Category: Broadband
Digital Region Project may seek commercial operator to rescue it
The Digital Region Project in South Yorkshire which is competing with a myriad of other super-fast services in many of its coverage areas, looks set to receive around £10m of public money to keep it going.
Virgin Media brings out it’s new ‘Collections’ bundles
Virgin Media announced today it would be releasing a new range of options based around the completion of their 100Mbps service at the beginning of April. From April all Virgin Media cable broadband customers will be connected to superfast broadband.
Super-fast broadband in London could give city a £20 billion boost
A report has suggested that the roll-out of super-fast broadband by Openreach in London could create 26,000 new jobs and a £20 billion boost to the economy over the next 15 years.
Deddington to be first fibre only exchange in UK
Deddington in Oxfordshire is to be a the forefront of the fibre revolution, with it being the first fibre only BT exchange in the UK.
Greater ambition needed to ensure broadband future in Scotland
Ambition beyond their next re-election is rare amongst politicians, but with broadband now viewed as infrastructure, it is something those in power will need to get used to. A Scottish Parliamentary Committee has highlighted the need for greater ambition in the countries own broadband plans.
CityFibre Holdings to go head to head with Virgin Media and Openreach in York
With some 24,000 premises passed by its network in Bournemouth that experienced various birthing problems, it seems CityFibre Holdings is keen to try another Fibre to the Premises this time in the City of York.
Superfast broadband the smaller providers are expanding
The UK broadband picture is a game of two halves, the massive telecom's operators such as BT and Fujitsu, then the smaller providers and community based solutions. Point Topic has highlighted that these alternative networks are grew some 85% in the second half of 2011.
Lincolnshire County Council in ERDF funded broadband pilots
Lincolnshire County Council is to use £300,000 of ERDF as a pilot to roll-out a small scale amount of superfast broadband, to help facilitate a larger roll-out to meet the 2015 targets.
Rutland entering into contract with BT
Rutland County Council has announced that its Digital Rutland Project has been awarded to BT after a vote by councillors.
Hyperoptic close to national roll-out
Hyperoptic who truly offer ultra fast broadband with a Gigabit service, says Government should have given the money to rural areas, as cities are attracting new entrants like themselves.