BT GROUP PLC 
By Openreach announces latest phase of fibre roll-out
A further 178 exchanges added to the programme
Openreach today added a further 178 exchanges to its fibre deployment programme. These exchanges 1 - the majority of which will be enabled in 2012 - cover more than 1.8 million homes and businesses.
Once these and previously announced exchanges have been upgraded, Openreach will have completed around 80 per cent of its commercial fibre footprint. This footprint will cover two thirds of UK premises by the end of 2014. More than six million homes and businesses already have access.
Olivia Garfield, CEO of Openreach, said: "We continue to make tremendous strides with our fibre programme. Super-fast broadband is already within reach of more than six million premises today and we are on track to pass ten million premises next year.
"Our ambitions do not stop there. We will make fibre available to two thirds of UK premises by the end of 2014 2 and we want to go even further. It is important that as many premises as possible have access to fibre and so we will bid for the BDUK 3 funds that are available. Our experience in deploying fibre networks at scale and the fact that our open, wholesale network allows competition to thrive in an area makes Openreach an ideal partner for these local/regional broadband initiatives."
Openreach is transforming broadband speeds across the UK. The current average downstream speed is 6.8Mbps 4 but Openreach's mainstream fibre broadband product delivers speeds of up to 40Mbps and these will roughly double in 2012 5. The business has also launched a much faster variant in certain locations that will offer speeds of up to 300Mbps in Spring 2012. All Openreach's fibre products offer upstream speeds that are significantly faster than those experienced today.
Openreach believes government funds - being administered by BDUK - could release further public and private investment that could make fibre available to more than 90 per cent of premises within five to six years.
The wider deployment of fibre - together with further technological innovation - could see most premises have access to speeds of 100Mbps or above and broadband "slow spots" largely eradicated.
Unlike other companies, Openreach offers network access to service providers on an equivalent wholesale basis, supporting a competitive market. For further information on Openreach's super-fast broadband programme visit www.superfast-openreach.co.uk
1These include 17 new locations in Cornwall that will be upgraded to fibre as part of the Superfast Cornwall project which uses funding from both BT and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
* BT's deployment plans are subject to an acceptable environment for investment.
2 Due to the current network topography, and the economics of deployment, it is likely that a small minority of premises within the selected exchange areas will not initially be able to be served by fibre-based broadband. Openreach is actively looking at alternative solutions for these locations.
3 Broadband Delivery UK.
4 Ofcom Broadband Speeds Report, published 27 July, 2011
5 Actual headline speeds received will vary depending on individual customer line lengths.
ENDS
Notes to Editors:
List of new exchanges included in next phases of BT's commercial fibre deployment:
ABERDEEN BALGOWNIE | Scotland |
ABERDEEN KINCORTH | Scotland |
ABERDEEN LOCHNAGAR | Scotland |
ABERDEEN PORTLETHEN | Scotland |
ABERDEEN WEST | Scotland |
ABERGAVENNY | Wales |
AINTREE | North West |
ALLOA | Scotland |
ARBROATH | Scotland |
ARDROSSAN- SALTCOATS | Scotland |
ARDWICK | North West |
ARKWRIGHT | East Midlands |
ARNOLD | East Midlands |
ASHINGTON; NORTHUMBERLAND | North East |
ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD | North West |
BARGOED | Wales |
BARNWOOD | South West |
BASSETT | South East |
BEDMINSTER | South West |
BILSTON | West Midlands |
BISHOPSWORTH | South West |
BLYTH; NORTHUMBERLAND | North East |
BOOTLE; MERSEYSIDE | North West |
