FTTP buyer’s guide: consolidation rife among UK altnets
Joe Purnell and Alex Birkhead2022-11-16T10:18:00
Fibre-building upstarts and established incumbents target multimillion-premises infrastructure within next several years, putting M&A on agenda for many.
- In-depth market scan, analysing top-40 players.
- Private equity playing its part, chaining together regional altnets.
- Challenges lie in funding, overbuild, regulation, competition.
- Altnet FTTP connection rate now significantly lagging premises passed (and Openreach comparable).