CityFibre says 70% of broadband switchers on its footprint joining its network

LONDON: CityFibre said around 70% of the households that changed ‍broadband supplier where its network was available had switched to its services in ⁠recent months, with take-up boosted by Sky offering some of the fastest speeds available via its fibre.

The British company, which competes with bigger rivals BT and Virgin ‌Media O2 , ‌offers fibre to a range of internet service providers, who use it to provide broadband ‌to households and businesses.

It said more than 50,000 new customers on average joined its network each month in the fourth quarter, a 112% increase year-on-year.