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Beyond BDUK: Openreach sets clock ticking on connecting hardest-to-reach

2026-09-18T12:33:00

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Source: Openreach

Openreach strategist Richard Allwood warns that government‑funded work on reaching the final 10% of the UK population with ultrafast services needs to be undertaken before commercial build demobilisation and copper network switchoff gather pace.

This article includes:

  • Organisations: Agile Networks; BDUK; BT; BT Group; Building Digital UK; CityFibre; Communications Workers Union; DAERA; Department for the Economy; Department for Science, Innovation & Technology; DSIT; Fibrus; Fibrus Networks; Juniper; nexfibre; Nokia; Ofcom; Openreach; Project Stratum; Quickline; Terrapinn
  • Geographies: Europe; United Kingdom (UK).
  • People: Conal Henry; Richard Allwood; Simon Holden
  • Themes: altnet; alternative networks; broadband vouchers; commercial build; connectivity; copper network; copper switchoff; deregulation; digital economy; digital infrastructure; fibre infrastructure; fibre rollout; fibre-to-the-home; FTTH; gigabit broadband; gigabit-capable broadband; GPON; government subsidies; hard-to-reach premises; infrastructure subsidy; last-mile connectivity; network build; OLT devices; Project Gigabit; public funding; rural broadband; supply chain; telecommunications; ultrafast broadband; ultrafast services; unique property reference number; UPRN

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