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2024
04
March
2024
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11:53
Europe/Amsterdam
More than 40 Openreach people volunteered their time to collect rubbish and carry out a spring clean at Hunstanton beach in Norfolk.The team, who’re responsible for building full fibre broadband across East Anglia and the Midlands collected more …
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2023
14
November
2023
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12:16
Europe/Amsterdam
Andrew Selous MP recently met up with some of the Openreach engineers that are building a new Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband network across Bedfordshire.He was given a tour of the build, which is currently making faster and more …
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16
October
2023
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22:16
Europe/Amsterdam
The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP visited Openreach engineers in the historic market town of Great Dunmow to celebrate the completion of a partnership with Openreach and Superfast Essex and to witness first-hand the innovative engineering techniques being …
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09
October
2023
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12:52
Europe/Amsterdam
More Suffolk communities are on the verge of getting ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband, after Openreach started work building a new fibre connection in and around Leiston.Engineers are getting ready to build the new network, with fibre …
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12
September
2023
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15:15
Europe/Amsterdam
Beccles, a town steeped in history, is ready to embrace the future as it joins more than 2,800 UK communities in having access to Openreach’s Full Fibre broadband network.The once-in-a-generation, Full Fibre broadband upgrade will let thousands of …
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29
June
2023
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11:43
Europe/Amsterdam
Police in Cambridgeshire are urging people to report anything suspicious around cable thefts as they step up patrols across the county.Underground copper cables, which connect homes and businesses to the phone and broadband network, have been …
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14
June
2023
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12:47
Europe/Amsterdam
Around one in three homes and businesses who can upgrade to Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband across Cambridgeshire have done so – but thousands are still missing out on faster, more reliable services.People living and working across the county are …
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04
May
2023
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12:25
Europe/Amsterdam
Luton is joining more than 2,800 towns, cities, boroughs, villages, and hamlets that are included in Openreach’s full fibre broadband build plans.This once-in-a-generation upgrade allows thousands of local people connect multiple devices at …
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2022
29
November
2022
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12:05
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach, the UK’s largest phone and broadband network, is busy preparing for extreme winter weather and has some useful advice for homes and businesses across the East of England.The company, which builds and maintains the UK’s largest phone and …
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21
June
2022
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11:30
Europe/Amsterdam
Around 25 per cent of people who can upgrade to Ultrafast full fibre across Norfolk have done so – but thousands are still missing out on faster, more reliable broadband services. In some areas, such as Kings Lynn and Norwich, the percentage of …
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17
May
2022
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12:01
Europe/Amsterdam
More than 100,000 more homes and businesses across Cambridgeshire are set to benefit from a major broadband boost thanks to a £30m[1] investment by Openreach – the UK’s largest digital network provider, used by the likes of BT, Sky, TalkTalk, …
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09
May
2022
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14:25
Europe/Amsterdam
Thousands of homes and businesses in Ely can order some of the fastest, most reliable broadband in Europe – and they’re being urged to ‘get connected’ to full fibre.The Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Dr Nik Johnson, spent time with …
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01
March
2022
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11:24
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach has announced a number of local efforts to help raise awareness of the upcoming digital phone upgrade in Mildenhall, Suffolk.Mildenhall is one of the first areas in the country to switch to new digital phone lines, as the UK moves to …
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16
February
2022
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10:17
Europe/Amsterdam
News that St Ives in Cambridgeshire is next in line to benefit from Openreach’s full fibre broadband build is being welcomed by the Leader of Huntingdonshire District Council.Councillor Ryan Fuller met up with representatives from the UK’s largest …
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10
February
2022
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01:01
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach creates 400 new jobs in the East of England after a record year for hiring women engineers
Openreach today announced it will create and fill more than 400 more jobs across the East of England during 2022 – including around 300 apprenticeships – as it continues to invest billions of pounds …
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04
February
2022
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09:03
Europe/Amsterdam
More than 108,000 more homes and businesses across the East of England are set to benefit from a major broadband boost thanks to a £32m[1] investment by Openreach – the UK’s largest digital network provider, used by the likes of BT, Sky, TalkTalk …
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03
February
2022
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10:59
Europe/Amsterdam
A reward of up to £20,000 is available for anonymous information given to the charity Crimestoppers, which leads to the conviction of those responsible for recent cable thefts in the Cambridgeshire villages of Swavesey and Witchford.The independent …
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2021
01
December
2021
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10:27
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach is seeing a positive change in the number of female recruits joining the company across the East of England.It’s after the UK’s largest broadband network - used by customers of hundreds of companies including BT, Sky, Plusnet, TalkTalk and …
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17
November
2021
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12:44
Europe/Amsterdam
176,000 more homes and businesses across the East of England are a step closer to a major broadband boost thanks to a £61m[1] investment by Openreach – the UK’s largest digital network provider, used by more than 660 service providers including the …
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28
May
2021
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01:15
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach today outlined plans to build ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to at least three million more homes and businesses – including around 380,000 in the East of England - in some of the UK’s hardest to serve …
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11
May
2021
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15:12
Europe/Amsterdam
Damage to broadband cabinets, telephone poles and overhead wires across the East of England can now be reported to Openreach using precise locations from what3words.What3words grids the whole Earth into three metre squares, with each square given …
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28
April
2021
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09:04
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach’s Regional Partnership Director for the East of England, Kieran Wines, today welcomed the findings of a report conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) which shows that a comprehensive Full Fibre network in …
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24
March
2021
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10:45
Europe/Amsterdam
More than 35 new online training courses are being delivered as part of a multi-million pound investment at Openreach’s training schools – including Peterborough – as engineers continue to learn the skills required to keep the UK’s broadband …
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24
February
2021
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14:44
Europe/Amsterdam
A 9-year-old girl from Peterborough has been presented with a Community Connectors Award by digital network provider Openreach in recognition for her support of vulnerable neighbours during lockdown.Falak Shezadi (pictured above) received the award …
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24
February
2021
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach is asking people living in parts of Norfolk to get behind a push for faster broadband.Ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband is within touching distance for people living in Holt, Mattishall, Stoke Holy Cross and Poringland – …
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02
February
2021
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10:38
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach is asking people living in parts of Cambridgeshire to get behind a push for faster broadband.Ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband is within touching distance for people living in Coton and Stow Cum Quy – thanks to Openreach’s …
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2020
18
December
2020
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09:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach today bucked the prevailing economic trend by creating at least 295 new East of England engineering jobs, to be filled during 2021.The new roles, across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, will enable …
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22
October
2020
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10:58
Europe/Amsterdam
A 500-strong team of Openreach engineers, responsible for looking after telephone poles across the UK, have climbed more than 11.5 million metres during the past year – close to the equivalent of a round-trip from London to the North …
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30
September
2020
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13:30
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach, the UK’s digital network provider, has launched a nationwide ‘Community Connectors’ award programme to recognise people who’ve supported their neighbours during lockdown. The company is asking every MP in the UK to nominate an individual …
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03
June
2020
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12:50
Europe/Amsterdam
More than 100,000 households across Suffolk are already using faster broadband, thanks to the council-led Better Broadband for Suffolk programme.
The partnership - between Suffolk County Council, Openreach, the Department for Digital, Culture, …
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