In related fibre news, last week BT announced it will be investing £78.5m to bring superfast broadband - most of it fibre-based - to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by 2014.

He added: "Although it's unlikely to be the silver bullet to get fibre to every home, open access to all ducts, not just ours, might help BT and others extend coverage and so we would like to see ...

Altnets have made decent inroads on BT’s turf, reaching 16.4mn premises at the end of last year, according to the Independent Networks Cooperative Association, a trade group. Openreach, by comparison, ...

BT connected a record 155,000 customers to its fibre broadband in its last quarter, underpinning its confidence in its multi-billion pound investment despite pressure on cash flow and a darkening ...

BT said on Thursday it would extend its full-fibre broadband network to 25 million premises by the end of 2026, and would aim to fund the 5 million additional premises through a joint venture with ...

Looking to switch to a new broadband provider? Mobile network Giffgaff recently started connecting new customers to its ...

The new BT Home Hub 4 with dual-band technology . Consequently, today's fibre broadband is capable of delivering download speeds up to 330Mbps, with speeds perhaps reaching as high as 40Gbps at ...

British telecoms regulator Ofcom gave BT the green light to offer discounted wholesale fibre pricing to broadband providers, saying the plan to drive uptake of faster connectivity was not anti ...

Britain's BT said on Thursday it had met its target of extending full-fibre broadband to 4.5 million premises by the end of March, a week after it said it would accelerate its roll-out to 20 ...

Sky has unveiled its new Gigafast+ fibre broadband packages that can deliver internet speeds of up to 5Gbps, which it says is faster than any other major provider - but is that true?

The fibre broadband specialist said the deal would include £500 million in new funding from existing shareholders.