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https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/07/cityfibre-uk-joins-european-alliance-to-boost-full-fibre-broadband.html

Fibre optic UK network builder Cityfibre has today announced that they’ve joined Deutsche Glasfaser, Open Fiber, Reykjavikur and SIRO as signatories of a new alliance, which aims to promote a wholesale-only build model and end the misuse of “fibre” terminology in consumer broadband ISP advertising.

Cityfibre has built or manages around 50 Dark Fibre style networks across the UK, which exist mostly in urban areas and are usually designed to cater for public sector sites and businesses. On top of that they’re currently also working with ISPs like Vodafone and TalkTalk in order to build out several large 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks for residential consumers.

Senior leaders from similar operators in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Iceland, as well as chief representatives from the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the FTTH Council Europe, met in Rome this week to discuss the future of the telecoms market and the barriers to deployment and uptake of the next-generation infrastructure. Apparently the result was today’s alliance.

    Greg Mesch, CEO of CityFibre, said:

    “Wholesale only has been at the heart of CityFibre’s strategy from day one. We are leading the rollout of full fibre infrastructure across the UK, deploying modern digital infrastructure to millions of homes and businesses, empowering all service providers, mobile operators and digital innovators.

    It is the new generation of fibre infrastructure operators that are building FTTH faster, quicker and cheaper than incumbent legacy operators, and CityFibre welcomes collaboration with our alliance partners across Europe.”