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BT plan £50 million extension to fibre broadband rollout

BT says it will invest a further £50 million into the rollout of its fibre broadband programme across British cities in the next three years.

Although the telecoms provider has not confirmed locations yet, a spokesperson for the firm did not rule out extension of the network in the North East.

The works will become part of BT’s £3 billion project to provide fibre broadband to around 90% of the UK by 2015.

Areas that have previously missed out on fibre broadband coverage due to technical challenges could benefit from the new investment.

Mike Galvin, managing director of Network Investment at Openreach, said: “Our fibre programme is going extremely well with our engineers connecting homes and businesses across the UK. Some city areas have proved challenging in the past but we are returning to those and will pass hundreds of thousands of additional premises with fibre.

“We are reaching vast swathes of rural Britain with our public sector partners but we will upgrade these city areas under our own steam. Businesses in cities already have access to ultra-fast speeds but fibre will give them greater choice.

“The UK is already ahead of its main European rivals when it comes to fibre, and is set to race ahead thanks to the BDUK plans that are already in progress across the country.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .