{"id":27188,"date":"2021-06-02T07:30:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T06:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=27188"},"modified":"2021-06-04T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T10:35:00","slug":"upp-plan-gbp1bn-project-to-rollout-full-fibre-in-east-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/06\/upp-plan-gbp1bn-project-to-rollout-full-fibre-in-east-england.html","title":{"rendered":"Upp Plan GBP1bn Project to Rollout Full Fibre in East England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new broadband ISP and network builder called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upp<\/a> (formerly FibreMe) has today unveiled its plan to invest \u00a31 billion in order to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) network across 1 million premises in Eastern England by 2025. Hundreds of new jobs will also be created.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The provider first came to our attention at the end of 2020 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/12\/isps-exponential-e-connexin-and-fibre-me-plan-uk-fttp-rollout.html\">here<\/a>), when they were only known as <strong>Fibre Me<\/strong> and held a vague ambition to reach &#8220;<em>poorly served<\/em>&#8221; areas, such as those &#8220;<em>served only by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>\u2019s copper access network and with no meaningful competition from other providers<\/em>.&#8221; But at the time we knew precious little about the operator or their plans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The \u00a31bn appears to include c.\u00a3300m in equity and the rest is raised as debt.<\/div>\n<p>The good news is that they&#8217;ve now been able to move forward. In keeping with that, the entirety of the equity financing for their multi-year business plan is said to have already been &#8220;<em>fully committed<\/em>&#8221; by investment firm LetterOne, the management team, and the Board of Directors. A total of <strong>600 new jobs<\/strong> are expected to be created and the network will be supported by key suppliers including Nokia, Linksys, Fujikura and Salesforce.com.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement states that Upp&#8217;s contractors (none are named) are already building in towns across <strong>Norfolk<\/strong> and <strong>Lincolnshire<\/strong> in England, which is where a number of other alternative networks are also focused (e.g. County Broadband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/lsb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Lightspeed Broadband<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/b4rn\" target=\"_blank\">B4RN<\/a> etc.) and not to mention the big players, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>. Some use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s existing cable ducts is also planned (Physical Infrastructure Access).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Drew Ritchie, Upp&#8217;s CEO, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am thrilled to lead such a talented, dedicated and experienced team. We are excited to partner with an investor who not only matched our passion and ambition for the opportunity but is committed to developing the UK\u2019s digital infrastructure. I\u2019m delighted to say that LetterOne has more than met these criteria, backing the business with substantial funding that allows us to concentrate on delivering next level broadband to the communities that need it most.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Lord Davies of Abersoch, Chairman of LetterOne, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to partner with the Upp team to bring next level broadband to underserved regions of the UK. Every region of the UK has the potential to create breakthrough innovators, but no region can do this unless it is connected. We hope our substantial investment in connectivity will set Eastern England up to build back better for generations to come.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of writing, Upp has not said exactly where they&#8217;ve started building (beyond county level) or named their civil engineering contractors. The operator told ISPreview.co.uk they&#8217;re &#8220;<em>not intending on publishing locations or contractor names as this is not our style<\/em>,&#8221; which could make it harder for consumers to know what their plan is (albeit harder for rivals too).<\/p>\n<p>In any case, a build this big will surely not stay under the radar for long. Despite all this, it&#8217;s rare to see a previously unknown provider pop-up with a \u00a31bn build plan, which suggests that there&#8217;s still plenty of appetite in the market for such projects and that&#8217;s despite it becoming quite crowded. Equally, Upp appears to be backed by a few familiar names.<\/p>\n<p>The provider&#8217;s leadership team hails from the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>, Orange, Ericsson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/kcom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KCOM<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a>. The team includes industry veterans as independent directors and advisers: Robert Easton (former Partner of Carlyle) as the Chairman of Upp, Peter Kamphuis (founder of Deutsche Glasfaser and Reggefiber) focused on technology and network build, Pippa Dunn (former CMO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> and Orange UK) focused on branding and marketing, and founding investor Jason Goodall (Global CEO and board member of NTT Ltd, and member of the UK Investment Council).<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Conservative MP, Bob Seely, has raised some security concerns about the aforementioned project after it was noted that Letter One was co-founded by billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letterone.com\/about-us\/our-people\/our-people\/mikhail-fridman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mikhail Fridman<\/a>. Former British spy Christopher Steele is known to have accused him of having close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, although such claims have been denied and Mikhail also won a High Court libel case against Steele&#8217;s company Orbis over the claims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I do think in the UK, if we\u2019re serious about pushing back on potential malign influence, we need to be very careful. I do not understand what is happening in this case<\/em>,&#8221; said Bob Seely. However, Mikhail is currently only a minority shareholder in Letter One and there&#8217;s no suggestion that he has done anything wrong. Meanwhile, Upp&#8217;s project is being run by British management and no doubt they&#8217;ll be careful to select secure network suppliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new broadband ISP and network builder called Upp (formerly FibreMe) has today unveiled its plan to invest \u00a31 billion in order to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across 1 million premises in Eastern England by 2025. 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