CityFibre Deal Extends FTTP Broadband to 5,000 Extra Bracknell Homes

Network operator CityFibre has announced that they’ve signed a key wayleave agreement (land / property access) with Silva homes, which will see them add another 5,000 homes to their full fibre (FTTP) network coverage in the Berkshire (England) town of Bracknell (they’re already investing £20m on a larger deployment there).

The work will form part of CityFibre’s wider effort to cover up to 8 million UK premises (funded by c.£2.4bn in equity and c.£4.9bn debt) – across over 285 cities, towns and villages (c.30% of the UK) – by the end of 2025 (here). The operator has so far covered a total of 2.5 million premises (passing 22,000 premises per week), but only 2.2 million of those are currently considered to be ‘Ready for Service‘ by an ISP.

Tim Hall, Lead Asset Partner (Planned Works) at Silva Homes, said: “Bracknell is currently undergoing a huge transformation of its digital infrastructure which will benefit residents for years to come. This arrangement will provide many of our customers’ homes with the option of accessing high speed, full fibre broadband.”