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Industry welcomes Openreach FTTP ambition
Industry welcomes Openreach FTTP ambition.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0293V BT Group PLC 31 October 2017 \n\n Tuesday, October 31, 2017\n \nIndustry welcomes Openreach ambition to build\na large FTTP broadband network\n \n· First major confidential consultation led by a more independent Openreach\n· Communications Providers (CPs) agree - Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology would future-proof Britain's digital infrastructure \n· Several enablers needed to make the plan viable, including 'FTTP switchover' and a supportive policy and regulatory environment\n· Deciding how to recover costs fairly will be critical \n· Some CPs are interested in co-investment and risk sharing models\n \nThe UK's Communications Providers have welcomed the ambition of Openreach, Britain's digital network business, to build a large-scale Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the country. There is also broad agreement that FTTP would safeguard the UK's position as a leading digital economy - but to make the investment viable, a number of key enablers will need to be put in place through close co-operation among the communications industry, Ofcom and Government.\nOpenreach, which builds and maintains the millions of miles of wires and cables that connect Britain's homes, businesses and devices to the internet, has been consulting its wholesale customers - Communications Providers such as Sky, TalkTalk, BT and Vodafone, and hundreds of others represented by the Federation of Communications Services. It wants to see if there's enough demand for a large FTTP network that could deliver Gigabit speeds and more reliable broadband services for decades to come.\nThe consultation, which was open to all CPs and ran from mid-July to the end of September, found that there is broad support for Openreach to build a large-scale FTTP network which would bring substantial benefits for all, including better, more predictable services and faster, more consistent broadband speeds. It also highlighted significant ...