Toob Southampton Fibre Rollout
Southampton, UK (expanding across South of England) · 2019-Ongoing · Up to £87.5m (new funding in 2021), up to £300m (additional funding in 2023) [20, 21]
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchStrategic focus on delivering affordable, high-speed symmetrical broadband. - Securing significant investment to fuel aggressive expansion plans [20, 21]. - Partnering with CityFibre in some areas while building its own network in others [23].
Key engineering challenges
Deploying a new full-fibre network in urban and semi-urban areas. - Ensuring high-speed symmetrical broadband services (900Mbps) are consistently delivered. - Managing rapid expansion across multiple towns and cities in the South of England.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Toob (backed by Amber Infrastructure Group, and Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund) [20, 22]
- Lead contractor
- Toob (with various contractors)
- Lead designers
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- Project type
- new build
- Scale
- c.290k premises passed across Southampton and other areas (as of 2021) [22]
- Disciplines
- Telecommunications engineering; network engineering; civil engineering
- Standards & frameworks
- Relevant UK telecommunications regulations.
Sources: [20] Toob. toob set for further expansion having secured up to £87.5m of new funding. https://www.toob.co.uk/news/toob-set-for-further-expansion-having-secured-up-to-87-5m-of-new-funding/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [21] TelecomTV. toob secures up to £300m funding to expand the business across the South of England. https://www.telecomtv.com/content/access-evolution/toob-secures-up-to-300m-funding-to-expand-the-business-across-the-south-of-england-47582/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [22] Amber Infrastructure. toob | UK Digital Infrastructure. https://www.amberinfrastructure.com/case-study-folder/toob/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [23] CityFibre. CityFibre and toob agree strategic relationship in industry-first. https://cityfibre.com/news/cityfibre-and-toob-agree-strategic-relationship-in-industry-first (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [24] Toob. toob's full-fibre broadband network is now live in Southampton. https://www.toob.co.uk/news/toobs-hyperspeed-broadband-network-is-now-live-in-southampton/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10).