Wales to benefit from Openreach’s huge broadband upgrade
Full fibre heading to more than 23,000 homes and businesses – from St Davids to Raglan and Pencader to Upper Cwmtwrch (Gweler fersiwn Cymraeg isod / Welsh language version below)
Full fibre broadband is heading to a further 16 Welsh city’s, towns and villages, as part of a huge broadband upgrade by Openreach.
People living in St Davids, Raglan, Pencader, Upper Cwmtwrch and 12 other local communities are next in line for full fibre.
They join the nearly 900,000 homes and businesses across Wales that already have access to the UK’s most reliable broadband technology, thanks to Openreach’s work.
The lates locations across Wales are:
| Anglesey | Trearddur Bay |
| Newborough | |
| Bridgend | Kenfig Hill |
| Carmarthenshire | St Clears |
| Pencader | |
| Newcastle Emlyn | |
| Llanybydder | |
| Ceredigion | Aberporth |
| Monmouthshire | Raglan |
| Pembrokeshire | Saundersfoot |
| St Davids | |
| Newport | |
| Letterston | |
| Powys | Abercrave |
| Upper Cwmtwrch | |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | Treforest |
Across the UK, the company has published updated plans to build full fibre broadband to a record 517 more locations – covering a further 2.7[1] million homes and businesses.
Martin Williams, Openreach partnership director for Wales, said: “This is a huge infrastructure success story across Wales. No company is building faster or further in Europe, that we’re aware of.
“We won’t be stopping either. We plan to build even further across the region, to more cities and towns, and our most rural communities.
“And our engineers, of which more than 2,200 live in Wales, are doing this at a rapid pace - despite this being a hugely complex engineering project.
“Our fibre checker has the latest information about our work in your area. It’s also worth noting that upgrades aren’t automatic. Once full fibre is available where you live, you’ll need to place an order to get connected and we’ll do the rest!
“Openreach’s network offers the widest choice of providers such as BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone and Zen – which means people have lots of choice and can get a great deal.”
The work is all part of Openreach’s £15 billion project to upgrade the UK’s broadband infrastructure - making gigabit-capable technology available to 25 million homes and businesses by the end of 2026, including 6.2 million in harder to reach more remote and rural areas.
More than 4.7 million homes and businesses across the UK have already upgraded to Full Fibre and demand continues to flow, with more than 50,000 orders being placed each week.
Openreach has also refreshed its online map and postcode checker to give a clearer, regularly updated view of its plans and progress between now and 2026.
The map now shows the levels of current and future expected full fibre coverage as of today, taking data from all of its build programmes, whilst the postcode checker continues to offer the most personalised view of the connectivity available to an individual home or business.
Further updates will be provided as any additional locations are added in future.
[1] Fig refers to expected build in these exchange areas
Cymru i elwa o uwchraddiad band eang Openreach
Bydd band eang ffeibr cyflawn yn cyrraedd dros 16 o ddinasoedd, trefi a phentrefi Cymreig fel rhan o uwchraddiad enfawr gan Openreach.
Pobl yn ardaloedd Tyddewi, Rhaglan, Pencader, Cwmtwrch Uachaf a 12 cymuned arall fydd y nesaf i dderbyn band eang ffeibr cyflawn.
Byddant yn ymuno â dros 900,000 cartref a busnes ar draws y wlad sydd eisoes yn gallu cael technoleg band eang mwyaf dibynadwy’r Deyrnas Unedig, diolch i waith Openreach.
Ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig, mae’r cwmni wedi cyhoeddi cynlluniau diwygiedig i ledu band eang ffeibr cyflawn i 517 lleoliad ychwanegol - a gwasanaethu 2.7[1] miliwn cartref a busnes.
Dywedodd Martin Williams, cyfarwyddwr partneriaethau Cymru Openreach: “Mae’n newyddion gwych i Gymru gyfan. Hyd y gwyddom, nid oes unrhyw gwmni arall yn adeiladu mor gyflym neu mor bell yn Ewrop.
“Ac nid dyna ddiwedd y stori, oherwydd byddwn yn adeiladu hyd yn oed ymhellach ar draws y wlad, i fwy o ddinasoedd a threfi, a’r cymunedau mwyaf diarffordd.
“A bydd ein peirianwyr, gyda dros 2,200 ohonynt yn byw yng Nghymru, yn gwneud hynny’n gyflym - er ei fod yn gynllun peirianneg cymhleth iawn.
“Mae ein gwiriwr ffeibr yn cynnwys y manylion diweddaraf am ffeibr yn eich ardal. Ac mae’n werth nodi yma na fydd uwchraddio eich gwasanaeth yn digwydd yn otomatig. Pan fydd ffeibr cyflawn wedi cyrraedd eich ardal, bydd angen gosod archeb er mwyn cael gwasanaeth tra-chyflym!
“Rhwydwaith Openreach sy’n cynnig y dewis mwyaf eang o gwmnïau gwasanaeth fel BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone a Zen - sy’n golygu mwy o ddewis a chyfle i gael bargen.”
Mae’r gwaith yn rhan o broject £15 biliwn Openreach i uwchraddio rhwydwaith band eang y Deyrnas Unedig - er darparu technoleg gigabeit ar gyfer 25 miliwn cartref a busnes erbyn diwedd 2026, yn cynnwys 6.2 miliwn mewn ardaloedd gwledig diarffordd.
Erbyn hyn mae dros 4.7 miliwn cartref a busnes ar draws y Deyrnnas Unedig wedi uwchraddio i ffeibr cyflawn ac mae’r galw yn cynyddu, wrth dderbyn dros 50,000 archeb newydd bob wythnos.
Yn ogystal mae Openreach wedi diweddaru online map and postcode checker er mwyn olrhain ei gynlluniau a gwaith hyd at 2026.
Yn awr mae’r map yn dangos y ddarpariaeth band eang ffeibr cyflawn cyfredol a disgwyliedig, wrth grynhoi data o bob rhaglen adeiladu, tra bod y gwiriwr cod post yn dal i gynnig manylion y cysylltedd ar gael i bob cartref a busnes.
Byddwn yn darparu manylion pellach wrth ychwanegu lleoliadau eraill yn y dyfodol.
Lleoliadau ar daws y wlad:
| Ynys Môn | Bae Trearddur |
| Niwbwrch | |
| Penybont | Mynydd Cynffig |
| Sir Gâr | San Clêr |
| Pencader | |
| Castell Newydd Emlyn | |
| Llanybydder | |
| Ceredigion | Aberporth |
| Sir Fynwy | Rhaglan |
| Sir Benfro | Saundersfoot |
| Tyddewi | |
| Trefdraeth | |
| Treletert | |
| Powys | Abercraf |
| Cwmtwrch Uchaf | |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | Trefforest |
[1] Nifer a ragwelir yn yr ardaloedd hyn
