Hull-based IoT and digital infrastructure specialist, Connexin, has acquired Wisper Broadband as it continues to grow its fibre offering and challenge the lack of broadband choice in the Hull area.
With the acquisition of Wisper, an ISP in Hull, Connexin will welcome thousands of new customers to its network. Wisper Broadband customers will see no immediate changes to their current service, billing or support.
The move comes as Connexin continues to roll-out its full-fibre network across Hull and the East Riding. The network recently connected its first customers and is rapidly expanding. Connexin has demonstrated speeds of over 2Gbps, meaning the provider now offers the fastest home broadband speeds in the city.
Furqan Alamgir, co-founder and CEO of Connexin, said: “As a local company, we are passionate about providing the best online experience to the people of Hull and the surrounding area. Through the acquisition and the roll-out of our own full-fibre network, it brings us another step closer to doing just that and creating the fairer, more diverse and best-in-class broadband offering that the region has long deserved.”
Michael Foley, managing director at Wisper Broadband said: “Wisper Broadband and Connexin have worked closely together over the last 10 years and always had a similar objective – to give the city an increased choice in broadband providers. As technology has progressed, we have seen a significant increasing in the requirement for full fibre and a fairer marketplace within Hull. As such we are excited to join forces with Connexin at a key time in their fibre rollout. [I] am confident that over the coming months Connexin will bring the next generation of full fibre to the people of Hull.”
