{"id":37013,"date":"2024-01-31T07:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T07:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=37013"},"modified":"2024-01-31T08:05:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:05:43","slug":"openreach-bring-fttp-broadband-to-half-of-all-premises-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/01\/openreach-bring-fttp-broadband-to-half-of-all-premises-in-wales.html","title":{"rendered":"Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to Half of All Premises in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Network access provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) has revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) broadband ISP network has now been deployed to cover 50% of properties in Wales. The coverage equates to a total of 816,000 premises (up from 700k in July 2023) and reflects an investment of \u00a3240m+ (up from \u00a3210m).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The deployment forms part of the operator&#8217;s wider <strong>\u00a315bn<\/strong> investment to cover 25 million UK premises (80%+ of the UK) with their full fibre network by December 2026, including 6.2 million in rural and semi-rural areas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/05\/openreach-boost-rural-fttp-broadband-build-to-6m-uk-premises.html\">here<\/a>), and they aspire to potentially reach up to 30 million by 2030. So far the operator has already completed coverage for over 12.5 million premises and Wales clearly accounts for a notable chunk of that effort.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> has a workforce of around 2,300 people in Wales.<\/div>\n<p>Most of the rollout in Wales reflects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>\u2019s commercial deployment, but that has also been complemented by their \u00a352.5m state-aid supported Phase 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/broadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Superfast Cymru<\/strong><\/a> contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/welshgov\" target=\"_blank\">Welsh Government<\/a>, which recently completed and ultimately helped to add around 44,000 premises to the above total (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/12\/openreach-extend-fttp-to-44k-premises-in-wales-under-gov-contract.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Openreach notes that a total of 277,000 households and businesses in Wales have already upgraded to harness the new network, which equates to a strong take-up rate of 33.95%.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Kim Mears, Chair of the Openreach Wales Board, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is tremendous news for Wales. Having fast reliable connectivity that will be fit for the future is a huge game-changer in terms of how families live their lives, how our children learn and how our businesses prosper.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the largest employers in Wales our engineers are building our full fibre network in communities where we ourselves live and work so to think that half of Wales can now access ultrafast broadband thanks to Openreach\u2019s full fibre network naturally gives us all a feeling of great pride.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s brilliant to reach 50% coverage across Wales, and a huge thank you must go to our hard working engineers and build partners who\u2019ve helped make it happen. But we\u2019re not stopping there\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The operator hasn&#8217;t said precisely how many premises in Wales they expect to reach over the next few years, but work is known to be continuing on the ground in places like St Asaph, Ebbw Vale and Tenby as well as Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and other towns and villages up and down the country.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Buckley in Flintshire is said to have the highest coverage in Wales, with more than 9 out of every 10 properties able to upgrade to full fibre broadband today. Openreach has also included somewhat of a top 20 list, albeit without any substantiation in terms of premises passed or % figures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Openreach&#8217;s Top 20 Full Fibre Hotspots in Wales<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>County<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Buckley<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Flintshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Old Colwyn<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Conwy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Llangennech<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Carmarthenshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Caergwrle<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Flintshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Burry Port<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Carmarthenshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Criccieth<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Gwynedd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Mostyn<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Flintshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Denbigh<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Denbighshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Penmaenmawr<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Conwy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Connahs Quay<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Flintshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Flint<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Flintshire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Cross Keys<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Caerphilly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Llanymynech<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Montgomeryshire\/Powys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Penygroes<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Gwynedd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">15<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Rhymney<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Caerphilly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">16<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Barry<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Vale of Glamorgan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">17<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Porthmadog<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Gwynedd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">18<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Aberconwy<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Conwy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">19<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Blaenau Ffestiniog<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Gwynedd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">20<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Llandudno<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Conwy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Going forward, many premises in Wales are still poorly served by gigabit-capable broadband, but that should shrink further as a result of commercial builds (e.g. Openreach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/netomnia\" target=\"_blank\">Netomnia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/nexfibre\" target=\"_blank\">nexfibre<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/spectruminternet\" target=\"_blank\">Ogi<\/a> are all busy). Meanwhile, most of those that are left will hopefully be tackled through the gigabit voucher scheme and community fund, while the rest might have to wait for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/gov-starts-gbp5bn-uk-gigabit-broadband-and-voucher-schemes.html\">\u00a35bn Project Gigabit<\/a><\/strong> programme (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/04\/327174-premises-in-wales-need-help-to-get-gigabit-broadband.html\">Welsh Plan<\/a>) to spring into life.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Project Gigabit. Areas across North West Wales, Mid Wales and South East Wales are being included in a cross regional procurement (aka \u2013 Type C) that recently launched (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/07\/bduk-start-procurement-on-cross-regional-uk-gigabit-broadband-rollout.html\">here<\/a>). In addition, the team are planning a separate cross-regional procurement in North and South West Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Type C procurements will appoint a single supplier to target premises (i.e. subsidise the design, build and operation of a new gigabit network) in areas where no or no appropriate market interest has been expressed before, or areas that have been de-scoped or terminated from a prior plan. Such procurements tend to favour the appointment of a single large supplier.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the WG appear to be exploring a \u00a370m project of their own (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/05\/wales-hints-at-70m-broadband-upgrade-for-84000-premises.html\">here<\/a>), but the details on that remain extremely thin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now been deployed to cover 50% of properties in Wales. The coverage equates to a total of 816,000 premises (up from 700k in July 2023) and reflects an investment of \u00a3240m+ (up from \u00a3210m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[471,56,69,38,1997,71],"class_list":["post-37013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bduk","tag-fttp","tag-bt-openreach","tag-politics","tag-uk-gigabit-programme","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/111849510276966381","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to Half of All Premises in Wales - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Network access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now been\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/01\/openreach-bring-fttp-broadband-to-half-of-all-premises-in-wales.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to Half of All Premises in Wales - 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