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2022
18
May
2022
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13:32
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach, the UK’s largest broadband infrastructure provider, is joining forces with Ladder for Greater Birmingham with the aim of supporting and promoting apprenticeships across the region.The local campaign, launched in 2018, aims to create thousa...
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11
March
2022
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10:03
Europe/Amsterdam
Record recruitment, full fibre broadband, and the importance of a diverse workforce were hot topics as Openreach formally joined the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC).Chamber chief executive Henrietta Brealey toured Openreach’s new Snowh...
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2021
30
September
2021
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16:43
Europe/Amsterdam
More than 30 homes in Outhill, near Studley, have seen a huge improvement to their broadband connection in recent months, due to a determined campaign led by local resident and NHS Doctor, Asad Rahim.Frustrated with slow speeds during the pandemic wh...
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2019
03
December
2019
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11:57
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach is getting 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 ye...
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2018
26
November
2018
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07:30
Europe/Amsterdam
• Cutting-edge Gfast technology will support homeworking, multiple HD video streams and instant file downloads • Upgrades will also future-proof homes and businesses for next generation applications like 8k TV, smart homes and seamless cloud collabor...
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02
October
2018
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10:45
Europe/Amsterdam
Coventry has been announced as the latest area to benefit from Openreach’s ‘Fibre First’ programme, where fibre optic cables are laid from the exchange right to people’s front doors.
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29
May
2018
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00:01
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach's chief executive, Clive Selley, outlined his broadband ambitions for Birmingham during a visit to the city where he updated local civic and other leaders on the roll-out of ultrafast broadband, including West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street an...
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15
March
2018
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09:10
Europe/Amsterdam
Birmingham, Brownhills, Castle Bromwich, Dudley, Hampton-in-Arden, Penn, Sheldon and Wolverhampton are among the locations to benefit from Openreach's largest ever recruitment drive. The 3,500 new engineers across the UK will help deliver ultrafast F...
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01
February
2018
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08:38
Europe/Amsterdam
Birmingham is one of eight cities named today by Openreach to lead the drive for ultrafast broadband, as build accelerates from 2018 to cover urban and rural communities. The news has been welcomed by West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street. Openreach's pro...
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19
January
2018
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09:12
Europe/Amsterdam
New ultrafast broadband technology - known as Gfast - is now available to thousands of households and businesses in Birmingham and the Black Country.
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2017
20
December
2017
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09:06
Europe/Amsterdam
When it came to fund-raising for the poorly nephew of a colleague, a group of West Midlands-based Openreach engineers went back to their childhoods for inspiration. They've been running a conker contest in their spare time to raise money for the neph...
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21
November
2017
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12:52
Europe/Amsterdam
Scores of homes in Rowley Regis are set to see their broadband speeds soar thanks to a new partnership between housebuilder Redrow Homes and Openreach, Britain’s digital network business. Meanwhile, around 1,900 new Birmingham and Black Country homes...
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