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UK wholesale independent operator Netomnia’s full fibre network now passes 210,000 premises across the UK.

A total of 17 community buildings across Greater Manchester in the UK have been set up with free internet connectivity for five years as part of the UK’s local full fibre networks (LFFN) programme.

The UK independent provider has inked a 10-year supply agreement with Nokia.

Fibre has overtaken cable for the first time as the primary fixed broadband technology across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.

Belgian service provider, Telenet and operator, Fluvius have partnered to form a new company that will help realise both parties’ ambitions of to provide speeds of 10Gb/s. 

The UK’s Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced that more than 40,000 BT Group workers will hold a two-day national strike.

Construction of a new full fibre broadband network is underway in Fife, Scotland across the towns of Burntisland and Cardenden.

UK ISP, Glide Group has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of smart city infrastructure firm, Velocity1.

Cleveland, Ohio-based provider, Everstream operates a 27,000 fibre-mile network stretching from Duluth, Minnesota all the way to Washington, DC.