Vodafone has stepped up its push into the UK broadband market after striking new deals with BT’s Openreach and challenger network CityFibre that hand the group the largest ultrafast broadband footprint in the country.
The deals means Vodafone will be able to offer the high-speed broadband product to 8m homes by next spring at steep discounts as it looks to grow its share of the market.
The UK company is Europe’s largest broadband provider, with more than 25m customers after acquiring cable networks in markets including Germany and Spain. Yet it does not own a residential fixed-line network in its home market and instead leases capacity from its rivals.