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John Whittingdale Replaces Sajid Javid As Culture Secretary

BBC licence fee opponent John Whittingdale is named in David Cameron's first post-election cabinet

10 years ago

BT Openreach Fibre Connections Rise To 4.2m But Business Revenues Decline

Strong performance for broadband division help offset revenue falls for business and global services in 'ground breaking year' for BT

10 years ago

UK Falls To 5th In Huawei Connectivity Index Due To Poor Rural Mobile Coverage

Huawei publishes latest ranking, announces new network products and Eircom FTTP partnership

10 years ago

Digital Scotland To Bring Fibre to 145,000 More Properties

BDUK-funded Digital Scotland announces next phase of superfast broadband rollout

10 years ago

Hyperoptic Launches 1Gbps Broadband In Liverpool As FTTP Network Goes Live

First buildings are connected to Hyperoptic's Liverpool FTTP network, offering speeds 50 times the city average

10 years ago

BT And Virgin Media Warn Ofcom About Business Broadband Regulation

BT and Virgin Media say giving rivals greater access to their business broadband networks will increase prices and damage service…

10 years ago

CityFibre, Sky And TalkTalk Complete First Phase Of York FTTP Rollout

Partners are encouraged by York FTTP progress and hope to expand nationwide

10 years ago

BT/EE Merger “Would Damage The UK Market”, Says CityFibre

Proposed merger raises risk of stifling competition, firm says

10 years ago

CityFibre Completes Peterborough FTTP Network

Businesss and public sector organisations can now get 1Gbps broadband thanks to CityFibre’s Peterborough CORE

10 years ago

Hyperoptic To Offer 1Gbps Shared Leased Lines In Business Broadband Revamp

Businesses in 12 cities will be able to get 1Gbps FTTP, leased lines and shared leased lines as firm overhauls…

10 years ago

BT Says EU Should Let Governments Fund Urban Broadband – Rivals Disagree

BT says BDUK should be allowed to help cities, but rivals say private sector should solve issues

10 years ago

BDUK CEO Says UK Superfast Broadband Rollout Is ‘On Track’

BDUK CEO Chris Townsend says better marketing, overhauled super connected cities vouchers and advanced plans for phase 2 and 3…

10 years ago

Ofcom: 32% Of Broadband Connections Are Superfast, But Urban-Rural Divide Is Widening

Ofcom says rural and suburban broadband speeds did not rise in the six months leading up to November 2014 and…

10 years ago

Scottish Superfast Broadband Rollout Reaches 1.5m Homes And Businesses

BT and BDUK projects reach milestone as fibre rollout accelerates

10 years ago

Treat Broadband Like A Utility, Says House of Lords

House of Lords says presence of broadband notspots in rural areas is "unacceptable"

10 years ago

Gigaclear Earmarks 6,000 More Rural Properties For 1Gbps Broadband

Gigaclear secures £6.5m in funding to continue rural gigabit rollout

10 years ago

Hyperoptic FTTP Network Brings 1Gbps Broadband To 100,000 Properties

Hyperoptic fibre network now reaches 100,000 homes and businesses across 1,000 sites

10 years ago

Government Turns Attention To ‘Final Five Percent’ As BDUK Connects 2m Homes To Fibre

Government-funded BDUK projects have connected two million homes and businesses to superfast broadband

10 years ago

Superfast Broadband Awareness Low, But Higher In Rural Areas

Research suggest there is confusion about the availability of superfast broadband in the UK

10 years ago

Scottish And Norwegian Data Centres Linked By Super Fast North Sea Fibre

Tampnet piggybacking is reportedly the largest offshore high capacity communication network in the world

10 years ago

Quad-Play And SMBs Boost TalkTalk As FTTP Rollout Begins

TalkTalk boasts of strong quad-play and business broadband momentum as work on York FTTP joint-venture gets underway

10 years ago

BT ‘Overestimates’ BDUK Fibre Rollout By £92m Say MPs

Public Accounts Committee report says the cost of rural broadband rollout could be a lot less than expected

10 years ago

BT Plots 500Mbps ‘Ultrafast’ Broadband With G.Fast Trials

G.Fast could provide boost to speeds without need to lay new fibre cables

10 years ago

Tech City To Get Superfast Broadband Boost

Virgin Media Business looks to provide at least 2,000 Tech City businesses with improved download speeds

10 years ago

‘World’s Biggest Data Centre’ To Be Built In Nevada

Switch's SUPERNAP project also hooking up multiple cities with ultra-fast fibre

10 years ago

Ofcom: BT Must Maintain ‘Margins’ To Keep Superfast Broadband Market Competitive

Ofcom says BT can still set wholesale fibre prices but not in a way that limits superfast competition

10 years ago

TalkTalk Business Reveals Fibre, 4G And Converged Ambitions for 2015

TalkTalk Business MD Charles Bligh reveals how half-price broadband, business 4G and VoIP will allow it to better serve the…

10 years ago

BT Looks To Give London A Speed Boost With “Fibre To The Basement” Trial

‘Fibre to the basement’ technology could provide faster network speeds to homes and businesses in built-up areas

10 years ago

Ofcom Wants Total Superfast Broadband Coverage As Average Speeds Reach 23Mbps

Ofcom says cost and complexity should be no barrier in rolling out superfast broadband to homes and businesses, many of…

10 years ago

Government Extends Super Connected Cities Broadband Scheme Until 2016

Chancellor's Autumn Statement also reveals that the number of northern cities in the Super Connected Cities will be 'doubled'

10 years ago