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Its Official – Brits Have Abandoned The Landline
The home phone is dead, long live the mobile phone, Relish survey finds
Virgin Media Expands Network In North East England
Virgin Media brings 152Mbps superfast broadband to 5,000 more properties
Fibre Upgrade Work To Start On All Wales BDUK Exchanges By September 2015
Welsh government promises more BDUK progress as it tries to meet its target of 96 percent superfast broadband coverage by March 2015
BT Provides Somerset Village With Microwave Superfast Broadband
BT connects Northlew with a 4km microwave link, providing speeds of 80Mbps
BT Wins Welsh Public-Sector Broadband Contract
BT is to take over from Logicalis in running Wales' public-sector broadband scheme, the Welsh government has confirmed
Argos Offers Free Broadband And Tablets To Help Elderly Get Online
Argos Internet Workshops aim to help educate the 9.5m Britons who still have no access to the Internet
BT And Huawei Achieve 3Tbps Fibre Record
BT says flexgrid compression techniques could squeeze even more bandwidth out of its fibre network
Huawei Says Net Neutrality Is Preventing Development of Internet Services
Huawei says carriers should be able to provide different levels of service to different customers
Hyperoptic To Offer 1Gbps Fibre In Birmingham, Newcastle, Sheffield And Nottingham
Hyperoptic doubles the footprint of its FTTP network to 75,000 premises
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
UK Broadband “Among Best In Europe”, Says Culture Secretary
Although improvement is still needed to take on likes of Japan and South Korea, says Sajid Javid
Black Country Gains Extra Broadband Funding
More funding announced to extend the superfast broadband push in the West Midlands
Huawei Invests £2.4bn In Broadband Research
Huawei plans to help service providers cope with 5G, M2M and 4K video
TalkTalk Aims To Connect 60 Percent Of The UK With 1Gbps FTTP Broadband
TalkTalk discusses plans to connect 10m homes with gigabit fibre as part of national rollout
SMBs In SuperConnected Cities Urged To Apply For Broadband Vouchers
Government issues renewed SuperConnected cities push as March 2015 deadline for superfast broadband vouchers nears
Virgin Media Uses ‘Narrow Trenching’ To Reduce Cost Of Fibre Rollout
Virgin Media lays fibre in Cambridgeshire village using new technique
Independent Scotland Could Face Higher Mobile And Broadband Charges
BT, TalkTalk, O2, Vodafone, EE and Three say independence could increase their costs while others suggest roaming charges could be on the cards
Ofcom Plans To Help SMBs Get Better Broadband And Mobile Services
Ofcom says it wants SMBs to receive better value, higher quality communications services, even if they take consumer offerings
First Isle Of Wight BDUK Cabinet Goes Live
BT says it has connected at least one cabinet in all BDUK regions
Virgin Media Raises Prices For Broadband-Only Customers
Is Virgin Media trying to push its broadband-only customers onto one of its bundled services, after it raises its monthly tarrif?
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
Gigabit Jersey Celebrates 10,000th Fibre Customer
Jersey Telecom and Sure now have 10,000 customers on island's gigabit FTTP fibre network
Google-Led Consortium To Build 60Tbps Trans-Pacific Subsea Cable
Google and partners club together to build a cable connecting the US and Japan which will go live in 2016
Virgin Media Expands Network To 100,000 More Premises In East London
Virgin Media starts biggest ever expansion of its cable network as it announces Q2 results
Quiz Of The Week: BT
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Superfast Cymru Announces Next 66 Welsh Towns To Benefit From BDUK Fibre
Rural areas in Wales are set to receive a superfast broadband boost from BDUK
City Of London Says BT Is Failing With Superfast Broadband For The Square Mile
City of London says a lack of affordable superfast broadband is harming the square mile as a financial centre
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
Vodafone Agrees Fibre Sharing Deal With Portugal Telecom
Vodafone Portugal expands fibre reach to strengthen quad play and unified communications services