Digital infrastructure challengers flourish with sustained investment in 2020
RealWire
2020-12-23
Figures from Point Topic on industry investment and FTTH Council Europe on rollout growth mark significant year for sector
INCA membership grows as members target more rural and urban fibre rollouts
London, UK, 23 December 2020 – Despite Covid19 and the economic downturn private investment in the digital infrastructure sector has continued apace. This is doubly impressive given uncertainty over government funding for hard-to-reach areas, recent changes to the overall policy target and long-running debate about Ofcom’s regulation of the market.
A recent Point Topic report commissioned by INCA showed that investment announcements in the challenger networks have reached £7.7bn in the period to 2025 with another £1.2bn of investment announced since the report was published. This is in addition to investment announced by BT/Openreach and Virgin Media.