BT’s next-gen fibre to land in suburban London and Cardiff

BT has revealed the first areas in the UK to receive its next-gen services. The broadband market leader will deploy its first fibre connections in the suburbs of Muswell Hill in north London and Whitchurch in northern Cardiff this summer.

These regions will form part of a trial before full scale roll out of the £1.5 billion network begins early next year. Average download speeds available are said to be around the 40Mbps mark, with 60Mbps being earmarked as the theoretical ‘up to’ speed.

Steve Robertson, chief executive officer of BT Openreach, said that next-gen broadband is “essential to the future of the UK”.

“The wider industry will now be able to plan ahead as we will be making our services available on a wholesale basis. This approach will benefit customers as there will undoubtedly be fierce competition for their business.”

It was announced last month that BT would also be trialling its next-gen services in rural areas in order to collect a wealth of data. Areas provisionally earmarked for this included the Calder Valley near Halifax and Taffs Well in South Wales, although no further information about deployment in theses areas has been announced.

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