| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.07.2025 | UK Fiber Future Forged: CityFibre Secures Billions, Targets Market Dominance | CityFibre recently secured a massive £2.3 billion funding round. This significant capital injection powers its aggressive UK fiber rollout plan. The company aims to cover 8 million homes, solidifying its lead among alternative network provi... |
| 18.07.2025 | CityFibre secures €2.6B for UK fibre rollout, tell Brussels why the 28th regime matters, and UK Tech Minister “too cosy” with Big Tech | This week we tracked more than 75 tech funding deals worth over €3.6 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 14.07.2025 | Британский оператор оптоволоконных сетей CityFibre привлекает £2,3 млрд | Согласно заявлению компании, около £500 млн из этой суммы поступят в виде акционерного капитала от текущих инвесторов, включая Goldman Sachs, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Mubadala Investment Co. и Interogo Holding. Это подтверждает ранее ... |
| 23.04.2025 | The Rise of Altnets: A New Era in UK Broadband | The UK broadband landscape is shifting. Alternative network operators, known as altnets, are carving out a significant niche. In 2024, nearly three-quarters of a million people switched to these independent providers. This marks a seismic s... |
| 16.04.2025 | UK Altnets Surge Despite Investor Caution and Economic Uncertainty | The UK’s independent network operators saw a significant increase in their market share over the last year, with almost three-quarters of a million people switching to altnets in 2024 according to the latest industry figures.
A study carrie... |
| 22.08.2024 | ‘It can be spaghetti out there’: can Cityfibre take on BT? | - |
| 03.02.2023 | Ofcom: Openreach Deals “Not Anti-competitive” | Ofcom has ruled to not intervene in new deals introduced by Openreach despite anti-competition claims.
The offer would introduce new wholesale pricing arrangement for the company’s full-fibre services.
Smaller companies called on Ofcom to p... |
| 31.10.2022 | Sabio Group’s ‘makepositive’ secures digital infrastructure builder CityFibre, on multi-year contract | makepositive Service Cloud image
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Sabio’s ‘makepositive’ to support CityFibre’s growth by implementing and maintaining Salesforce Marketing Cloud & ongoing CRM engagement expertise
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| 29.03.2022 | CityFibre, the UK’s largest provider of fibre infrastructure, has secured €354.53M from Mubadala | London-based CityFibre, a company claiming to be the UK’s largest independent fibre infrastructure provider, announced that it has raised £300M (nearly €354.53M) in a fresh round of funding from existing investor Mubadala Investment Company... |
| 20.03.2022 | CityFibre to get £300m investment from Abu Dhabi sovereign fund for broadband infrastructure rollout | One of the UAE’s biggest sovereign funds is set to plough a further £300m into the UK’s biggest fibre optic broadband company. |
| 28.02.2022 | Residents to Benefit from Edinburgh Broadband Roll-out | More than 65,000 homes and businesses now have better internet connectivity after a new Edinburgh broadband roll-out.
Scottish broadband provider CityFibre has hit a new milestone, now getting fast internet to thousands of Edinburgh residen... |
| 31.01.2022 | Full Fibre has arrived in Cambridge: why do I need it & how do I get it? | Full Fibre has arrived in Cambridge: why do I need it & how do I get it?
31-01-2022
Today, the internet touches almost every single aspect of how we live, work, socialise, shop, and play. Throughout a strange and difficult past few year... |
| 21.09.2021 |
CityFibre completes a £1.125bn financing in the largest ever capital raise for UK Full Fibre deployment. | London
CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent Full Fibre platform, has today confirmed it has secured £1.125bn in its latest capital raise. The financing, which is the largest capital raise ever dedicated to Full Fibre deployment in the UK... |
| 16.09.2021 | UK's CityFibre secures $1.55 billion of capital, including from UAE fund | The company, which is challenging BT in the race to build fibre, said the funds comprised 825 million pounds of equity and a 300 million increase in its banking facilities.
It said Abu Dhabi sovereign fund Mubadala Investment Company and In... |
| 19.08.2021 | How can we work together to tackle the digital divide? | How can we work together to tackle the digital divide?
19-08-2021
With lots of everyday services moving online, from healthcare to shopping, access to technology is becoming vital to our day to day lives. But some in society face major chal... |
| 10.05.2021 | Smarter entertainment: How full fibre can transform our downtime and upgrade our lives | Smarter entertainment: How full fibre can transform our downtime and upgrade our lives
10-05-2021
Rapid growth of home broadband has changed all of our lives and has had a transformative impact on the entertainment we consume.
