Openreach, Northern Ireland’s largest digital infrastructure provider, have announced eight new rural towns and villages in Co. Fermanagh where it will be building new future-proof ‘Full Fibre’ broadband over the next two years.
The eight locations span the length and breadth of the county and include Ballinamallard, Irvinestown, Lisbellaw, Bellanaleck, Derrygonnelly, Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge and Newtownbutler. Openreach will bring more reliable, faster and futureproof broadband to these areas by March 2022.
‘Full Fibre’ broadband gives homes and businesses access to broadband at speeds of up to one Gbps, meaning faster connections and a more reliable service. Overall, 124 locations across NI have now been included in Openreach’s build programme, with 94 new locations announced this week, and the company is building to 750 premises every day. Openreach recently announced it is recruiting more than 100 apprentice engineers over the coming months to support the build programme as it rolls out across the region.
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