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Make a difference, join the BDUK and shape broadband improvements
The rebranding of the Digital Britain labelling to a Superfast Britain continues, and it appears the BDUK are also looking for new staff
Avoid the bugs in the waiting room – Skype with your GP
Anyone who has family abroad will be familiar with Skype and those that are not cannot escape its increasing use in TV shows, and the current Government is to trial use of Skype for home consultations.
Car wins in battle with Openreach street cabinet
The remains of an Openreach street cabinet can be seen spread over the verge in Wokingham.
Connection Voucher scheme to kick off on August 5th
With the £150m of funding towards making UK cities super connected hubs of outstanding digital economy activity just days away we now know more about the schemes will operate.
Ofcom awards licence to use 600 MHz band for Freeview
Freeview is not giving up the battle against IP based delivery, as Ofcom has just granted spectrum that might allow an extra 10 HD channels on FreeView based devices.
ISPA Awards 2013 Winners
The 15th ISPA Awards have now taken place with the trophies now back home at the various winning companies. The technical testing for the broadband categories alone comprised of over four million tests to create the short lists that the judges picked the winners from.
Shortlist for Internet Hero and Villain ISPA Awards published
Less than a month to go until the waiting is over to find out who has won an award in this years ISPA awards. The final announcements before the Awards night are the shortlists for the Internet Hero and Internet Villain categories that have now been announced.
Ofcom publishes results of research into people’s online habits
Ofcom using IPSOS Mori has been looking at peoples perceptions and opinions about various online activities. If you work or write content online it is worth a read to remind yourself that not everyone is an online genius.
15th ISPA Awards shortlist announced
The annual ISPA Awards are rapidly approaching and now that the technical testing phases are over the shortlists from which the judging panel will pick the eventual winners has been published.
Point Topic project only 81% of UK to have super fast access in 2015
Point Topic who spend their days number crunching has for the first time made its UK broadband availability database available to non paying subscribers.