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The powers can also help with supporting access to run new fibre via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) existing cable ducts and poles (PIA).<\/p>\n<p>However, Step Telecoms UK (10724266) is currently listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk\/company\/10724266\/filing-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Companies House<\/a> as being in a &#8220;<em>Dormant<\/em>&#8221; state, which usually means that it&#8217;s not doing any business (trading) and doesn&#8217;t yet have any other income. The business seems to have been in that state since shortly after it was first incorporated, all the way back in April 2017. But the new application suggests this may soon change.<\/p>\n<p>Digging deeper. One of the company&#8217;s two active Directors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jcoughlan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Coughlan<\/a>, appears to be a Director of another business at the same Sheffield address (Unit 3 Rotherside Road) called <strong>Oracy Ltd<\/strong>, which claims to be one of the &#8220;<em>leading service providers in both telecommunication and [the] electric vehicle charging industry<\/em>&#8220;. We did attempt to load the associated website at <a href=\"https:\/\/oracy.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/oracy.co.uk<\/a>, although it appears to have an invalid security (SSL) certificate. 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