Latvia comes top, with 50.6 per cent household penetration, according to the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) The number of European fibre subscribers rose by more than one fifth to 51.6 million in the past decade , but the UK is lagging , according to a study by Ultrafast Broadband Country ##wide . The study showed the UK had around 2%-3 % fibre penetration in its domestic market , compared to top performer Latvia , which had more than 50 % . The telecoms company TalkTalk plans to bring full - fibre speeds of 10 Gbps to three million homes , investing £ 1.5bn ( $ 2.1bn ) over the next few years . Openreach and Vodafone also plan to connect three and four million homes respectively .
The number of European fibre subscribers rose by more than one fifth to 51.6 million in the past decade , but the UK is lagging , according to a study by Ultrafast Broadband Country ##wide . The study showed the UK had around 2%-3 % fibre penetration in its domestic market , compared to top performer Latvia , which had more than 50 % . The telecoms company TalkTalk plans to bring full - fibre speeds of 10 Gbps to three million homes , investing £ 1.5bn ( $ 2.1bn ) over the next few years . Openreach and Vodafone also plan to connect three and four million homes respectively .