Articles tagged with 'east midlands' | Openreach

Gedling MP Tom Randall has visited Openreach engineers to witness first-hand the innovative engineering techniques used to deliver Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband across his Nottingham constituency.He was given a socially-distanced tour of the work, w...

Openreach today outlined plans to build ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to at least three million more homes and businesses – including around 275,000 in the East Midlands - in some of the UK’s hardest to serve communities[1].  It mean...

Damage to broadband cabinets, telephone poles and overhead wires across the East Midlands can now be reported to Openreach using precise locations from what3words.What3words grids the whole Earth into three metre squares, with each square given uniqu...

Openreach’s Regional Partnership Director for the East Midlands, Kasam Hussain, 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 the regi...

A Daventry volunteer is being presented with a Community Connectors Award by digital network provider Openreach in recognition for his support of the NHS during lockdown.John Brownhill, from Daventry, put his own job on hold during lockdown to set up...

Openreach is asking people living in parts of Nottinghamshire to get behind a push for faster broadband.Ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband is within touching distance for people living in Wellow, Spalford and Sutton Bonnington – thanks to...

Openreach is asking people living in parts of Leicestershire to get behind a push for faster broadband.Ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband is within touching distance for people living in Gilmorton, Houghton on the Hill, Leire and Wistow –...

Openreach today bucked the prevailing economic trend by creating at least 140 new East Midlands engineering jobs, to be filled during 2021.The new roles, across Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire, will enable the company...

People living and working in the Lincolnshire hamlet of Sudbrook are now able to order some of the fastest broadband speeds available in the UK. They’ve joined forces with Openreach – the UK’s largest broadband network - to make ultra-reliable and...

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 f...

An increase in abuse directed at Openreach engineers, largely due to a mistaken belief they’re working on 5G, is hampering essential work to keep the Midlands connected. Openreach is the UK’s largest phone and broadband network – used by customers...

Some of Leicestershire’s most rural primary schools are using new, full-fibre broadband to connect teachers, students and parents during the current coronavirus lockdown. The schools, all part of Learn Academies Trust (Learn-AT), are keeping essen...

It seems scarcely believable that just a month ago, towns and cities across the East Midlands 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 ha...

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...

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 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...

Over 98% of homes and businesses across the county now have access to superfast broadband, with download speeds of 30Mbps or more, thanks to the Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire programme, led by the County Council in partnership with Openreach. ...

Building a nationwide full fibre network is the second-largest infrastructure project in the UK, requiring a physical build to more than 30 million front doors, from big cities like Derby, Leicester and Nottingham to the most rural parts of Lincolnsh...

Full fibre or ultrafast broadband provides more reliable, resilient and future-proof connectivity; fewer faults; more predictable, consistent speeds and the ability to upgrade easily to meet the demands of future technology. ...

Full fibre broadband provides more reliable, resilient and future-proof connectivity; fewer faults; more predictable, consistent speeds and the ability to upgrade easily to meet the demands of future technology. ...

An ex-military officer who swapped the cockpit of a fast jet for a career with Openreach hopes she can act as an inspiration to others looking to follow in her footsteps. New research from Openreach – the UK’s largest private sector employer of Ar...

Thousands of the East Midlands most rural homes and businesses are looking forward to a faster future thanks to the arrival of high-speed broadband. Openreach, the UK’s largest telephone and broadband network, is announcing that more than 100,000 ...

It’s hoped a new video and community workshops highlighting the benefits of faster broadband speeds will encourage more people in Rutland to check if they’re able to upgrade....

More than 185 trainee engineers will be hired across the East Midlands, as part of a huge recruitment drive announced (Monday 28 January 2019) 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...

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....

​Nottinghamshire County Council has been shortlisted for a 'local government oscar' for its work to rollout superfast broadband to all corners of the county....

Downloading a film and sharing or streaming content could become faster and more reliable for tens of thousands of homes and businesses across the East Midlands....

Leicestershire County Council’s broadband programme, Superfast Leicestershire has connected it’s 600th cabinet to fibre broadband, enabling more people across the county to access to the new high-speed technology...

County Council Leader welcomes Openreach’s ‘Fibre First’ investment...