UK update four hours ago.City Fibre announced their $200million blb acquisition of FibreNation. 8 million premise rollout. 62 new towns and cities.
"In view of the rapid spread of covid2, the impact on the UKs society and economy, the need for world class digital infrastructure has never been greater for a full fibre Britain."
City Fibre is "cash rich, thanks to being acquired by a Goldman Sachs owned fund, allowing for aggresive construction of full fibre networks."
"City Fibre has been given the green light from the UK gov't to continue its ambitious rollout."
"PM Boris Johnson requested deployment to continue as it will allow both society and the economy to function and rapidly recover when the crisis is over."