Government target to achieve full fibre broadband coverage by 2025 could be missed by eight years, BT warns

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But key policy changes could enable the industry to provide full-fibre broadband up to 96 per cent of all UK homes and businesses by 2025

BT has warned that the government's target to achieve nationwide roll-out of full-fibre broadband by 2025 could be missed by eight years unless the government announces sweeping reforms and regulat...

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