

A partnership between local residents and Openreach is to make high-speed fibre broadband available to a rural community in the Vale of Glamorgan....

Openreach is stocking up on thousands of snow shoes, salt and screenwash to make sure millions of people stay connected in the event of severe weather this winter....

More than 200 jobs are being created across Wales, as part of a huge recruitment drive by Openreach....

Amber Rudd opens new training centre for engineers in Peterborough and welcomes 3,000 new apprentice engineers, highlighting the number of women now moving into the sector 11 additional build locations revealed as Openreach accelerates its full fibre...

At Openreach our plan is to deliver better service, broader coverage and faster speeds for everybody. That's why we’re delighted to be working once again with the Welsh Government in widening access to fibre broadband across Wales....

Swansea has been announced as the latest city to benefit from Openreach’s ‘Fibre First’ programme, where fibre optic cables are laid from the exchange right to people’s front doors....

Downloading a film and sharing or streaming content is about to become faster and more reliable for more than 7,000 homes and businesses in Llanrumney....

Downloading a film and sharing or streaming content is about to become faster and more reliable for nearly 6000 homes and businesses in Bargoed....

31,000 employees move from BT Group into Openreach Limited Final major milestone in creating a more independent, legally separate business BT’s ‘Northern Ireland Networks’ engineering division rebranded ‘Openreach Northern Ireland’ Openreach, ...

​Kim Mears, managing director for Openreach, "we’re very proud of what we’ve delivered in Wales" responds to completion of Superfast Cymru...

Work to roll-out ultrafast broadband* in Cardiff is well underway – with tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the final stages of being connected - Openreach’s managing director, Kim Mears, announced during a visit to the city today....

Openreach has chosen two of the world’s leading communications technology companies, Huawei and Nokia, to help deliver its national rollout of Fibre-To-The-Premises (FTTP) technology – which will reach three million British homes and businesses acros...

New cutting edge broadband technology is heading to more of Cardiff as Openreach gets ready to make its new network available to nearly 20,000 homes and businesses across the city and surrounding area....

Builds upon existing 46 locations around Britain where cutting edge technology is already enabling trouble-free homeworking, multiple HD video streaming and instant file downloads Upgrade will future-proof homes and businesses for next generation te...

Openreach’s Community Fibre Partnership delivers high speed connectivity to Cardiff city centre...

Residents and visitors to a small community in north Wales are set for an ultrafast broadband boost – thanks to Openreach’s Community Fibre Partnership (CFP)....