rural broadband

Worcestershire And Shropshire Secure More Government Rural Broadband Cash

Two counties get more public money to extend fibre rollout in rural areas

11 years ago

MPs Say BDUK Has Given BT A Rural Broadband Monopoly

Public Accounts Committee say DCMS and BT must be more transparent and publish detailed BDUK mapping

11 years ago

DCMS Invites Bids For £10m Rural Broadband Trial

Bids for rural broadband trial are invited by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport

11 years ago

Slow Rural Broadband Affecting Education, Says Survey

Rural broadband gives urban children an advantage in education says new report

11 years ago

MPs Want To Withhold Rural Broadband Cash Until BT Is More Transparent

Public Accounts Committee says BT should be more transparent about BDUK costs, after the operator won all the contracts under…

11 years ago

England To Get £184m Share Of Latest UK Broadband Funds

The government announces how it will divide the funds announced last year

11 years ago

First BDUK Fibre Cabinets Go Live In Warwickshire And Northamptonshire

Two BDUK projects reveal the locations of the first government-funded fibre cabinets

11 years ago

70,000 Properties In Devon And Somerset To Receive BDUK Fibre By Summer

BDUK rollout in the West Country to reach more homes and businesses even quicker

11 years ago

Government-Funded Superfast Broadband Rollout Reaches 300,000 Premises

DCMS says rollout is now likely to have reached more than 300,000 homes and businesses

11 years ago

Open Source Mobile Networks Could Solve Rural ‘Not-Spots’

Lime Microsystems says its transceiver technology can make it cheaper for rural communities to get 3G and 4G

11 years ago

Government Appoints New BDUK Chief And Details £10m Rural Broadband Trial

Government will open £10m fund for trial of alternative broadband technologies on 17 March

11 years ago

Government Announces £10m Rural Broadband Trial

The government looks towards mobile to increase superfast broadband coverage

11 years ago

Rural Broadband Questions, As Two Altnet Schemes Lose Council Support

Support for alternative rural broadband projects has been dropped by two English councils, raising more concerns

11 years ago

BT Openreach CEO ‘Frustrated’ At Constant BDUK Criticism

Openreach CEO Liv Garfield says BDUK is on track and suggests it could use more government funding

11 years ago

Superfast Cornwall Reaches 82 Percent Fibre Coverage

Cornwall becomes the best connected rural region in Europe as better connections save and create jobs in the county

11 years ago

EE Calls For Government Action As 4G Launches In Rural Cumbria

EE CEO Olaf Swantee wants the government to do more to encourage the deployment of 4G in rural areas

11 years ago

Superfast Broadband Now Available For Three Out Of Four Homes

Ofcom claims 73 percent of the UK now has access to superfast broadband, but countryside campaigners feel left out

11 years ago

EE 4G Outlines New Tariffs And Rural Broadband Plans

EE wants to make 4G more accessible with new price plans and LTE-enabled broadband for rural areas

11 years ago

Mobile Operators To Attend Government 4G Meeting

DCMS looks to 4G to bring superfast broadband to rural areas not covered by BDUK

11 years ago

Berkshire And BT Sign £8m BDUK Broadband Deal

Around 18.000 premises are set to benefit from BDUK cash

11 years ago

Ofcom Announces Participants For Major White Space Trial

Microsoft, Google and BT among those to lend support to Europe's first major white space pilot

11 years ago

The Only Way Is Essex Broadband: BT Agrees £24.6m BDUK Deal

Rural Essex was well jel of towns and cities' fast fibre, till BT won BDUK cash

11 years ago

BT Agrees £20m Worcestershire BDUK Partnership

More BDUK funding is dished out to Worcestershire

11 years ago

BT Signs £25m Oxfordshire BDUK Deal

The south east's most rural county to get BDUK funding

11 years ago

First Areas To Benefit From £150m Government Rural Mobile Coverage Plan Revealed

First areas to receive improved mobile coverage will go live later this year

11 years ago

Government Auditors Slam Rural Broadband Deployment

The rollout of superfast broadband into rural areas has been slammed by government auditors

11 years ago

Google Gains Approval For White Space Broadband

Google has received FCC approval to progress plans for white space broadband in the United States

11 years ago

English Councils Receive Just £3m In BDUK Funding To Date

Countryside Alliance says only two councils have received BDUK funding so far ahead of potential project overhaul

11 years ago

BT Agrees £18.6m Buckinghamshire And Hertfordshire BDUK Deal

BT wins more BDUK funding in latest rural broadband deal

11 years ago

National Audit Office Exposes Problems With BDUK Rural Broadband

A July report will question whether the rural broadband roll-out scheme provides value for money

11 years ago