Category: Broadband

The UK has gained more Gigabit connections, and what may possibly be the first Gigabit connections in a rural area.

The full fibre roll-out in Jersey is gaining pace, with the first 1,000 homes now connected.

Hyperoptic has appointed John ‘Louis’ Armstrong (CBE) as Non-Executive Director, who served as CEO of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for 12 years.

With pressure on the EU to find savings, there is growing pressure on the billions in theory set aside to help EU countries meet the 2020 Digital Agenda targets.

It is not often the UK comes top in something, but if you don't consider Sweden a major European country, and the United States is clearly not in Europe then we are the top major European in a new web index.

While the headlines of the last year on broadband spending have focused on the 90% to have access to superfast goal, projects to improve things beyond the basic USC in the final 10% are appearing.

Norfolk County Council is set to make its decision on who will become the commercial partner to deliver better broadband across the county.

While being in an area with no or slow broadband is far from nice, the picture for the UK looks pretty good, as 80% of households now have one form of Internet access or another.

Jersey is moving forward with its 100% full fibre network, with Netadmin gearing up to move from trial phase to full deployment.

A key part of satisfying both BDUK and EU state aid rules is that local authorities need to demonstrate market failure and a demand for improved broadband services. Hence all the survey's by local authorities, of which Berkshire is just one.