HS2 to sell spare cabling capacity to broadband firms

HS2 is looking to sell spare fibreoptic cabling capacity to boost broadband speeds for rural residents along the route.
Under the plans, HS2 would sell mobile and broadband providers access to spare capacity in the fibreoptic cabling and telecoms masts being built to support the railway’s signalling and telecoms.
Because most of the cost of cabling is installation, this could dramatically reduce the cost of bringing direct fibre connections to less populated areas.The scale of the opportun