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Openreach reaches 8m full fibre milestone

Openreach has announced it has now reached 8 million premises with its full fibre network. This includes 2.5 million premises in hard to reach locations.

In addition, the company has connected 2 million customers to the full fibre network, and is handling an average of 35,000 new orders every week.

Openreach has also announced that more than 40 communication providers (CPs) – including BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone – have signed up to its long-term wholesale full fibre pricing offer, launched in October last year.

Earlier this week, Openreach published plans to deliver full fibre in 12 new locations, as below, in Yorkshire, Lancashire and on the Isle of Wight.  

Exchange 

County 

THP 

Attercliffe 

South Yorkshire 

18398 

Rotherham North 

South Yorkshire 

11436 

Colne 

Lancashire 

8374 

Ventnor 

Isle of Wight 

3890 

Ryde 

Isle of Wight 

11826 

Sandown 

Isle of Wight 

5815 

Freshwater 

Isle of Wight 

3496 

Newport (Isle of Wight) 

Isle of Wight 

9118 

Shanklin 

Isle of Wight 

4901 

Bembridge 

Isle of Wight 

2564 

Wootton Bridge 

Isle of Wight 

2103 

Niton 

Isle of Wight 

971 

This brings the total number of areas included in the company’s full fibre build programme to more than 2,700 towns, cities, boroughs, villages and hamlets. Openreach has committed to reaching 25 million with its full fibre network by December 2026.