Thursday, Jul 30th, 2026 (11:47 am) - Score 3,280The largest alternative full fibre broadband network in the United Kingdom, CityFibre, which has already built their fibre lines to cover 4.7 million UK premises (with 1m customers connected), is reportedly working with shareholders to raise around £900m to boost their future network expansion and consolidation strategy. The operator has so far had a bit of a mixed year. NOTE: TalkTalk, Zen Internet, CityFibre is owned by Antin Infrastructure Partners, Goldman Sachs, Mubadala Investment Company, Interogo Holding and is understood to be carrying c.£3.7 billion of net debt. The FTTP network they’re building, which aspires to cover 8 million premises in the future, is supported by UK ISPs such as Vodafone Sky Broadband and many more. A CityFibre spokesperson told ISPreview: “CityFibre continues to make strong operational progress, with over one million connections driving profitable growth across our nationwide network.