Sky has instigated talks with Openreach rivals as it seeks to accelerate the rollout of ultrafast full fibre broadband. The company is in advanced discussions about a deal that would see its customers get access to speeds up to 100Mbps – twice what they currently have at their current wholesale price for ADSL and Talks will not extend to joint investments in infrastructure according to a report in the Telegraph, despite speculation that Sky’s parent Comcast may have aspirations to expand into network ownership.
Sky has instigated talks with Openreach rivals as it seeks to accelerate the rollout of ultrafast full fibre broadband. The company has written to the head of the altnets such as CityFibre, Gigaclear and TalkTalk backed FibreNation expressing interest in deals to accelerate deployment of fibre-optic broadband across the UK. Talks will not extend to joint investments in infrastructure according to a report in the Telegraph, despite speculation that Sky’s parent Comcast may have aspirations to expand into network ownership.