It has also been revealed that it has won yet another local government broadband contract with Suffolk County Council, which will once again in fibre.

The government's Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) framework for rolling out superfast fibre in hard-to-reach areas has been heavily criticised by the House of Lords Communications Committee after a number of ISPs pulled out of the bidding process and has to date only seen BT win public funds.

BT's commercial programme to roll-out fibre, which isn't being supported by any public funds under the BDUK framework, will reach approximately two-thirds of the UK by the end of 2014. However, this will be extended further once it has procured in areas where it has won public funded BDUK contracts.

"This is great news for 163 communities across the UK where fibre will bring huge benefits by helping to create jobs and boosting local economies. Our roll-out of fibre continues apace, with more than 11 million homes currently having access to the many benefits this technology can deliver," said Mike Galvin, Openreach MD network investment.

"Today's announcement shows that we are well into our journey to bring fibre to two-thirds of the UK by the end of 2014. We have now announced the bulk of the exchanges we will be deploying fibre to under our own steam but we are keen to go even further with the help of BDUK funding."