Openreach confirms that the rollout of G.Fast, technology that speeds up copper-based broadband connections, will be paused until next year
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Hull Becomes First UK City With Full Ultrafast Fibre
Local provider KCOM completes full fibre deployment, giving entire city of Hull access to ultrafast speeds
Openreach Announces New FTTP Locations
Acceleration of fibre to the premise (FTTP) program at Openreach, with the addition of 36 new locations
Ofcom Publishes New Rules To Deliver Full Fibre Broadband
Package of new measures to increase investment in full fibre networks to UK homes and businesses
Fibre Broadband Advertising Probe Launched Into Copper ‘Last Mile’ Connections
Watchdog probe on broadband services being adbvertised as 'fibre', when it utilises copper connections
Ofcom Orders BT Openreach To Reduce Cost Of Superfast Broadband
Ofcom says cheaper superfast broadband will incentivise ultrafast rollout and new Openreach targets will boost service levels
Swisscom Claims European First With G.Fast Launch
Swiss telco launches ultrafast broadband capable of 500Mbps that includes the use of humble copper lines
Final G.Fast Broadband Standard Promises 1Gbps Over Copper
ITU finalises G.Fast standard and claims it will make it cheaper and less complex to deploy 1Gbps broadband than FTTP
BT Reaches Kensington And Chelsea Broadband Peace Agreement
Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea withdraws street cabinet objections
Deutsche Telekom Pledges £24bn For German Fibre And LTE
Deutsche Telekom is to dwarf BT's broadband investment in the UK, with its own 30bn euro (£24bn) programme
Broadband: Could We Really Afford FTTH?
Britain's superfast broadband should take fibre to the home, says FTTH Europe Council's Nadia Babaali. But how would she pay for it?
BT Openreach Launches Ultra-Fast FTTP Broadband
Up to 330Mbps download speeds, now possible for all UK ISPs
BT Works To Fix Fibre Speed Crash
BT's Home Hub routers to blame for not-so-superfast broadband
US 4G Network LightSquared Goes Bust
The US 4G network LightSquared has declared bankruptcy but insists Chapter 11 is not the end
BT Selects Lucky Oxfordshire Village For All-Fibre-Network
An Oxfordshire village has become the envy of rural Britain after being selected for a all-fibre network
Former BT Exec Warns Fibre Cabinets At Risk Of Battery Theft
Fibre to the cabinet is "one of the biggest mistakes humanity has made" former BT exec tells the House of Lords
BT Announces More Exchanges To Be Blessed With FTTC
BT has revealed the details of 73 telephone exchanges in the UK set to be wired up to fibre to the cabinet
BT To Double FTTC Openreach Speeds In April
Speeds set to jump to 80Mbps downstream and 20Mbps upstream by April
Virgin Media Begins Nationwide Broadband Speed Upgrade
Virgin Media has begun its Double Speeds programme where customers will see their broadband speeds doubled
BT Promises 300 Mbps Broadband And Tests FTTP On Demand
FTTC customers can upgrade to FTTP, while the top speed of fibre broadband looks like going up again
Scotland Reveals Plans For Fibre Broadband Rollout
Scotland plans to significantly ramp up average broadband speeds north of the border
BT Extends FTTP Trial To Blocks Of Flats
BT is hoping to quickly and easily expand its FTTP footprint in the UK after extending its fibre trial to apartment blocks
BT Promises 300Mbps Broadband For The Lucky Few
BT is to increase the speeds of its FTTC and FTTP offerings, but questions remain over its reach
TalkTalk Boss Slams BT Fibre ‘Monopoly’
Government support could give BT a monopoly, warns TalkTalk boss
BT Admits Ducting Problems Cause FTTP Delay
BT is encountering more ducting problems than first thought, which has impacted its fibre rollout
Could Jeremy Hunt’s Plan Justify An Obscenity?
Jeremy Hunt doesn't deserve the obscene name he got on the BBC, but his broadband plans aren't good enough, says Peter Judge
Jeremy Hunt Promises 600,000 Jobs From Broadband
After an accidental insult on the BBC, Jeremy Hunt repeated the government's broadband plans
BT Adds Slower Minimum Fibre Broadband Speeds
BT has begun offering a fibre broadband product to resellers offering download speeds of just 5 Mbps