BOROUGH GREEN | South East |
BOURNE | East Midlands |
BRAUNSTONE | East Midlands |
BRIDGERULE | South West |
BRIERLEY HILL | West Midlands |
BRIGG | Yorkshire and The Humber |
BRITON FERRY | Wales |
BULWELL | East Midlands |
CAERLEON | Wales |
CHICHESTER | South East |
CHURCHTOWN | North West |
CIRENCESTER | South West |
CLEVELEYS | North West |
CONSETT | North East |
COSHAM | South East |
COWES | South East |
CROSSGATES | Yorkshire and The Humber |
DALTON-IN-FURNESS | North West |
DE- FAIRMUIR DE- | Scotland |
DEVONPORT | South West |
DEWSBURY | Yorkshire and The Humber |
DORCHESTER | South West |
DRIFFIELD | Yorkshire and The Humber |
DRINGHOUSES | Yorkshire and The Humber |
DUMBARTON | Scotland |
DUMFRIES | Scotland |
DUNDEE BAXTER | Scotland |
EASTBOURNE PEVENSEY MARINA | South East |
EASTVILLE | South West |
ECCLESFIELD | Yorkshire and The Humber |
EDINBURGH ABBEYHILL | Scotland |
EDINBURGH GRANTON | Scotland |
EDINBURGH LEITH | Scotland |
EDINBURGH LIBERTON | Scotland |
EDINBURGH PORTOBELLO | Scotland |
EDINBURGH SOUTH QUEENSFERRY | Scotland |
EDINBURGH WESTER HAILES | Scotland |
EMSWORTH | South East |
EXMOUTH | South West |
FAREHAM | South East |
FARINGDON | South East |
FERNWOOD | South West |
FORDHOUSES | West Midlands |
GAINSBOROUGH | East Midlands |
GEDLING | East Midlands |
GLASGOW BARRHEAD | Scotland |
GLASGOW BELL | Scotland |
GLASGOW CAMBUSLANG | Scotland |
GLASGOW DOUGLAS | Scotland |
GLASGOW IBROX | Scotland |
GLASGOW POLLOK | Scotland |
GLASGOW SOUTH | Scotland |
GLASGOW SPRINGBURN | Scotland |
GLOUCESTER | South West |
GOREBRIDGE | Scotland |
GRANTHAM | East Midlands |
GREAT CROSBY | North West |
GREENOCK | Scotland |
HAVANT | South East |
HEMSWORTH | Yorkshire and The Humber |
HENBURY | South West |
HEREFORD | West Midlands |
HESKETH BANK | North West |
HIGHWAY | West Midlands |
HINDLEY | North West |
HOOK | South East |
HORBURY/ OSSETT | Yorkshire and The Humber |
HORSELEY FIELDS | West Midlands |
HUCKNALL | East Midlands |
HUNSLET | Yorkshire and The Humber |
HUYTON | North West |
ILKESTON | East Midlands |
KEIGHLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber |
KENDAL | North West |
KETTERING | East Midlands |
KILMARNOCK | Scotland |
KINGSWOOD | South West |
KIRKCALDY | Scotland |
LEICESTER | East Midlands |
LEVEN; FIFE | Scotland |
LIVINGSTON | Scotland |
LLANDAFF | Wales |
LOUTH | East Midlands |
LYE | West Midlands |
LYMINGTON | South East |
MANSFIELD | East Midlands |
MIDLAND | West Midlands |
MOLD | Wales |
MONTFORT | East Midlands |
MORRISTON | Wales |
NEW MILTON | South East |
NEWARK | East Midlands |
NEWBRIDGE; GWENT | Wales |
NEWCASTLE- UNDER-LYME | West Midlands |
NEWPORT; GWENT | Wales |
NEWPORT; ISLE OF WHITE | South East |
NEWTON ABBOT | South West |
NORTHALLERTON | Yorkshire and The Humber |
PENN; WEST MIDLANDS | West Midlands |
PETERLEE | North East |
PONTYPOOL | Wales |
PONTYPRIDD | Wales |
POOLE | South West |
PRESTATYN | Wales |
RETFORD | East Midlands |
ROATH | Wales |
RYDE | South East |
SCARBOROUGH | Yorkshire and The Humber |
SCUNTHORPE | Yorkshire and The Humber |
SELBY | Yorkshire and The Humber |
SILEBY | East Midlands |
SKELMANTHORPE | Yorkshire and The Humber |
SKETTY | Wales |
SMALLBROOK | West Midlands |
SOUTH ELMSALL | Yorkshire and The Humber |
SOUTH SHIELDS | North East |
SPALDING MARKET | East Midlands |
ST. BARNABAS | East Midlands |
ST. HELENS | North West |
STANLEY; CO DURHAM | North East |
STOKESLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber |
STONEHAVEN | Scotland |
STOURBRIDGE | West Midlands |
SUTTON IN ASHFIELD | East Midlands |
TEIGNMOUTH | South West |
TELFORD WELLINGTON | West Midlands |
TEWKESBURY | South West |
TOLL BAR | West Midlands |
TONYPANDY | Wales |
WALLSEND | North East |
WESTON- SUPER- MARE | South West |
WICKERSLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber |
WIDNES | North West |
WIGAN | North West |
WOODHOUSE | Yorkshire and The Humber |
WREXHAM | Wales |
YEOVIL | South West |
BOLDON | Yorkshire and The Humber |
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