Category: Broadband

With Wales having just BT as the sole remaining bidder, announcing them as the contract winner is a foregone conclusion, the surprise is the continuing push forward while EU State Aid rules are being considered.

Ofcom has published its annual Communications Market Review, and most will not be shocked to learn that younger people are driving adoption of social media and the pace of change in society.

When 1 in 6 homes signs up to a new Gigabit broadband service without any marketing you know there is demand for the service. Residents in Lanterns Court, Isle of Dogs now have Gigabit courtesy of Hyperoptic.

It has taken what seems a long time, but one of the BDUK pilot projects has at last signed a contract with a supplier, North Yorkshire has chosen BT.

In 2011 we featured Tendring District Council for working to help planning applications for superfast broadband, and the council appears once more to have helped residents in the area.

Ask4 has been providing metro-ethernet services for some time now, and has clinched a deal that will allow it to expand its coverage.

The local newspaper for Ripley, between Derby and Chesterfield are objecting to street cabinet changes to bring FTTC to the area because it is obscuring their view at a T junction.

If Fujitsu were to walk away from lots of other BDUK projects it draws very much into question the amount of money and time spent on the whole BDUK exercise, which to date has mainly been a paper based exercise.

The FT indicates that Fujitsu is withdrawing from Cumbria, and with North Yorkshire expected to select BT as the preferred supplier they will withdraw from that region too.

In our race for coverage, competition and customers it is often easy to overlook those who want to engage in our increasingly connected society but lack the skills or kit to do so. LS14 Trust in Leeds exists to serve this section of the community at the local level.