FTTC

Openreach Suspends G.fast Broadband Rollout Until 2021

Openreach confirms that the rollout of G.Fast, technology that speeds up copper-based broadband connections, will be paused until next year

4 years ago

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

5 years ago

Openreach Announces New FTTP Locations

Acceleration of fibre to the premise (FTTP) program at Openreach, with the addition of 36 new locations

5 years ago

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

7 years ago

Fibre Broadband Advertising Probe Launched Into Copper ‘Last Mile’ Connections

Watchdog probe on broadband services being adbvertised as 'fibre', when it utilises copper connections

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

Swisscom Claims European First With G.Fast Launch

Swiss telco launches ultrafast broadband capable of 500Mbps that includes the use of humble copper lines

8 years ago

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

10 years ago

BT Reaches Kensington And Chelsea Broadband Peace Agreement

Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea withdraws street cabinet objections

12 years ago

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

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

BT Openreach Launches Ultra-Fast FTTP Broadband

Up to 330Mbps download speeds, now possible for all UK ISPs

12 years ago

BT Works To Fix Fibre Speed Crash

BT's Home Hub routers to blame for not-so-superfast broadband

12 years ago

US 4G Network LightSquared Goes Bust

The US 4G network LightSquared has declared bankruptcy but insists Chapter 11 is not the end

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

BT To Double FTTC Openreach Speeds In April

Speeds set to jump to 80Mbps downstream and 20Mbps upstream by April

13 years ago

Virgin Media Begins Nationwide Broadband Speed Upgrade

Virgin Media has begun its Double Speeds programme where customers will see their broadband speeds doubled

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

Scotland Reveals Plans For Fibre Broadband Rollout

Scotland plans to significantly ramp up average broadband speeds north of the border

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

TalkTalk Boss Slams BT Fibre ‘Monopoly’

Government support could give BT a monopoly, warns TalkTalk boss

13 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

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…

14 years ago

Jeremy Hunt Promises 600,000 Jobs From Broadband

After an accidental insult on the BBC, Jeremy Hunt repeated the government's broadband plans

14 years ago

BT Adds Slower Minimum Fibre Broadband Speeds

BT has begun offering a fibre broadband product to resellers offering download speeds of just 5 Mbps

14 years ago