The unfairness around pricing of access to PIA, whereby alternative operators pay significantly more to access infrastructure compared to Openreach, was one of the key messages expressed by Gigaclear CEO Nathan Rundle who joined a #ConnectedBritain panel today to discuss strategies for addressing the rural connectivity question. Alongside him were Deirdre Considine, BDUK; Andy Nash, CityFibre; Peter Weimann, HFCL; Gavin Rodgers, Highland Broadband with Gita Sorensen, from Gos Consulting, in the chair.
Gigaclear
Telecommunications
Abingdon, Oxfordshire 26,324 followers
Empowering rural communities with brilliant broadband
About us
Oxfordshire Business Awards 2022 finalists for Employer of the Year 2022. Back in the early noughties, rural communities in the UK had one broadband choice, antique copper-based networks, resulting in the inability of households and businesses to access fast or reliable internet connections. With copper networks unable to offer the speeds that households and businesses increasingly and critically demand. We saw the opportunity to invest in and use a specialist state-of-the-art fibre network, bringing ground breaking digital connectivity to over 200 communities and still growing. Quickly becoming the UK’s leading fibre-to-the-premises provider, we build networks through both the Government-subsided Broadband Delivery UK programme (BDUK) and through commercial investment. To date, covering over 22 counties across the South West, Midlands and South East of the UK, with the ambition to reach 500,000 premises by the end of 2024. We are award-winning and privately-funded full fibre specialists who have been recognised for our contribution to deploy and deliver full fibre connections; bridging the digital divide in these poorly served communities. Gigaclear Ltd is principally owned by Infracapital, a leading European Infrastructure investor.
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https://gigaclear.com
External link for Gigaclear
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- broadband, rural broadband, fibre broadband, and fttp
Locations
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Building One, Wyndyke Furlong
Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1UQ, GB
Employees at Gigaclear
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Tony Mooney
Managing Director Decisionbox | Non-Executive Director Gigaclear | Senior Vice President Think Analytics | Musician
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James Holloway
Product, Commercial and Marketing lead proven in consumer telecommunications, financial services and energy
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Anthony (Tony) Bryant
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Charlie Stobert
Transport / IP design engineer. Co-Founder and Director at Bear in the Air Productions. Actor (self-representing).
Updates
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Congratulations to all those who were recognised in this afternoon's UK Fibre Awards at the Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square, London - including Gigaclear's Marketing Team who were Highly Commended in the Marketing Team of the Year Award! From left, Andrew Brotherton, Head of Marketing; Jeri Dash, Senior Marketing Manager and Ellie Rance, Marketing Manager. #ukfibreawards #fullfibre #ruralinternet #broadband
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We extend our heartfelt gratitude from the entire SHiFT Team to all the speakers, exhibitors, and delegates who attended our inaugural conference in Coventry yesterday. The feedback we've received already has been overwhelmingly positive, and we sincerely hope that everyone found the day to be both enjoyable and a worthwhile investment of their time. #thankyou #conference #fibreindustry #healthandsafety
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🥂 We're happy to announce we've reached two significant milestones this month: 100,000 rural customers and 500,000 homes and businesses ready for service. Funny to think that it all started in a pub... Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eJpFYeeK
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Representatives from Gigaclear were among a number of companies invited by the Government's UK Investment Bank (UKIB) to a Parliamentary Reception at the Palace of Westminster yesterday hosted by Andrew Jones MP. The event was held under the banner: A Net Zero Nation - driving growth and opportunity through infrastructure investment. Pictured right to left, from Gigaclear: CFO Ian Wade, COO Nathan Rundle, Group Financial Controller Paul Evans and Communications Manager Richard Arquati.
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📺 Watch Adam Henson, TV broadcaster and owner of the Cotswold Farm Park, as he describes how Gigaclear's full fibre broadband has helped transform his rural business. Find out what Gigaclear can do for your rural business at https://lnkd.in/eW9SHK8Y. For expert advice email [email protected] or call 03708 637614.
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Take a look at this interview from Fibre Provider with our very own Nick Rawlings!
Buoyed by a debt facility of up to £1.5bn secured in December 2023 Abingdon-based Gigaclear is set to reach two major milestones in Q1 2024 – hitting its target of 500,000 properties ready for service, and securing 100,000 customers connected to its network. With an overall aim of one million premises addressed by 2027, CMO Nick Rawlings sat down with Fibre Provider to discuss Gigaclear's longer-term plans and share his views on how the fibre market will continue to evolve. Read the full interview on the Fibre Provider site: https://lnkd.in/ehpCRmnS? #isp #altnet #fullfibre #fibreprovider #fttp #fibrebroadband #fibre #internet #telecomsector #channelpartner #networks #gigabit
Gigaclear poised to reach major milestones in Q1
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Securing a debt facility of up to £1.5bn will help Gigaclear’s plans to reach more than 1 million rural prems by 2027. Our thanks to ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Crédit industriel et commercial (CIC), HSBC, Kommunalkredit Austria AG, LBBW, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, NAB, NIBC Bank, SEB, and UK Infrastructure Bank for the faith they have shown in our mission to take full fibre broadband to underserved rural communities. https://lnkd.in/eyi82y-Q
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🏏 Legendary Fast Bowler Goes Into Bat For New Rural Sports Club Fund Former England fast bowler and Strictly Come Dancing winner Darren Gough is backing a new £75,000 fund that has been set up by Gigaclear to support grassroots sports clubs in rural England! Read more at https://lnkd.in/eda27Xft