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BT: Third Broadband Fibre Competitor ‘Unlikely’
Encouraging a third major fibre network would be 'extremely difficult', finds a BT study
Northampton Gets CityFibre 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network
CityFibre makes Northampton its latest gigabit city, delivering 1Gbps fibre broadband to businesses in the area
Reading Receives 30km Of CityFibre’s High-Speed Network
Reading becomes the UK's latest Gigabit City with access to ultrafast broadband
BT Trials Long Reach VDSL Broadband In Outer Hebrides
Scottish island plays host to Openreach long reach broadband trials
Sky Fixes Fibre Broadband After Network Upgrade Causes Outage
After BT broadband and EE roaming outages, Sky is the latest to suffer as fibre service goes down
Bristol Network Partners Connect First Users To 10Gbps FTTP Broadband
Bristol Network uses council-owned ducts to provide 10Gbps capacity for wholesale ISPs
Virgin Media Brings Cable To 450,000 London Premises And FTTP To Barnet
Virgin Media has already connected 100,000 premises to superfast broadband as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion. Now it targets 350,000 more by 2018
MPs Tell BT To Up Broadband Investment Or Face Openreach Separation
DCMS select committee says BT is not spending enough on broadband infrastructure and Openreach service levels are suffering
BT Trials Openreach Fibre Ducts And Poles Access With 5 Broadband Providers
BT presses ahead with Ofcom demand to make it easier for other providers to access Openreach's ducts and poles to lay their own fibre cables
Openreach CEO: Now Is The Time To Go From Superfast To Ultrafast Broadband
Openreach CEO Clive Selley says his engineering background will influence his tenure as BT starts its rollout of G.Fast and FTTP ultrafast broadband
CityFibre: Our FTTP Broadband Network Can Compete With Openreach
As revenues reach £6.4m, CityFibre explains how KCOM purchase, network architecture and ducts and poles can help it compete with Openreach
BT Raises Standard Fibre Package Speeds To 52Mbps
BT makes its entry level fibre package a bit faster, claims its speedier than any of its rivals
Is Dominant KCOM Giving Hull Businesses The Best Broadband It Can?
Hull has cream phone boxes, not red. It also has one single dominant ISP and it's not BT. But KCOM thinks its FTTP rollout shows its doing a good job
Gigaclear: Rural Broadband Demand Will Justify Expensive FTTP Deployment
As Gigaclear raises more funds for its FTTP rollout, CEO Matthew Hare explains why rural demand for superfast broadband will help it compete with BT
Ofcom Orders BT To Open Up Dark Fibre And Install Business Broadband Faster
Ofcom's business broadband review wants better competition, more innovation and cheaper prices
BT Plans FTTP Trial In Bradford And More G.Fast Pilots In Ultrafast Broadband Push
BT says FTTP trial will help it develop a 1Gbps service for SMBs and has promised to connect all new housing developments with more than 250 homes
Ofcom: We Want Network-Level Broadband Competition
Ofcom director of strategy says its main goal is helping deliver ultrafast broadband, not separating BT or promoting a particular technology
Broadband Is More Popular Topic In This Parliament As BDUK Reaches 3.6m Premises
Industry body ISPA says increasing references to broadband show importance of connectivity, as government publishes new BDUK figures
UCL Researchers Achieve Record 1.125Tbps Fibre Transmission
Multi-channel transmissions system could make fibre terabit capable to cope with expected growth in network traffic
MPs Report: BT And Openreach ‘Natural Monopoly’ Should Be Separated
A report backed by 121 MPs says BT and Openreach should be separated for the good of the UK's broadband infrastructure
Gigaclear Gets £18m EU Loan To Expand Rural Fibre Coverage
Gigaclear will use money to reach at least another 40,000 properties in 2016
CityFibre Brings 1Gbps Broadband To Bristol
CityFibre picks Bristol as first location for expansion following £90m KCOM fibre acquisition
Government Broadband Schemes To Reach 4m By Spring
Government says 3.5m covered by BDUK, says satellite coverage and 10Mbps universal service obligation will boost UK broadband further
Orkney Fibre Link Built On 1940s U-Boat Defences
Digital Scotland's high-speed broadband links to the Orkney Islands are making use of the famous Churchill Barriers
CityFibre To Build Glasgow FTTP Network
CityFibre says it will become the second largest wholesaler of fibre in Scotland
Hyperoptic FTTP Network Now Live In Sheffield
Hyperoptic switches on speeds of 1Gbps in the centre of the Steel City
Gigaclear Offers 5Gbps Broadband In Rural Areas
Gigaclear is trialling 5Gbps and will launch nationwide from early 2016
Average Openreach Fibre User Consumes 190GB A Month
BT reveals Openreach figures for the summer... but not a lot of them
Gigaclear Presses Ahead With Rural FTTP In Berkshire And Cotswolds
Work on delivering fibre to 18,000 homes in two BDUK projects gets underway