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Openreach hoovers up more Project Gigabit deals after altnets pull out

2026-04-14T14:40:00

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Source: Openreach

Openreach picks up subsidised build after Freedom Fibre and FullFibre withdraw. Move comes as altnets continue to pull out of Project Gigabit arrangements amidst financial constraints…

This article includes:

  • Organisations: Building Digital UK (BDUK); CityFibre; Connect Fibre; Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT); Freedom Fibre; FullFibre; Gigaclear; GoFibre; Openreach; Quickline; Voneus; Wessex Internet; Wildanet.
  • Geographies: Europe; United Kingdom (UK).
  • People: Andy Nash.
  • Themes: Altnets; Build costs; Fibre (FTTP); Fibrecos; Financial constraints; Funding; Government subsidies; Infrastructure; Investment; Rural connectivity; Subsidised rollout; Telecoms infrastructure.

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