Ofcom Sets 2029 Copper Broadband Milestone as Openreach Fibre Investment, ARPU and Take-Up Rise

Ofcom has cleared another major regulatory hurdle for the retirement of the UK’s copper broadband network, allowing Openreach greater pricing flexibility from 1 April 2029 once ultrafast coverage reaches 90 percent of premises in qualifying exchange areas. fiber internet user Credit Freepik The decision comes as full fibre reaches 82 percent of UK homes, Openreach expands its FTTP network to 23.4 million premises, and fibre take-up and broadband ARPU improve. Together, the figures show that the