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Jobs boost for Wales with more than 200 new Openreach roles across the country
Press Releases • Jan 28, 2019 14:04 GMT
More than 200 jobs are being created across Wales, as part of a huge recruitment drive by Openreach.
Openreach Announces 498 Engineering Jobs in Greater London
Press Releases • Jan 28, 2019 07:00 GMT
More than 498 trainee engineers will be hired across Greater London as part of a huge recruitment drive announced today (Monday 28 January 2019) by Openreach.
Openreach Announces 456 Engineering Jobs in the South of England
Press Releases • Jan 28, 2019 07:00 GMT
More than 456 trainee engineers will be hired across the South of England, as part of a huge recruitment drive announced today (Monday 28 January 2019) by Openreach.
Openreach Announces 441 Engineering Jobs in the South West of England
Press Releases • Jan 28, 2019 07:00 GMT
More than 441 trainee engineers will be hired across the South West of England, as part of a huge recruitment drive announced today (Monday 28 January 2019) by Openreach.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions welcomes UK jobs boost as Openreach recruits another 3,000 apprentice engineers to support fibre broadband ambitions
Press Releases • Jan 28, 2019 01:00 GMT
Amber Rudd opens new training centre for engineers in Peterborough and welcomes 3,000 new apprentice engineers, highlighting the number of women now moving into the sector 11 additional build locations revealed as Openreach accelerates its full fibrei broadband roll out
Openreach announces 220 engineering jobs for Scotland
Press Releases • Jan 28, 2019 00:01 GMT
More than 220 trainee engineers will be hired across Scotland as part of a huge recruitment drive announced today by Openreach, with new jobs earmarked for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeenshire, Highlands & Islands and the South of Scotland. Openreach has also announced 11 new full fibre broadband locations – including thousands of homes in the Greater Glasgow area
We're delighted to be working on the next phase of fibre roll-out in Wales
Press Releases • Jan 18, 2019 15:53 GMT
At Openreach our plan is to deliver better service, broader coverage and faster speeds for everybody. That's why we’re delighted to be working once again with the Welsh Government in widening access to fibre broadband across Wales.
Oliver Mundell MSP connects with high-speed fibre broadband
Press Releases • Jan 15, 2019 10:00 GMT
Dumfriesshire MSP Oliver Mundell was out in the field with Openreach engineers this week (Monday) to see the progress that’s been made with fibre broadband and customer service in Dumfries and Galloway. Engineers also updated him on the company’s plans to roll out the next generation of broadband technology – future-proof, full-fibre services capable of carrying speeds up to 1Gbps.
All I want for Christmas is… ultrafast broadband
Press Releases • Dec 24, 2018 10:00 GMT
Edinburgh Pentland MSP Gordon MacDonald today marked the advent of ultrafast, full-fibre broadband in his constituency on a festive field trip with engineers from Openreach. He was the latest local politician to learn about the next generation of broadband technology being rolled out across the city.
Openreach brings ultrafast broadband to Scottish islands
Press Releases • Dec 19, 2018 11:00 GMT
Housing developments in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles will be among the best connected in Scotland, with access to reliable ultrafast broadband. Openreach is working with local developers to build full fibre networks direct to dozens of new homes in Gott on Shetland, Kirkwall on Orkney, Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and Bowmore on Islay, as well as Lochgilphead and Oban.
Ultrafast full fibre broadband unveiled to Edinburgh politicians
Press Releases • Dec 17, 2018 10:00 GMT
Openreach has been showing the next generation of broadband technology to Edinburgh’s Ian Murray MP and Daniel Johnson MSP. They visited Liberton to see the latest upgrades of more reliable, ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) as local residents became among the first in the city to get connected to the new, future-proof technology.
Cumbrian Pupils Wrap up Broadband Cabinet in Time for Christmas
Press Releases • Dec 10, 2018 10:32 GMT
Pupils at Hallbankgate Village School, near Brampton, are looking into the future, after giving the broadband cabinet outside their school a colourful makeover.
Get connected to improve your property says Staffordshire estate agent
Press Releases • Dec 06, 2018 16:15 GMT
A high-speed fibre broadband connection is one of the key factors people consider when buying or renting a property, according to a Staffordshire estate agent.
Swansea to benefit from world leading full fibre broadband
Press Releases • Dec 05, 2018 11:31 GMT
Swansea has been announced as the latest city to benefit from Openreach’s ‘Fibre First’ programme, where fibre optic cables are laid from the exchange right to people’s front doors.
Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband celebrates more fibre broadband in South Ayrshire
Press Releases • Dec 03, 2018 10:00 GMT
The Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband team is celebrating the latest fibre broadband availability in Girvan, South Ayrshire. They were joined by senior pupils from Girvan Primary School to unveil the latest fibre street cabinet that serves part of the local area. The Girvan premises are among more than 16,700 across South Ayrshire now able to connect to the Digital Scotland network.
Bringing broadband technology of the future to Leeds – with minimal disruption
Press Releases • Nov 29, 2018 12:16 GMT
Broadband leaders from Leeds City Council are up to speed with Openreach’s Full Fibre rollout, after a behind the scenes look at how engineers are making ultrafast broadband available across the city.
Nottinghamshire’s broadband partnership makes national award shortlist
Press Releases • Nov 28, 2018 10:53 GMT
Nottinghamshire County Council has been shortlisted for a 'local government oscar' for its work to rollout superfast broadband to all corners of the county.
Thousands in Plymouth to get broadband boost
Press Releases • Nov 28, 2018 10:13 GMT
New technology brings download speeds seven times faster than the national average Openreach announces 81 new UK locations, with more than 1 million homes and businesses set to benefit Downloading a film and sharing or streaming content could become faster and more reliable for more than 10,000 homes and businesses in Plymouth
Thousands in the South East to get broadband boost
Press Releases • Nov 28, 2018 09:55 GMT
Downloading a film and sharing or streaming content could become faster and more reliable for more than 580,000 homes and businesses across the South East.
Thousands across Llanrumney to get broadband boost
Press Releases • Nov 26, 2018 10:31 GMT
Downloading a film and sharing or streaming content is about to become faster and more reliable for more than 7,000 homes and businesses in Llanrumney.