News Archive November 2012
BT aims to help Cumbrian businesses with fibre broadband plans
BT has said its planned Cumbrian fibre optic broadband rollout is so important because of the number of local businesses based in isolated communities. The telecoms giant's managing director of next-generation access Bill...
Read moreKCOM chief says 4G could pose threat to fibre broadband
Super-fast 4G mobile services may pose a threat to the uptake of fibre optic broadband, KCOM finance director Paul Simpson has admitted. KCOM this week unveiled its latest set of financial results, revealing plans to roll out...
Read moreBT criticised for not bringing fibre broadband to Bo'ness
BT has been criticised by Linlithgow and East Falkirk MP Michael Connarty for failing to include parts of his constituency in its fibre optic broadband rollout programme. Speaking in a House of Commons debate, Mr Connarty pointed...
Read morePeebles residents gain fibre broadband access
Peebles has become the latest Scottish community to benefit from BT's nationwide fibre optic broadband rollout. During spring 2014, the telecoms giant is aiming to bring the technology to two-thirds of UK homes and...
Read moreStudy warns full EU fibre broadband switchover will take 92 years
The Europe-wide switchover to full fibre optic broadband technology could take more than nine decades to complete, according to a new study. Conducted by fibre consultancy firm Ventura Team and financial expert Portland Advisors,...
Read moreBT chief says fibre broadband can open up new online world
Fibre optic broadband has the potential to unlock a "new world" for web users, BT's regional director for the north-east Farooq Hakim has said. The telecoms giant is currently extending its super-fast broadband...
Read moreCumbria hails EU fibre broadband ruling
Cumbria County Council (CCC) has praised the EU's decision to approve the government's plans to significantly improve fibre optic broadband coverage. European officials had been reviewing the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK)...
Read moreBT rolls out fibre broadband to Ardrossan and Saltcoats
BT has rolled out fibre optic broadband to the Scottish communities of Ardrossan and Saltcoats, in a move welcomed by Katy Clark MP and Kenneth Gibson MSP. Over the coming weeks, the telecoms giant will extend super-fast...
Read moreBT's Devonport fibre broadband rollout hailed by Plymouth council
Plymouth City Council has welcomed BT's decision to bring fibre optic broadband to almost 12,000 local homes and businesses. The telecoms giant has rolled out super-fast broadband to the first properties in Devonport, with...
Read moreCotswolds Broadband lays fibre optic cable ducts in Leafield
Ducts to support fibre optic broadband cables have been laid in Leafield, West Oxfordshire as part of the Cotswolds Broadband project. The initiative has taken advantage of local infrastructure work to install the ducts alongside...
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