fibre deployment

Ofcom Confirms Virgin Media Need Not Share Its Ducts

Virgin Media does not have "significant market power" so will not have to share its ducts, Ofcom has confirmed

13 years ago

BT Extends ADSL2+ Deployment, But Deadline Slips

BT is extending its ADSL2+ copper network deployment, meaning faster broadband for more people

13 years ago

Surrey Council Seeks Tenders For Fibre Rollout

Surrey County Council is inviting bids to get the final 20 percent of its residents connected to fibre broadband

14 years ago

Government Extends Rural Broadband Scheme

The government has freed up nearly £50m to help push superfast broadband into three rural counties

14 years ago

BT Admits Ducting Problems Cause FTTP Delay

BT is encountering more ducting problems than first thought, which has impacted its fibre rollout

14 years ago

BT Ramps Up Fibre Speed As Broadband Boosts Profits

Profits at BT have risen 71 percent as the carrier benefits from an increasing broadband market share

14 years ago

BT Recruits Former Military Engineers For Fibre Rollout

BT is to recruit 200 former armed forces personnel to help it with the labour intensive fibre rollout

14 years ago

Ofcom Boss Anticipates Regulation Of Duct Pricing

Ofcom admits it may need to step in and regulate the prices for access to BT's ducts and telegraph poles

14 years ago

Sky Signs Three Month Ducting Trial With BT

Sky is considering installing its own fibre network in the UK after signing a deal with BT to use its…

14 years ago

BT Reveals Expansion Of Superfast Broadband

BT Openreach has named a further 156 areas in the UK to receive its superfast fibre broadband service

14 years ago

ISPs Criticise BT Pole And Duct Sharing Charges

Some ISPs warn that the government's rural broadband push is in danger, because BT's prices are too high

14 years ago

BT Promises 20Mbps For 80 Percent Of Britain

Faster broadband should be on the way for more people as BT promises more ADSL2+

14 years ago

BT Customers In Cornwall Get Fibre Broadband

The first customers in Cornwall have been connected to BT's high ‘ca-pasty’ broadband service in that area

14 years ago

Shetland Fibre Project Gets European Green Light

The EU has given a green light for a new fibre optic network connecting residents to superfast broadband

14 years ago

Labour MP Slams Lack Of Welsh Broadband Funds

The Welsh Labour MP Ian Lucas has criticised the coalition government for not funding superfast broadband in the region

14 years ago

UK 24th In Broadband Value Table

Britain is trailing behind other countries for broadband value, a survey revealed

14 years ago

BT Hits Back At Virgin’s ‘Stop The Con’ Campaign

Virgin Media's 'stop the con' campaign over broadband web speeds has angered rival ISPs

14 years ago

Ofcom Calls For BT To Share Fibre Network

Ofcom has ordered BT to open up its fibre network to rival ISPs, even though BT already does so

14 years ago

Cornwall To Benefit From Massive Fibre Project

Over 90 percent of homes in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are to get high 'ca-pasty' and superfast broadband,…

14 years ago

Virgin Media Trials Broadband Via Electricity Poles

Virgin Media continues to trial new ways of delivering superfast broadband to rural areas, as it begins a fibre trial…

14 years ago

BT Begins Delayed FTTP Trials

BT has begun its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) trials using brownfield sites, where existing houses and businesses already exist

14 years ago

BT And Council Deliver Fibre To Kent Village

Residents in a Kent village used a £13,000 grant from the local council to get BT to bring superfast fibre…

14 years ago