BT announces 144 new exchanges to be connected to fibre network

BT announces 144 new exchanges to be connected to fibre networkBritish Telecom (BT) has announced the names of an the next 144 telephone exchanges that are to be connected to the super fast fibre by autumn 2012.

BT has already announced that it will connect extra one million homes and businesses in the UK to its upcoming fibre network. BT is currently rolling out its new fibre network with an investment of £2.5 billion. The network is expected to connect two-thirds of UK homes and businesses by the end of 2015.

Mike Galvin, Openreach managing director for next generation access said, “I am pleased to be able to reveal the latest locations where we will make fibre broadband available. Our roll out is one of the fastest in the world and we are on track to pass ten million homes and businesses next year before pushing on further.”

Meanwhile, TalkTalk has said that the British Telecom is building a broadband monopoly using public finances. The company also accused BT of planning to establish a control over fibre network in the country, something, it claims, would leave the UK with weakening infrastructure when compared to other European nations.

TalkTalk's group commercial director David Goldie said that BT’s policies not in favor of the taxpayers of the country.