CityFibre UK Finish Primary £15m FTTP Broadband Rollout in Wokingham

Network operator CityFibre, which has so far built their 5.5Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 4.4 million UK premises (4.2m Ready for Service), has today confirmed the completion of their “primary” £15 million build across the market town of Wokingham in Berkshire (England).

CityFibre originally started this deployment at the end of 2022 (here). The operator’s new network has since laid 1,211km of dense full fibre and is now ready for service to over 19,000 homes, covering around 82% of local homes and most businesses in the town.

While the primary-build is now complete, CityFibre said they would continue to explore opportunities to connect more homes and businesses, including flats, new-build homes, business parks and homes on private roads.

Neil Madle, Partnership Manager at CityFibre, said:

“Our completed rollout in Wokingham represents an exciting leap forward for digital connectivity across the town. With the UK’s top-tier digital infrastructure now in place, residents, businesses, and public institutions will benefit for generations to come.

Wokingham is a town full of opportunity and ambition, making it a key project for us. Full fibre is essential to the long-term growth of the UK market, and we look forward to building on our success, driving the town’s future economic development.”

The operator’s main gigabit-capable broadband rivals in the town are Openreach (BT) and Virgin Media (inc. nexfibre), which both have modest to very good coverage of the area. But a number of alternative networks also have some smaller patches of coverage in the town, such as Glide, Hyperoptic and Trooli etc.

CityFibre, which has so far attracted 550,000 (March 2025) live customers and have nearly upgraded their entire network to 10Gbps capable XGS-PON technology (here), currently still aspires to cover up to 8 million UK premises with their new full fibre network (funded by c.£2.4bn in equity, c.£4.9bn debt and nearly £1bn of BDUK / public subsidy) – representing c.30% of the UK. But quite when they’ll reach that point is unclear.