Axione to begin £300m FTTP rollout in Fife

The UK subsidiary of French firm Axione Fibre has made an application to Fife Council for permission to install four new street telecommunications cabinets within the town of St Andrews’ conservation area. These cabinets will form part of Axione’s open access network model where it will connect with internet service providers, including Openreach, and channel partners to deliver gigabit broadband services to businesses and users.

If approved, the plans, which are backed by £300m funding from Bouygues Energies and and Vauban Infrastructure, will see 1.6m green cabinets introduced across four locations throughout the seaside town including St Mary’s Place Car Park.

Axione UK previously announced that its large-scale build of a full-fibre network would aim to “reach 4 million premises throughout the UK in suburban and rural areas”. The deal marks Axione’s first FTTP investment in the UK and builds on the company’s Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) contract to connect public sector sites in Aberdeenshire in 2019.