Netflix, whic... |
| 12.11.2020 | DIGIT Deal Roundup Column | October 2020 | Investment and Funding METALtech UK
A metal fabrication SME METALtech UK was announced as the 100th recipient of the Scottish Government’s Digit Development Fund in October.
The Dundee-headquartered company is the latest in a line of firms ... |
| 21.10.2020 | Digital Transformation Project to Drive Dundee Smart City Ambitions | Broadband infrastructure firm CityFibre has begun plans to extend its current network in Dundee as part of a £40m private investment.
CityFibre’s construction work aims to get full-fibre into almost every home and business across the area, ... |
| 10.09.2020 | How CityFibre’s gigabit-capable broadband network will transform lives in Cambridge | How CityFibre’s gigabit-capable broadband network will transform lives in Cambridge
10-09-2020
We may be a nation suffering from Zoom fatigue, but if the last few months has shown us anything, it is just how important digital connectivity i... |
| 10.07.2020 | Peterborough’s digital transformation gathers momentum | Peterborough’s digital transformation gathers momentum
10-07-2020
The rollout of gigabit-capable full fibre infrastructure to nearly every home and business in Peterborough is picking up pace with CityFibre on track to complete work in half... |
| 23.06.2020 | CityFibre gets Green Light for Inverness Digital Transformation Project | Inverness has reached a major milestone in its digital transformation, with work now underway to create a full-fibre network to reach most homes and businesses in the city.
CityFibre is investing at least £20 million to deliver the project ... |
| 16.06.2020 | Infrastructure injection gives Milton Keynes University Hospital a clean bill of digital health | Infrastructure injection gives Milton Keynes University Hospital a clean bill of digital health
16-06-2020
IT services at Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) are now running at ground breaking speeds of five Gigabytes per second (Gbps)... |
| 02.06.2020 | Lite Access Technologies wins CityFibre contract as part of £20m investment in Cambridge | Lite Access Technologies wins CityFibre contract as part of £20m investment in Cambridge
02-06-2020
CityFibre, the UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform, has awarded Lite Access Technologies a city-wide build contract in Cambr... |
| 02.06.2020 | CityFibre’s guide to the top online platforms and apps for those working from home | CityFibre’s guide to the top online platforms and apps for those working from home
02-06-2020
In light of the Coronavirus, we are all getting used to the new normal that is everyday life. Phrases like ‘social distancing’ and ‘flattening the... |
| 06.05.2020 | Working from home? With full fibre we could all enjoy a more flexible future… | Working from home? With full fibre we could all enjoy a more flexible future…
06-05-2020
Over these past weeks, many of us will have adopted entirely new ways of doing everyday activities, such as attending meetings, completing coursework, ... |
| 09.07.2019 | Cambridge MP gets closer look at city’s digital transformation as full fibre project gathers pace | Cambridge MP gets closer look at city’s digital transformation as full fibre project gathers pace
09-07-2019
Cambridge’s digital transformation is now underway, with the first homes scheduled to connect to the gigabit capable full fibre net... |
| 09.07.2019 | Cambridge MP gets closer look at city’s digital transformation as full fibre project gathers pace | Cambridge’s digital transformation is now underway, with the first homes scheduled to connect to the gigabit capable full fibre network this autumn.
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner took a closer look on Friday (5th July) at construction now un... |
| 18.12.2018 | Cityfibre secures £1.12bn debt package to fund UK full-fibre rollout | |
| 20.11.2018 | CityFibre Breaks Ground in Stirling Digital Transformation Project | Almost every home and business across Stirling will be able to access ultrafast broadband connectivity, which is being delivered through a £10 million investment in partnership with Vodafone.
Households and businesses can expect their full-... |
| 05.10.2018 | CityFibre Edinburgh Broadband Project to Boost Connectivity | CityFibre will invest £100 million into Edinburgh as part of an ongoing commitment to bring ‘gold-standard’ connectivity to cities in the UK.
Working with Vodafone, the project aims to give every home and business in the UK access to next-g... |
| 03.10.2018 | DIGIT Deal Roundup – September 2018 | Funding The DataLab
The DataLab has secured £13.5 million in funding from the Scottish Government following a successful first phase of activity. It has created and led a number of education programmes and events, as well as providing suppo... |
| 02.10.2018 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers September 2018 | Recruitment LendingCrowd
Sir Sandy Crombie, former CEO of Standard Life and senior independent director at Royal Bank of Scotland, has joined the LendingCrowd as chairman.
