AllPoints Fibre Partners with Sky Business Wholesale to Share UK Ethernet
The AllPoints Fibre Network (APFN), which is a wholesale platform that aggregates connectivity from several different UK full fibre networks, has today announced that they’ve signed a new partnership with Sky’s business broadband and wholesale division – Sky Business Wholesale – to make their Ethernet services available through APFN’s aquila platform.
The partnership means APFN’s partners, such as various retail ISPs, can now consume Sky’s Ethernet solutions directly through aquila, with no additional development, integrations, or operational overhead. Services appear alongside APFN’s existing business and consumer FTTP broadband products, all managed through a single platform.
The pace of the integration is also notable, since APFN says they signed the agreement with Sky in December 2025 and had then deployed new Ethernet services onto aquila by the end of January 2026 – just over six weeks, Christmas included.
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Nisreen El-Kaloush, Chief Commercial Officer at APFN, said:
“Our partners want reliable Ethernet services, national coverage, and a platform that doesn’t slow them down. Bringing Sky Business Wholesale onto aquila delivers all three in a simple way with no extra development needed. It gives partners more confidence when designing solutions and bidding for business, without adding complexity behind the scenes.”
Sam Weller, Head of Wholesale Services at Sky Business Wholesale, said:
“This partnership is about enabling better outcomes for APFN’s partners. Sky’s network strength, combined with APFN’s orchestration through aquila, removes friction and helps customers scale confidently across the UK.”
Sky Business Wholesale Ethernet services are typically delivered across the combined national Openreach and ITS Technology network footprints, providing coverage across major UK cities and key business locations. Sky’s 100Gbps-ready network currently spans more than 2,800 Ethernet-enabled exchanges, with widespread 10G-capable services.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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Perhaps they could spare some time to sort out their own lousy network that you still can’t order retail connections on 8 months after they said they had completed the integration. In fact you have not been able to order connections for a year now as they stopped taking orders when they started the integration process.
Cool, but… is anyone buying from APFN? I can’t find any ISPs offering service over the ex- Swish, Giganet, or Jurassic Fibre networks.
It seems like APFN are making a lot of noise but not actually getting much done. Their accounts show that they’re bleeding money (although the highest paid director appears to have enjoyed a nice pay rise). When is this failing business going to turn around?