Openreach eyes further fibre discounts after Ofcom blocks price cut Telecoms Openreach is considering further targeted fibre discounts over the next five years after Ofcom blocked its most aggressive attempt to cut wholesale prices, the BT-owned network told City AM. The broadband giant said it remained open to competition in different parts of the country after the regulator approved a separate £50 rebate for new full-fibre [...]
‘It can be spaghetti out there’: can Cityfibre take on BT? telecoms The UK’s altnet industry is a tangled mess of “spaghetti” – at least, that’s how the boss of Cityfibre put it earlier this year. Altnets, or alternative networks, such as Cityfibre, Gigaclear and Community Fibre, have emerged as competitors to the UK’s broadband giants Virgin Media O2 and Openreach. Despite their smaller scale, they have [...]
CityFibre and Community Fibre ‘weighing up’ G Network swoop Tech Cityfibre and Community Fibre are eyeing a takeover of smaller rival G Network, which connects hundreds of thousands of central London premises, according to reports.