FTTH in Europe

UK water provider, Yorkshire Water and its partners have received a £1.2m government grant to kick-start research and development of fibre-in-water in the UK.

UK altnet, Netomnia and sister company, ISP YouFibre have secured £295m in new funding.

Belgian provider, Proximus has committed to expanding roll-out of its open fibre network across the southern part of West Flanders.

UK ISP, Giganet has opened a full fibre training centre in Whiteley, Hampshire.

Bavarian network provider, M-net is building a new fibre network in partnership with regional regional operator miecom in the Lauterbrunn district of the municipality of Heretsried, northwest of Augsburg.

Deutsche Giga Access (DGA), a regional wholesale access provider in Germany deploying a gigabit-capable FTTH network to a new area in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

Northern Ireland's full fibre operator, Fibrus has secured funding worth £220m from a consortium of banks including the UK Infrastructure Bank, to fund fibre roll-out in Northern Ireland.

Arelion (formerly Telia Carrier) has completed its backbone route expansion in Norway.

UK network provider, Openreach is to create and fill more than 4,000 jobs during 2022, including around 3,000 apprenticeships, as part of an investment drive in its network, people and training.