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The UK fibre providers, owned by Fern Trading, are merging to help accelerate full-fibre delivery in the country.

The new network is designed to enhance the connectivity options in underserved areas for 123NET.

The provider is making moves into new towns and cities across the UK.

The newly formed internet service provider (ISP) can now offer full fibre services over CityFibre’s national open access networks.

The alternative-network (altnet) provider is offering more than 30 jobs across the east of England.

The acquisition is in line with Giganet's UK growth strategy as part of the Fern fibre family, which also includes Jurassic, Swish, Allpoints Fibre and Vorboss.

The Canadian provider is investing in next-generation network infrastructure as part of the expansion, which will bring fibre connections to more than 6,500 locations.