en.Wedoany.com Reported - ITS Technology Group is extending its full-fibre network infrastructure to 13 additional towns and cities across the UK, covering England, Scotland, and Wales. The company offers open-access and business-focused high-speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP/XGS-PON) broadband and Ethernet services.
This network expansion is seen as the next phase of ITS's national investment plan, aimed at providing more organisations with high-capacity connectivity. The expansion will increase choice for business users and create more opportunities for partners to serve customers requiring resilient, scalable networks to support cloud, artificial intelligence, and other data-intensive applications.
The first locations to benefit are Coventry, Huddersfield, and Loughborough, expected to reach service-ready status later this month. Aberdeen, Bath, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Chester, Edinburgh, Exeter, Plymouth, Southampton, and Swansea are scheduled to go live in phases between July and October 2026. The specific number of premises covered by this expansion has not yet been disclosed.
ITS previously secured £145 million in funding from Aviva Investors and £100 million in debt financing from global investment firm Avenue Capital Group. Beyond network construction, ITS is also making broader investments in its wholesale platform, partner experience, and product portfolio, including the ongoing development of a self-service portal that gives partners—such as retail ISPs and business networks—greater control and visibility from order to delivery and lifecycle service management.
ITS CEO Daren Baythorpe stated that organisations across the UK need connectivity built around how they operate, rather than services adapted from residential models for commercial use. The company continues to invest in areas where demand is clear and digital infrastructure can create long-term value. This expansion into more towns and cities aims to support local and regional economies while offering businesses more high-capacity connectivity options. Baythorpe also noted that partners need more than just circuit access—they require a robust wholesale platform, product portfolio, and service experience to confidently support their customers, particularly large multi-site organisations that need consistent connectivity across different locations.
The operator's XGS-PON-based full-fibre network previously covered over 465,000 UK businesses, and extends to other areas through infrastructure from wholesale partners such as BT Wholesale, Sky, PXC, and Virgin Media Business. Amidst a backdrop where many alternative network operators have slowed or halted fibre deployments due to economic and competitive pressures, ITS's expansion demonstrates its continued strategy of network investment. This announcement comes shortly after CommunityFibre, another major broadband alternative network operator, restarted large-scale deployment of its consumer-focused FTTP network.
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