Network Provider Brsk Plans FTTP Broadband Rollout for England

A new Bath-based network operator called Brsk Limited has just cropped up with tentative plans to deploy a new “open access” Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to UK homes and businesses, albeit initially starting in the “north of England” rather than the south, where it’s based.

The operator first came to our attention as part of a request for Code Powers from Ofcom (here), which are often sought by new and existing operators in order to help speed-up the deployment of new networks and cut costs by reducing the number of licenses needed for related street works across the United Kingdom.

As usual the request itself doesn’t reveal much about their plans and the website appears to be a holding page for a future service launch, although they’re likely to make some use of Openreach’s Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product and “intend to deploy [their] FTTP network in areas that are currently not served by such networks.”

According to Brsk’s Company Details, the operator was first incorporated on 4th August 2020 and they appear to be supported by private equity firm Advencap, which is based in Mauritius. As part of that they recently secured around £613,651 worth of shares to help get the ball rolling.

The company currently has four listed Directors, although only Abel Daniel SCHOEMAN is familiar to us as he is also a Director for the Cheshire based F&W Networks, which is currently quite well funded and busy deploying FTTP broadband to 10,000 premises around the town centre of Horsham in West Sussex (here). Suffice to say that Brsk looks to have a fairly solid starting base and we’ll no doubt hear more about their future plans soon.