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Paul Wheelhouse MSP visits the Scottish Borders to celebrate new fibre connection
Press Releases • Apr 16, 2019 14:16 BST
Paul Wheelhouse, MSP, Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, joined the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband team and Openreach to celebrate the latest fibre broadband connection in the Whitsome area in the Scottish Borders.
More than one million homes and businesses can now order full fibre broadband via the Openreach network
Press Releases • Apr 12, 2019 10:42 BST
Family with eight children living in the one millionth home passed awarded free full fibre broadband for a year Build in 12 further locations to begin during the next 12 months, taking the total to 38 Engineers have already installed around 2.6 million kilometres of fibre – enough to get to the moon and back three times.
Bruce Crawford MSP connects with high-speed broadband
Press Releases • Apr 08, 2019 14:00 BST
Stirling MSP Bruce Crawford today visited Openreach engineers working on an installation of the next generation of broadband technology for new homes in Raploch. He saw a ‘full-fibre’ network built directly to the properties to deliver ultrafast internet connections. The future-proof services can carry speeds up to 1Gbps - 21 times faster than the UK’s current average.
Annabelle Ewing MSP connects with high-speed broadband
Press Releases • Apr 08, 2019 10:00 BST
Cowdenbeath MSP Annabelle Ewing has been shadowing Openreach engineers to see the latest developments in high-speed broadband in her constituency. More than 98 per cent of premises in the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath area are now able to connect to broadband at a speed of 30Mbps and above.
Digital network paves the way for e-health revolution
Press Releases • Apr 02, 2019 10:00 BST
Lothian MSP Miles Briggs – Scotland’s shadow cabinet secretary for health and sport – has joined engineers on the streets of Edinburgh to explore how better broadband could revolutionise e-healthcare. Openreach is building the next generation of broadband in the city - future-proof, ‘full-fibre’ services at speeds up to 1Gbps* - with more than 30,000 homes and businesses now able to connect.
John Swinney MSP connects with high-speed broadband
Press Releases • Apr 01, 2019 10:00 BST
Perthshire North MSP John Swinney has been shadowing Openreach engineers to see the progress of high-speed broadband locally, including the next generation of technology. During the field visit the Deputy First Minister visited a new ‘full-fibre’ network in Innerleithen Way in Perth, where he watched a step-by-step demo of how it’s installed.
Vale of Glamorgan community pull together for ultrafast broadband
Press Releases • Mar 28, 2019 07:00 GMT
A partnership between local residents and Openreach is to make high-speed fibre broadband available to a rural community in the Vale of Glamorgan.
John Lamont MP connects with high-speed broadband
Press Releases • Mar 25, 2019 10:00 GMT
Borders MP John Lamont has been shadowing Openreach engineers in his constituency to see the progress of high-speed broadband locally. The MP heard about the next generation of broadband technology – future-proof, ‘full-fibre’ services capable of carrying speeds up to 1Gbps* – and how engineers are using innovative new techniques to bring more reliable, faster broadband to rural communities.
Drone sends broadband speeds flying high in Greater Manchester
Press Releases • Mar 20, 2019 11:13 GMT
Engineers bringing some of the fastest broadband speeds in the UK to Greater Manchester have drafted in a DRONE to fly cable across a stretch of canal.
Digital Rutland and Openreach launch broadband boost campaign
Press Releases • Mar 05, 2019 11:49 GMT
It’s hoped a new video and community workshops highlighting the benefits of faster broadband speeds will encourage more people in Rutland to check if they’re able to upgrade.
The reach widens for superfast broadband
Press Releases • Feb 27, 2019 11:47 GMT
A new campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the increased coverage of superfast broadband across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington.
Rhoda Grant MSP connects with high-speed broadband
Press Releases • Feb 25, 2019 13:00 GMT
Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant has been out in the field with Openreach engineers to see the progress of high-speed broadband and customer service in the Highlands and Islands. The MSP also heard about 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*.
Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband celebrates latest fibre broadband availability across Scotland
Press Releases • Feb 25, 2019 12:00 GMT
More premises across Scotland can now upgrade to faster fibre broadband through the £442 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout. More premises in more remote areas are now able to connect and the Digital Scotland take-up rates currently stands at 48%. However this still means hundreds of thousands of people could be benefitting, but aren’t.
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.