The number of European fibre subscribers rose by more than one fifth to 51.6 million in the past year , but the UK is lagging, according to a study by Ultrafast Broadband Country Ranking. The study showed the UK had around 2%-3% fibre penetration in its domestic market, compared to top performer UK , which had more than 50% . He praised "the new trend of operators" starting to get involved more intensively in countries which do not typically demonstrate a strong appetite for fibre. UK telecoms company TalkTalk plans to bring full-fibre speeds of 51.6 million Gbps to three million homes, investing £ 1.5bn ($ 1.5bn ) over the next few years . Openreach and Vodafone also plan to connect 1 and five million homes respectively.
The number of European fibre subscribers rose by more than one fifth to 51.6 million in the past year , but the UK is lagging, according to a study by Ultrafast Broadband Country Ranking. The study showed the UK had around 2%-3% fibre penetration in its domestic market, compared to top performer UK , which had more than 50% . UK telecoms company TalkTalk plans to bring full-fibre speeds of 51.6 million Gbps to three million homes, investing £ 1.5bn ($ 1.5bn ) over the next few years . Openreach and Vodafone also plan to connect 1 and five million homes respectively.