{"id":8896,"date":"2020-09-15T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=8896"},"modified":"2026-11-11T15:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:18:38","slug":"telent-awarded-new-work-from-openreach-to-support-the-uks-biggest-ultrafast-broadband-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=8896","title":{"rendered":"Telent awarded new work from Openreach to support the UK\u2019s biggest ultrafast broadband build"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telent will help to build ultra-reliable \u2018Full Fibre\u2019 broadband to thousands of homes and businesses<\/em><\/p>\n

Warwick-based Telent<\/a> has been awarded a lucrative contract by Openreach<\/a> to support a massive \u00a312 billion project that\u2019s bringing ultrafast, ultrareliable \u2018Full Fibre<\/a>\u2019 broadband to millions of homes and businesses throughout the UK.<\/p>\n

The company will build new infrastructure in Amber Valley, Erewash and Willowcroft; Derbyshire; Boston Spa, Brighouse Castleford, Kirklees, Normanton and Wetherby; West Yorkshire; Crownhill, Ivybridge and Plympton, Devon; Gateshead in Tyne and Wear; Hounslow in West London; Egham in Surrey; Keynsham and Long Ashton in Somerset; Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire; Sandwell and Walsall, West Midlands; Wraysbury near Windsor; and Worcester.<\/p>\n

There will also be additional build in previously announced locations including the cities of Bristol, Coventry, Derby, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Spelthorne in Surrey.<\/p>\n

Telent will play a crucial role in building the new network to thousands of premises in these locations, with detailed planning activity already under way and construction due to start during the next 18 months.<\/p>\n

The contract award follows a competitive tender process and will see Telent supporting Openreach\u2019s ambition to build \u2018Full Fibre\u2019<\/a> infrastructure to 20 million premises throughout the UK by the mid-to-late 2020s \u2013 delivering significant economic, social and environmental benefits<\/a> for urban communities.<\/p>\n

Openreach\u2019s Full Fibre network is already available to more than three million homes and businesses across the UK and Telent is one of nine partners to win contracts which will see that extended to at least a further two million premises. As part of the contract, Telent will be responsible for construction tasks such as: surveying, building, testing and supporting Openreach to commission the network so that customers can place orders.<\/p>\n

Ric Welsby, Managing Director of Telent\u2019s Infrastructure Services division, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have been chosen by Openreach to be a major supplier as it expands the number of homes with access to ultrafast fibre broadband. The pandemic has demonstrated the critical nature of fast and reliable broadband and Openreach is accelerating its deployment to meet increased demand. We are extremely proud to be playing a part in the roll out of this important national infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin Murphy, MD for Fibre and Network Delivery at Openreach, said: \u201cGreat connectivity is more important than ever, whether it\u2019s to support home working, to keep in touch with family and friends, or to access digital services like health and education. Full Fibre broadband enables this in spades, and we\u2019re ramping up our own efforts to build our new network to as many homes and businesses across the UK as we can.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK today, and if we\u2019re going to deliver the enormous social, environmental and economic benefits that Full Fibre can bring, it\u2019s important we can build the new network efficiently, safely and without compromising on quality.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be partnering with Telent because they\u2019ll be pivotal in helping us achieve those aims for our customers and for the UK as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Telent is already recruiting people to help deliver this project and Openreach will be offering world class training as part of this build programme which includes partner use of its 12 training schools across the UK. Interested candidates should visit https:\/\/telent.com\/<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telent will help to build ultra-reliable \u2018Full Fibre\u2019 broadband to thousands of homes and businesses Warwick-based Telent has been awarded a lucrative contract by Openreach to support a massive \u00a312 billion project that\u2019s bringing ultrafast, ultrareliable \u2018Full Fibre\u2019 broadband to millions of homes and businesses throughout the UK. The company will build new infrastructure in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9219,"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions\/9219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}