Openreach tests 50 Gbps broadband – don’t expect it anytime soon

Network builder and maintainer Openreach says it has tested a 50 Gbps fiber broadband connection in the UK, as a first step ...
Datacenter Dynamics

Openreach commits to remove 100 tonnes of plastic from supply chain

UK broadband provider Openreach has committed to removing 100 tonnes of plastic from its supply chain. In an announcement this week, Openreach said it plans to remove the plastic by using new ‘modems’ ...
Engadget

BT is finally splitting Openreach into a separate company

It's been a long time coming, but BT has finally agreed to spin off Openreach, the part of its business that handles most of the UK's broadband infrastructure. Ofcom, the UK's media regulator, ...
Engadget

Ofcom orders BT to make Openreach a 'legally separate company'

Ofcom has drawn up a plan to further distance BT and its subsidiary, Openreach, without breaking them up entirely. The UK regulator is now proposing that Openreach, which manages the bulk of the ...

Family 'disgusted' with Openreach after Christmas without Wi-Fi

A family say they are ‘disgusted’ with Openreach after spending Christmas without Wi-Fi. Ian Bateson, from Holbury, said he discovered the problem when he woke at 6am on Christmas morning to find his ...
Datacenter Dynamics

Openreach fined £1.34m over river death of employee in Wales

UK telco Openreach, a subsidiary of BT, has been fined £1.34 million ($1.70m) for breaching health and safety laws for its staff after one of its engineers drowned in 2020. Alun Owen, 32, died in ...
The Financial Times

Openreach to create 5,300 jobs next year in broadband fibre push

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK Broadband news every morning. Britain’s telecoms sector has continued its hiring spree after Openreach, BT’s networking division, ...
Computer Weekly

Openreach ups pace of copper network switch-off

With the 2025 deadline looming to upgrade its network to digital services over a full-fibre connection, the UK’s leading broadband provider, Openreach, has announced a further 84 new exchange ...
Download

Openreach marks half way point on its massive FTTP build

Openreach has announced that its FTTP build has hit the 12.5 million premises passed point, which means they are half way on the journey towards building a full-fibre network to 25 million properties ...
BBC

Openreach creating 5,300 new jobs to speed fibre rollout

Openreach is creating 5,300 new jobs in its drive to speed up the UK's broadband networks. The government has told telecoms firms it wants ultra-fast broadband networks to reach every corner of the UK ...
Computer Weekly

Openreach takes the strain as broadband usage more than doubles in 2020

Unprecedented for sure and in terms of the added load on its network also unrelenting, 2020 saw Openreach break its daily record for broadband use as many as 15 times, with 50,000 petabytes (PBytes) ...
BBC

Openreach creating 5,300 new jobs to speed fibre rollout

Openreach is creating 5,300 new jobs in its drive to speed up the UK's broadband networks. The government has told telecoms firms it wants ultra-fast broadband networks to reach every corner of the UK ...