Commenting on the announcement, he said: “LendingCrowd has made impr... |
| 24.07.2018 | Commsworld Secures Exclusive Access to CityFibre Networks | Commsworld has announced exclusive access to long-distance fibre networks from CityFibre and Zayo, a move that will enable the company to build its own national optical core network and propel it toward becoming one of the UK’s largest priv... |
| 03.07.2018 | DIGIT Deal Roundup – June 2018 | Acquisitions Incremental Group
Glasgow-based digital technology services company Incremental Group, has acquired Gap Consulting, a Microsoft Gold Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Partner.
This acquisition takes Incremental’s headcount... |
| 02.07.2018 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers JUNE 2018 | Recruitment Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria Scotland has announced that its Scottish regional director Alison McLaughlin is being seconded to the Scottish government to help realise its digital transformation ambitions.
Stepping up to take the re... |
| 22.06.2018 | CityFibre Acquisition Complete, Company De-Lists From AIM | The acquisition of fibre optic broadband infrastructure provider CityFibre, which was announced in April 2018, has been completed.
The CityFibre shares were acquired by Connect Infrastructure Bidco Limited, a newly formed company indirectly... |
| 13.06.2018 | CityFibre Wins Court Approval in ‘Fake Fibre’Fight | CityFibre has been granted permission by the High Court to proceed with its judicial review of the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) ruling regarding the use of ‘fibre’ in broadband advertising.
In November 2017, the ASA confirmed tha... |
| 04.05.2018 | DIGIT Deal Roundup: April 2018 | CityFibre
CityFibre, the fibre-optics infrastructure company which is currently building networks across Scotland has agreed to a £538 million takeover. Antin Infrastructure Fund partnered with Goldman Sach’s-backed West Street Infrastructu... |
| 24.04.2018 | CityFibre Agrees to £538m Takeover | CityFibre, the fibre-optics broadband infrastructure company, which is building networks in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Stirling, has agreed to a £538 million ($750m) takeover deal.
A consortium of infrastructure funds will pay investo... |
| 23.04.2018 | Aberdeen’s Full Fibre Transformation to Deliver Major Economic Growth | According to researchers at Regeneris, Aberdeen’s homeowners and the wider property market can expect a welcome boost after a spell of falling house prices. Up to £67 million could be added to the value of local homes, as access to reliable... |
| 02.02.2018 | Edinburgh to be one of the First to Benefit from Openreach’s ‘Fibre First’ Programme | Openreach, the firm that manages the UK’s broadband infrastructure, has just announced that it aims to bring ultrafast broadband to three million premises across the UK by the end of 2020. Previously it had aimed to supply two million prope... |
| 17.01.2018 | Hibs FC Scores New Gigabit City Connection | A digital win for Hibs FC makes it the first Scottish team to benefit from ultrafast full-fibre internet due to its new connection to Gigabit City.
Presently, only 3% of UK premises have access to this next generation full-fibre connectivit... |
| 19.12.2017 | CityFibre Confirms more Superfast Services for Aberdeen’s Infrastructure | Aberdeen is set to lead Scotland in terms of broadband, with CityFibre announcing plans to extend its superfast services to the city’s public sector. According to the Aberdeen Evening Express, Aberdeen’s Royal Infirmary and council services... |
| 14.12.2017 | Budget Pledges £600M for Superfast Broadband Across 100% of Scotland | In today’s draft Scottish budget, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution Derek Mackay announced £600 million to complete the government’s R100 commitment to provide every house and business premise in Scotland with access to superfa... |
| 31.10.2017 | Can New Competition Deliver Ultrafast UK Infrastructure? | Connectivity problems and slow internet speeds have been a long-standing complaint for many UK businesses. In a digital world where video conferencing, real-time analytics and e-commerce are increasingly needed, fast and stable internet is ... |
| 06.10.2017 | ScotSoft 2017: Showcasing Scotland To The World | 20 years is a long time when it comes to digital technology. Hardware, programming languages, business models and whole markets have grown, flourished, withered and died in that time. Yet ScotSoft, Scotland’s longest-running digital confere... |
| 11.08.2017 | Mobeus Equity Partners Realizes Investment in Entanet Holdings in £29m Sale to CityFibre | Mobeus Equity Partners has realized its investment in Entanet Holdings Limited in a £29m sale to AIM-quoted CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings plc.
The deal represents an initial return of 2.5x for Mobeus-advised funds with potential for thi... |
| - | 5G Accelerator Opportunity for SMEs | Connected Places Catapult is pleased to be working with True Altitude to deliver the MK5G Accelerator, part of the MK5G testbed, which is now open for applications.
The MK:5G Accelerator is in partnership with the Milton Keynes Council, fu... |
| - | CityFibre | “CityFibre is a brand new full fibre network built for the data age. Never worry about speed or reliability again. Connect your home and business today.” |
