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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
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
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
Digital Scotland To Bring Fibre to 145,000 More Properties
BDUK-funded Digital Scotland announces next phase of superfast broadband rollout
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
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 quality
CityFibre, Sky And TalkTalk Complete First Phase Of York FTTP Rollout
Partners are encouraged by York FTTP progress and hope to expand nationwide
BT/EE Merger “Would Damage The UK Market”, Says CityFibre
Proposed merger raises risk of stifling competition, firm says
CityFibre Completes Peterborough FTTP Network
Businesss and public sector organisations can now get 1Gbps broadband thanks to CityFibre’s Peterborough CORE
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 packages
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
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 will ensure it meets goals
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 are just one third of urban speeds
Scottish Superfast Broadband Rollout Reaches 1.5m Homes And Businesses
BT and BDUK projects reach milestone as fibre rollout accelerates
Treat Broadband Like A Utility, Says House of Lords
House of Lords says presence of broadband notspots in rural areas is "unacceptable"
Gigaclear Earmarks 6,000 More Rural Properties For 1Gbps Broadband
Gigaclear secures £6.5m in funding to continue rural gigabit rollout
Hyperoptic FTTP Network Brings 1Gbps Broadband To 100,000 Properties
Hyperoptic fibre network now reaches 100,000 homes and businesses across 1,000 sites
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
Superfast Broadband Awareness Low, But Higher In Rural Areas
Research suggest there is confusion about the availability of superfast broadband in the UK
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
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
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
BT Plots 500Mbps ‘Ultrafast’ Broadband With G.Fast Trials
G.Fast could provide boost to speeds without need to lay new fibre cables
Tech City To Get Superfast Broadband Boost
Virgin Media Business looks to provide at least 2,000 Tech City businesses with improved download speeds
‘World’s Biggest Data Centre’ To Be Built In Nevada
Switch's SUPERNAP project also hooking up multiple cities with ultra-fast fibre
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
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 enterprise market
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
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 whom need at least 10Mbps