Belfast ISP Barclay Communications Signs Fibrus Wholesale Broadband Deal

Belfast-based IT and internet provider Barclay Communications, which mostly serves business customers, has reportedly reached a new wholesale partnership that will enable them to reach businesses across Northern Ireland via Fibrus’ new full fibre (FTTP) broadband network.

According to a report on Business Eye, business customers of Barclay Comms will now benefit from “support to order, install and manage full fibre connectivity that was previously difficult or unavailable in many areas“. The move appears to largely reflect the 81,000+ premises that Fibrus reached as part of their £200m (public subsidy) Project Stratum contract in N.Ireland (here), although they also covered many more premises via their commercial build too.

The operator’s full fibre infrastructure currently covers over 450,000 UK premises and around 332,700 of those are in N.Ireland.

John Roulston, Sales Director at Barclay Comms, said:

“Many organisations know faster broadband exists but are unsure what they can access, who to speak to or how disruptive the process will be. By partnering with Fibrus, we can bring full fibre to more businesses and manage everything on their behalf. It means one conversation, a single supplier and ongoing local support, rather than multiple touchpoints and unnecessary complexity.

We are delighted that this partnership allows us to speak to more organisations across Northern Ireland and help accelerate their technology, WiFi and IT. Barclay Communications shares the same goal as Fibrus, which is to bring the highest speeds to businesses and support their growth.

Our teams will be notifying organisations when fibre is available through various campaigns and we encourage businesses to get in touch to find out more and check availability. To mark the launch, we are also offering six months’ free broadband, giving organisations the opportunity to reinvest those savings into their operations, people and future growth.”