Plans to roll out next generation fibre connections in the hardest to reach areas in the United Kingdom revealed by Openreach
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Budget 2020: Chancellor Pledges £30 Billion Package Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
NHS funding rise, increased sick pay and £5 billion upgrade for broadband connectivity in remote areas to aid remote working
Openreach Announces Full Fibre To 227 Rural Communities
200 villages, market towns and rural areas set to benefit as Openreach pledges to roll out ultrafast fibre to the premise (FTTP)
Government Failing To Close Digital Divide
Continuing digital divide between urban and rural areas is not being addressed by the government, committee warns
Microsoft Disputes FCC Broadband Coverage Figures
Redmond disagrees with US regulator’s claim of improving broadband coverage in the United States
EE Targets Rural Broadband Not-spots With 4G Antenna
Stuck in broadband slowlane? EE solution aims to help 580,000 homes gain speeds of speeds of over 100Mbps
Local Government: ‘Up To’ Broadband Adverts Are Misleading Rural Users
Broadband adverts are misleading if touted speeds are only available to urban areas, says LGA
Virgin Media Names Next 30 Villages To Be Connected To 300Mbps Broadband
Virgin Media will bring 300Mbps to SMBs in 30 more villages as part of its rural network expansion plans
Vodafone Offers Indoor 3G Coverage To Pubs And Rural Community Centres
Vodafone looks to femtocells again in latest rural mobile coverage push
NFU: Poor Rural Broadband And 4G Harm Future Of British Farming
National Farmers’ Union says government must do more to improve rural broadband, claiming just 4 percent have superfast
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
Gigaclear Gets £18m EU Loan To Expand Rural Fibre Coverage
Gigaclear will use money to reach at least another 40,000 properties in 2016
Gigaclear Raises £30m For Rural FTTP Rollout
Gigaclear says investment will allow it to become largest rural FTTP provider in the UK
A Third Of Isles Of Scilly Sign Up For Superfast Broadband
Superfast Cornwall leaders say high adoption rate justifies ambitious superfast broadband project
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
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 will ensure it meets goals
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 are just one third of urban speeds
Treat Broadband Like A Utility, Says House of Lords
House of Lords says presence of broadband notspots in rural areas is “unacceptable”
Gigaclear Earmarks 6,000 More Rural Properties For 1Gbps Broadband
Gigaclear secures £6.5m in funding to continue rural gigabit rollout
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
Superfast Broadband Awareness Low, But Higher In Rural Areas
Research suggest there is confusion about the availability of superfast broadband in the UK
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 aren’t left out
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
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
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
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
BT Provides Somerset Village With Microwave Superfast Broadband
BT connects Northlew with a 4km microwave link, providing speeds of 80Mbps
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
Virgin Media Uses ‘Narrow Trenching’ To Reduce Cost Of Fibre Rollout
Virgin Media lays fibre in Cambridgeshire village using new technique
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