Virgin Media O2 and its shareholders Liberty Global and Telefónica are to challenge BT Openreach with their own net network company called NetCo to build fibre network infrastructure. The venture is ley to Virgin Media O2’s ambitious plan to upgrade 16 million homes across the UK to full fibre as a major competitor to BT’s

In a blow to alternative network providers, Ofcom has allowed Openreach to sell its Equinox 2 full-fibre services at lower prices to retail providers.

WightFibre’s entire network is now fully optical right into the customer premise

The regulation changes by Ofcom are expected to speed up the fibre rollout in the UK

Almost a quarter of people believe they FTTP but this is only the case for three per cent of people

As government reaches target for 95 per cent connectivity, there are still questions to answer