
Alternative network operator and ISP Trooli, which have deployed their full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 460,000 premises across parts of England and some of Scotland (up from 448k in Sept 2025), has today revealed that their recently established wholesale partnership with PXC (formerly TalkTalk Wholesale) is now “ready to trade at scale“.
Just to recap. Trooli’s gigabit broadband network can currently be found in various towns and large semi-rural villages across parts of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk, West Sussex and Wiltshire in England. As well as parts of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and Fife in Scotland (formerly part of Axione UK’s network, before the merger – here).
The provider signed a wholesale partnership with PlatformX Communications (PXC) in March 2025 (here), which allowed PXC to provide their clients (e.g. other ISPs and networks) with more connectivity options on the new network and also gave Trooli the possibility of being able to grow take-up through a wider base of supporting retail providers.
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However, no new products were offered via PXC at the time of the announcement because they would first take time to develop and introduce, which is why today’s update is so important. “I’m delighted to say we are now ready to welcome PXC’s end customers on our network,” said Andy Conibere, CEO at Trooli.
Andy Conibere, CEO at Trooli, said:
“Since we announced the start of the partnership earlier this year, our highly experienced teams have been working hard on the integration needed to deliver the opportunities that Trooli and PXC working together will provide. Our high-performing FTTP network is built for the people who would otherwise be left struggling with inferior broadband access and I’m delighted to say we are now ready to welcome PXC’s end customers on our network. We look forward to the exciting next phase of business growth.”
James Smith, CEO of PXC, said:
“Trooli is an instrumental part of our AltNet aggregation strategy. We’re delighted with the progress made and are now in the final stages of integration, positioning us to scale early next year. With Trooli’s strong presence in rural and semi-rural areas, we’ll be able to deliver reliable full-fibre broadband to even more communities, driving the best connectivity in regions that were previously underserved.”
We should point out that the original announcement saw PXC state that their first products on Trooli’s network would be ready to go during Q2 2025, but it’s obviously taken a little bit longer than planned to get that part sorted out.
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460k premises, but how many are overbuilt?
I’m in an area with OR, CF and Trooli. Who will PXC prefer? An easy choice to eliminate OR unless the customer is extremely reluctant to have a new physical install, or is in an MDU where OR is the only option. But between CF and Trooli…?
It’s a fair question and that will come down to the competitive commercial differences at wholesale, albeit primarily a choice for the retail ISP rather than the wholesale provider.
When Zen signed up with Trooli there was very little overbuild with Openreach in fact most of the Trooli network was not overbuilt at all. That was about a year ago.
Broadband, the preferred option will be the cheapest. Ethernet – PXC offer the partner the choice of who to choose in their portal. It’s a pretty easy business model.
I live in an area serviced by OR Trooli and Nextfibre. Zen offer Trooli only on the web site, they may offer OR via a phone IDNet offer Trooli first with a link to OR at the bottom of the page