By John Glenday

Britain’s ultrafast broadband network is in line for a significant upgrade with the opening of discussions between Vodafone and BT’s Openreach with a view to establish a joint investment strategy to introduce ultrafast fibre-optic broadband around the country.

By pooling resources both providers believe they can fast track the replacement of outdated copper telephone lines with fibre-optic equivalents, bringing with it a host of speed and efficiency improvements for broadband customers along its length.

The cost of installing new lines has fallen but is still expected to run into billions of pounds, making the arrival of Read full story ›

Source: The Drum