BT has entered a strategic partnership with Scottish company Amey as it seeks to accelerate its plans to deliver full fibre coverage to five million homes in the UK by 2025 . The two companies will work on extending CityFibre ’s 150 km network in Edinburgh . CityFibre’s full national rollout to 5 million homes will see construction contracts awarded for the installation of over 50,000 km of cable and the construction of over 150 buildings to house the network equipment. The agreement is one of the first the company has entered into following its recent raising of £ billion of debt to fund the first part of its plan to provide wholesale access to 20 % or more of UK broadband users .
BT has entered a strategic partnership with Scottish company Amey as it seeks to accelerate its plans to deliver full fibre coverage to five million homes in the UK by 2025 . The two companies will work on extending CityFibre ’s 150 km network in Edinburgh . The agreement is one of the first the company has entered into following its recent raising of £ billion of debt to fund the first part of its plan to provide wholesale access to 20 % or more of UK broadband users .