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awarded in November 2022, initially covering 32,000 homes and businesses, with a further 21,000 premises added to the contract in May 2025. To date, we’ ve connected over 37,000 premises. Once completed at the end of 2027, alongside our commercial plans, 99 percent of homes and businesses across the region will have access to next generation full fibre broadband. It’ s one of the most challenging environments to work in with the rugged terrain, protected heritage sites, tourism-related restrictions, and so forth, but I have a real desire to promote Viberoptix, our build delivery partner. Without them, we wouldn’ t have been as successful in reaching these contractual milestones.”
The success of these challenging full fibre deployments is giving Fibrus the confidence to look beyond connectivity and apply its skills and technology in new areas. After five years of building networks across demanding environments, the company is now extending into adjacent sectors such as renewables, including supporting the delivery of new EV charging infrastructure in Lisburn and Castlereagh.
“ We’ ve been perfecting building full fibre networks for the last five years, but we’ re keen to broaden our horizons and look at adjacent areas of focus where we can apply those same skills and technologies,” Shane affirms.“ One area that we’ re currently working on is renewables, so we’ re proud to be supporting Weev on the delivery of two new EV charging points in Lisburn and Castlereagh Council. We’ re relatively early in the process, but we’ re excited about what it could deliver for us.”
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