Orange to extend fibre network to 10 more cities

Orange in Poland is to extend its fibre network to 10 additional cities, the company has announced.

The operator plans to build out its network in the cities of Bielsko-Biala, Czestochowa, Gdynia, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Kielce, Olsztyn, Radom, Rzeszow, Toruń and Włocławek. Orange says that it plans to take its fibre network past 3.5 million homes by 2018, up from 820,000 today.

The Orange fibre network is currently available in 16major cities including Warsaw, Krakow, Katowice, Lodz, Bydgoszcz and Elblag.

The company’s 4G mobile network in Poland already covers 90% of the country’s population, with plans to extend this to 98% by the end of the year.