News | Openreach The latest news articles from Openreach Full Fibre Broadband Rolls Out to New Homes in Grangemouth Openreach has confirmed that the first 1,000 homes and businesses in Grangemouth can now access its ultrafast full fibre broadband network The project is part of a wider plan to connect the majority of local properties, bringing future-ready connectivity to the town 15th Oct 2024
Openreach announces price changes to encourage digital adoption of . . . Openreach has announced price rises for its copper products and services which are designed to encourage communications providers to upgrade their customers to digital alternatives before legacy services are switched off in January 2027 The business will introduce increases on four of its copper-based products – which will see prices d
Openreach exits Deddington Exchange James Lilley, Openreach’s Managed Customer Migrations Director, said: “Closing thousands of ‘legacy’ exchanges is a major undertaking, with several million services needing to be migrated Deddington has served as a proof of concept, demonstrating our ability to decommission legacy exchanges safely, securely, and collaboratively
Openreach to stop selling copper services in 137 more locations Openreach has announced a further 137 new exchange locations, covering a massive 854,000 premises across the UK, where the business plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over an ultrafast Full Fibre connection The business is giving Communication Pro
Openreach Accelerates Upgrade of UK’s Digital Infrastructure Openreach, the UK's leading digital network provider, today committed to build the country’s most reliable broadband technology, full fibre, even faster - thanks to increased investment from BT Group The company has already built the new infrastructure to more than 18 million homes and business nationwide – including more than four million i
Openreach adds a record 517 UK locations to its latest broadband . . . Openreach, the UK’s largest wholesale broadband network, has published updated plans to build ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to 517 more locations across the UK – covering a further 2 7[1] million homes and businesses The new tranche of locations includes 400,000 premises in the hardest to reach, most rural parts of the UK[2]
Openreach’s UK Broadband Upgrade Reaches 20 Million Britain’s broadband revolution has hit a major milestone - 20 million homes and businesses can now access the UK’s most reliable broadband technology, thanks to Openreach’s nationwide infrastructure upgrade From the beautiful, windswept Fair Isle in Scotland’s far north to the far reaches of Devon and Cornwall in England’s South West,
Katie Milligan appointed next CEO of Openreach Openreach today announced that Katie Milligan, Openreach’s Deputy CEO, will succeed Clive Selley as CEO from 1 April 2026 Clive has decided to step down as CEO at the end of March 2026 - having led the company through a decade of unprecedented investment and transformation Katie and Clive will continue working closely together over the coming
Openreach accelerates broadband upgrades with 21 new build locations Openreach, the UK’s largest wholesale broadband network, has added a further 21 locations to its Full Fibre rollout – as part of a plan to reach up to five million more homes and businesses during the year to March 2026 The new locations will cover as many as 80,000 rural and urban premises across the country including; Belmont, in Lancashir
