Category: Broadband

In a strange move the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has published a superfast availability map, that is based on Ofcom data from July 2011 that is likely to be giving the wrong impression for areas as commercial roll-outs of superfast broadband continue continue.

Tooway who offer a two way satellite service across the UK is aiming to offer its service free to some 20 areas of the UK.

The UK has been late to the fibre broadband game, not helped by a regulatory regime that stopped Openreach deploying FTTC/B until 2009. The latest FTTH Council also reveal the high number of FTTB deployments, showing that full fibre is perhaps not as common as some believe around the world.

Nottingham is the latest area to stand up and confirm it is entering the race to be a Super Connected City.

IXLeeds held an event today since launching in September 2010

Manchester is setting itself a lofty ambition with its bid for money from the urban broadband fund, and it will prove interesting to watch the progress towards the target.

The Knowsley (Merseyside) local authority was one authority Ed Vaizey warned about potentially missing out on BDUK money if they did not make the end of February deadline for submitting a plan, this appears to have surprised the council.

While most focus on broadband funding is on rural areas, the commercial realities mean that even in cities some areas are skipped by the commercial operators, which the Government hope a £100m fund will resolve in 10 cities.

Europe accounts for just under half the deployments of IPTV around the world, with some 23.5 million customers. FTTx deployments are helping to underpin this popularity.

The recent way of words over speed improvements on Virgin Media's cable network and the Country Land and Business Association continue.