rural broadband

Virgin Media Invites Rural Areas To Apply For 200Mbps Broadband

Communities in 18 counties can apply to be covered by Virgin Media's £3bn cable expansion

9 years ago

Gigaclear Gets £18m EU Loan To Expand Rural Fibre Coverage

Gigaclear will use money to reach at least another 40,000 properties in 2016

9 years ago

Gigaclear Raises £30m For Rural FTTP Rollout

Gigaclear says investment will allow it to become largest rural FTTP provider in the UK

10 years ago

A Third Of Isles Of Scilly Sign Up For Superfast Broadband

Superfast Cornwall leaders say high adoption rate justifies ambitious superfast broadband project

10 years ago

Worst UK Broadband Street ‘135 Times Slower’ Than Fastest

Research hints at huge disparities in service and suggests the north is better than the south for broadband

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

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

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

MPs Say Broadband Policy Is Short Changing Rural Areas

Parliamentary committee calls for 10Mbps minimum speeds and satellite broadband subsidies to make sure the final five percent of properties…

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

Vodafone Names 30 More Villages Set To Get Mobile Coverage Boost

Rural Open Sure Signal programme reaches 100 villages as Vodafone starts boosting rural 3G

10 years ago

EE Micro Networks To Connect 1,500 Rural Communities To 4G

Micro networks connect villages to EE service without cables, making it easier and cheaper to bring 4G to villages

10 years ago

Government To ‘Force’ Mobile Operators To Share Networks

The government will propose that mobile operators share infrastructure in rural areas as part of 'national roaming' plans

10 years ago

BT Provides Somerset Village With Microwave Superfast Broadband

BT connects Northlew with a 4km microwave link, providing speeds of 80Mbps

10 years ago

UK Cable Broadband “Now Faster Than Fibre”, Says Ofcom

Watchdog survey also finds average UK broadband speed rose over last six months, with Virgin Media offering the fastest service

10 years ago

Virgin Media Uses ‘Narrow Trenching’ To Reduce Cost Of Fibre Rollout

Virgin Media lays fibre in Cambridgeshire village using new technique

10 years ago

Brantingham Village Claims Broadband Speed Crown

An ancient hamlet mentioned in the Doomsday book claims to have the fastest Internet village connection, but BT disagrees

10 years ago

Government Broadband Projects Bring Superfast Broadband To 1m Properties

The government says it is firmly on track to reach 95 percent of the population by 2017 thanks to BDUK

10 years ago

Subsea Cable Diversion Brings Superfast Broadband To Isles Of Scilly

Isles of Scilly will be able to receive superfast broadband later this year after undersea fibre cable is diverted

10 years ago

Vodafone Invites Rural Communities To Apply For Better 3G Coverage

Vodafone wants to improve mobile coverage in remote areas with its Sure Signal femtocell technology

10 years ago

Scottish Government Pledges £2.5m For Rural Broadband As BDUK Rollout Continues

Scottish broadband boost as Holyrood provides more funding and plans for a post-independence Scotland

10 years ago

Mobile Operators To Improve Coverage In National Parks

Mobile Operators Association and National Parks England agree partnership to help sustain businesses in National Parks

10 years ago

Devon And Somerset Apply For More BDUK Funding As Fibre Rollout Continues

Somerset Council also pledges an additional £2m in the hope of gaining another £22.75m from BDUK

10 years ago

Tractors To Power Tour De France Wi-Fi In Yorkshire

Farmers are to provide tractor-powered Wi-Fi in parts of Yorkshire to compensate for poor rural connectivity

10 years ago

Successful Bidders For The £10 Million Rural Broadband Fund Revealed

Eight businesses will be able to test their alternative approach to delivering Internet connectivity

10 years ago

EE Announces Rural 4G Push, More Double Speed Cities And In-Car Wi-Fi

EE talks about network expansion, new mobile Wi-Fi devices and the UK's "most affordable tablet" as it seeks to make…

11 years ago

Ofcom: 1 In 4 Users Now Have Superfast Broadband, Average Is 17.8Mbps

Ofcom says broadband connections in the UK are getting faster, but warns more must be done to ensure rural areas…

11 years ago