nexfibre’s Datta: ‘corner shop fibre’ is dead, the UK needs an infra megamart

Joe Purnell and Alex Birkhead2026-06-04T12:47:00

Source: nexfibre

Interview: proposed £2bn acquisition of Netomnia is sparking fierce debate across the UK broadband sector. With industry heavyweights trading blows over duopoly fears and infrastructure overlap, discover why CEO Rajiv Datta believes this consolidation is crucial to challenging Openreach.

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Themes: Broadband; Competition and Markets Authority (CMA); Consolidation; Debt; Duopoly; Fibre; Free cash flow; Hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC); Internet service provider (ISP); Merger and acquisition (M&A); Physical infrastructure access (PIA); Project Gigabit; Wholesale; XGS-PON.
People: Allison Kirkby; Jeremy Chelot; Mike Fries; Rajiv Datta; Simon Holden.
Geographic: United Kingdom (UK).
Organisations: Assembly Research; BT Group; Brsk; CityFibre; Competition and Markets Authority (CMA); InfraVia; Liberty Global; Netomnia; Openreach; Point Topic; Substantial Group; Telefónica; The Times; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); YouFibre; nexfibre.

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