News Archive September 2013
Fibre optic broadband set to benefit 90 per cent of North Yorkshire
Plans to introduce fibre optic broadband to 90 per cent of premises in North Yorkshire are running on schedule, according to officials. The project, named NYnet, aims to install superfast broadband throughout the region by the...
Read moreTalkTalk promotes fibre broadband by sponsoring village football team
TalkTalk is promoting its superfast fibre optic broadband service through a new sponsorship deal with a Welsh Alliance football team from the village with the longest place name in Europe. Clwb Pel Droed...
Read moreLeominster Enterprise Park facing £30k bill for fibre broadband
Businesses based at Leominster Enterprise Park are facing a bill of more than £30,000 if they wish to access fibre optic broadband. The Herefordshire town has been included in BT's superfast broadband rollout, but the...
Read moreHyperoptic boosts expansion plans with new Director of Sales
Fibre optic broadband network operator Hyperoptic says it is ratcheting up its UK expansion by appointing Per-Gunnar Ostby as its new Director of Sales. Mr Ostby worked with Hyperoptic Chairman Boris Ivanovic and Managing...
Read moreCheshire businesses to benefit from superfast broadband help
Businesses in Cheshire are set to benefit from £1.5 million of investment to help them make the most of the digital technology enabled by fibre optic broadband. The scheme, named Connecting Cheshire Superfast Business, is...
Read moreBT brings fibre broadband to Whitley Bay
Thousands of homes and businesses in Whitley Bay are now benefiting from BT's fibre broadband rollout in North Tyneside - a development that Tynemouth MP Alan Campbell has praised as a "big step forward" for the...
Read moreBT rolling out fibre broadband link between Kilmarnock medical centres
BT is rolling out a fibre optic broadband link between two Kilmarnock medical practices in a bid to improve the experience of patients. At present, patients are unable to make appointments or collect prescriptions from the...
Read moreDarlington benefits from BT fibre broadband rollout
BT has rolled out fibre optic broadband to thousands of properties in Darlington, in a move welcomed by the local borough council. The upgrades are set for completion in the coming weeks, by which time more than 31,000 homes and...
Read moreNovosco rolls out Cloudstream service to business market
A string of major firms in Northern Ireland have signed up to take advantage of a new service delivered by cloud technology provider Novosco. The company has invested heavily in a fibre optic ring that extends across Belfast,...
Read moreMarketing firm claims Cornwall has better broadband than Silicon Valley
Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula has faster broadband than Northern California's Silicon Valley tech hub, according to the owners of a local online marketing company. Rob and Andrea Edlin, who own Helston-based Niddocks, were...
Read more