BDUK

Two Fifths Of SMBs ‘Don’t Know’ What Their Broadband Speeds Are

New research suggests SMBs don't know what type of broadband they have yet plan on becoming more digital

9 years ago

Devon & Somerset Turn To Wireless To Bring Superfast Broadband To National Parks

Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) gives BDUK funding to Airband to provide wireless superfast broadband to homes and businesses in…

9 years ago

Gigaclear Wins BDUK Contract To Bring 1Gbps Broadband To Epping Forest

Gigaclear gets BDUK funding from Essex County Council to spread fibre to remote areas of Epping Forest

9 years ago

Government Issues More Than 25,000 Superfast Broadband Vouchers To SMBs

25,000 SMBs receive grants of up to £3,000 to get superfast broadband as government urges more to apply

9 years ago

Suffering From Slow Broadband Speeds? It’s Time For A Change, Says Ofcom

New Ofcom ruling makes it easier than ever before to dump substandard broadband contracts

9 years ago

BDUK Connects 2.4 Million Homes And Businesses To Fibre

BDUK estimates it costs £1 million to connect 6,837 properties, according to latest figures

9 years ago

John Whittingdale Replaces Sajid Javid As Culture Secretary

BBC licence fee opponent John Whittingdale is named in David Cameron's first post-election cabinet

9 years ago

Digital Scotland To Bring Fibre to 145,000 More Properties

BDUK-funded Digital Scotland announces next phase of superfast broadband rollout

9 years ago

Government-Funded LTE To Boost Superfast Broadband Coverage In Swindon

Swindon council recommends LTE-powered 'fixed wireless' to plug gaps in town's superfast broadband coverage

9 years ago

BT Says EU Should Let Governments Fund Urban Broadband – Rivals Disagree

BT says BDUK should be allowed to help cities, but rivals say private sector should solve issues

9 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…

9 years ago

Scottish Superfast Broadband Rollout Reaches 1.5m Homes And Businesses

BT and BDUK projects reach milestone as fibre rollout accelerates

9 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

9 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

9 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…

9 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

9 years ago

Northern Rail Offers Free Wi-Fi Thanks To Government Funding

Commuters in Leeds and Bradford to benefit from Super Connected Cities funding

9 years ago

Ofcom Wants Total Superfast Broadband Coverage As Average Speeds Reach 23Mbps

Ofcom says cost and complexity should be no barrier in rolling out superfast broadband to homes and businesses, many of…

9 years ago

Massive Undersea Cable Project Brings Fibre Closer To Scottish Highlands And Islands

BT lays 250 miles of subsea cables as part of government assisted rollout of superfast broadband in Scotland

9 years ago

Superfast Cymru Connects ‘Most Remote’ Location In Wales With 16km Of Overhead Fibre

Homes and businesses in the most remote location in Wales earmarked for superfast broadband can now access FTTP services

9 years ago

BDUK Connects 1.4m Homes And Businesses To Fibre

Government claims BDUK is helping the UK achieve one of the fastest superfast broadband rollouts in the world

9 years ago

Scottish BDUK Project Reaches 150,000 Properties

BT and Scottish Government praise the fastest BDUK rollout in the UK

9 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 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

10 years ago

Black Country Gains Extra Broadband Funding

More funding announced to extend the superfast broadband push in the West Midlands

10 years ago

First Isle Of Wight BDUK Cabinet Goes Live

BT says it has connected at least one cabinet in all BDUK regions

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

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

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

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