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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)....

More than 250 trainee engineers will be hired across Wales as part of the largest recruitment drive ever undertaken by Openreach....

First of 12 new national fibre engineering schools opens in Bradford 3,500 new engineers will help deliver ultrafast Fibre to the Premises broadband to three million premises, support evolving mobile networks and improve customer service Includ...

Wales is expected to get a multi-million pound boost from an initiative which sees local communities forming partnerships with Openreach to bring high-speed fibre broadband to rural homes and businesses....

Cardiff will be one of the first cities to benefit from proposals announced today by Openreach for a major acceleration of its ultrafast fibre broadband network....

The latest ultrafast broadband, known as Gfast, is now available to thousands of people in Whitchurch, Cardiff. Whitchurch is one of the first UK locations to pilot Gfast technology, offering download speeds up to 330Mbps – about seven times the UK a...

​Mae ymgynghoriaeth brandio, marchnata a chyfathrebu digidol o’r Drenewydd, Powys, yn mynd o nerth, diolch i Cyflymu Cymru....

A brand, marketing and digital communications consultancy based in Newtown, Powys, is going from strength to strength thanks to Superfast Cymru....

Pentref bach gwledig yng Nghymru yw’r gymuned gyntaf yn y byd i gael cysylltiad band eang tra-chyflym gyda chymorth drôn yn yr awyr....

A small village in the heart of rural Wales has become the first community in the world to be connected up to ultrafast fibre broadband thanks to an aerial drone....