[zdnet] BT is planning to double the pace of its forthcoming next-generation broadband fibre rollout, bringing up to 100Mbps broadband within reach of more than a million premises next year.
CEO Ian Livingston said a faster fibre rollout would help it safeguard jobs.
Last year, BT announced it would spend £1.5bn by 2012 to fund a fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) rollout aimed at hooking up 40 per cent of UK homes and businesses, some 10 million premises.
But in a statement following its Q4 financial report yesterday, Livingston said the company would look at ways of speeding up this rollout.
He said: "We will examine doubling the pace of the rollout of super-fast broadband next year within existing capital expenditure plans, bringing fibre-based services within the reach of more than a million homes and businesses and securing the jobs of a thousand BT people."
BT to speed up next-gen broadband rollout
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment