rural broadband

Cambridge White Space Trial Declared A Success

The trial of white space technology in Cambridge has been declared a success and is being touted as a solution…

13 years ago

Lords Publishes Damning Responses To Government Broadband Plans

The House of Lords has revealed a wide range of expert views on the Government's broadband strategy

13 years ago

Lancashire Volunteers Dig For 1Gbps Broadband Victory

Hundreds of residents fed up with waiting for fibre broadband have begun digging their own fibre trench

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

Neul And Carlson Target Rural Broadband With White Space Launch

Neul and Carlson have launched the first commercial radio system that uses the 'white space' within the TV broadcast spectrum

13 years ago

UK At ‘Back Of Pack’ For Broadband

BT's ex CTO says the UK is being left behind in the next global industrial revolution

13 years ago

Cumbria Community Fibre Company Seeks Investment

Broadband cooperative offers community chance to invest in local fibre rollout

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

Russia To Spike Plan To Recycle Satellite For Antarctic Broadband Access

The mis-aligned Russian Express AM4 satellite could provide fast access for Antarctic scientists if Polar Broadband can convince the Russians

13 years ago

High-Speed Broadband Hits Isle Of Wight Thanks To C4L

More residents and businesses on the Isle of Wight will be able to enjoy faster broadband speeds thanks to C4L

13 years ago

Scotland Demands More Money For Broadband

SNP politician Alex Neil says Scotland is being “short changed” by the government over broadband funding

13 years ago

North East Councils Dismiss Need For Broadband Funding

North and South Tyneside Councils have missed the BDUK broadband funding deadline, but said they do not need it

13 years ago

BT Takes White Space Trial To Cornwall

BT expands testing of white space technology after confirming it will hold a trial in Cornwall

13 years ago

BT May Appeal Against Line Rentals Set By Ofcom

Ofcom has set the price that BT can charge rivals for access to its network, but the carrier is considering…

13 years ago

One Third Of The UK Has Slower Than 5Mbps Broadband

uSwitch says much of the UK has broadband speeds "that are more snail’s pace than super-fast"

13 years ago

House Of Lords To Investigate Government Broadband Plans

The House of Lords is to investigate the Government's claims about superfast broadband in the UK

13 years ago

Government Warns Three Councils Over Broadband Funding

The government has officially warned three English councils that they could lose access to fibre broadband funding

13 years ago

Councils Face ‘Big Ask’ For Broadband Not-Spot Funds

Socitm report says local councils will find it difficult to match BDUK funding required to roll out fibre into broadband…

13 years ago

Regional Broadband Scheme Faces Investigation

Taxpayers' money could be needed to prop up regional broadband infrastructure scheme, as local councils begin an investigation

13 years ago

Councils Must Submit Broadband Funding Bids By February

English councils have until February to submit proposals to receive rural broadband funding

13 years ago

BT Adds Another 178 Exchanges To Fibre Rollout

BT has revealed the latest tranche of telephone exchanges in the UK that will be fibre enabled

13 years ago

Lobby Group Slams Rural Broadband Rollout Hitch

The Countryside Alliance has hit out at the lack of progress made in rolling out rural broadband

13 years ago

Fibre Broadband Rollout To Take Six Years

The boss of BT has predicted it will take up to six years to roll out fibre broadband to 90…

13 years ago

Government Readies New Broadband Investment

The government is unveiling a new infrastructure building programme, with broadband a likely recipient

13 years ago

ViaSat Brings Speedy Satellite Broadband To UK

ViaSat has brought its US satellite broadband service for businesses and launched it in the UK

13 years ago

Scottish Broadband Plan Gets £5m Funding Boost

The Scottish Government has allocated £5m to kickstart rural superfast broadband

13 years ago

Ofcom Boss Queries Need For Superfast Broadband

Ofcom's boss questioned the need for superfast broadband in a speech about the state of the UK's network

13 years ago

EU Confirms Plans For Huge Broadband Investment

The European Commission has confirmed plans to pump billions into broadband projects across the region

13 years ago

White Space Partnership Tackles Mobile Broadband

Two wireless specialists promise an affordable white space device for mobile broadband in remote areas

13 years ago

Everything Everywhere And BT Begin Cornish LTE Trial

The 4G trial by Everything Everywhere has begun in Cornwall to close rural broadband not-spots

13 years ago