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Alun Cairns MP welcomes fibre broadband in Dinas Powys

Wednesday, March 12th 2014

Alun Cairns, MP for the Vale of Glamorgan, has visited Dinas Powys to see how the area's recent connection to superfast fibre optic broadband has benefited local residents and businesses. The Dinas Powys cabinet is one of the...

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CityFibre and Businesscoms launch fibre broadband partnership

Tuesday, March 11th 2014

Businesscoms and CityFibre have announced they will be joining forces to bring high-speed fibre optic broadband to businesses across Peterborough. CityFibre has recently invested in Peterborough CORE, a project that aims to bring...

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Cononley residents' fibre broadband hopes raised

Tuesday, March 4th 2014

Cononley, a village in North Yorkshire, was told by BT that the area would not be able to connect to fibre optic broadband due to the lack of an appropriate site for a second exchange box to be installed. However, residents'...

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Fibre broadband arrives at rural Cornish school

Monday, March 3rd 2014

Rural Treleigh Primary School near Redruth in Cornwall has been enjoying the benefits of superfast fibre optic broadband after a connection was recently laid to the site. Josh Hosking, Director of iCT4, which managed the...

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BT's new Adastral Park recruits to help with fibre broadband projects

Friday, February 28th 2014

Over 100 new apprentices and graduates employed at BT's Adastral Park technology and research headquarters are set to work on fibre optic broadband and other cutting-edge projects. The telecoms giant has created the new...

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EU announces high-speed broadband deal

Thursday, February 27th 2014

The European Union has announced it will spend €1 billion (£820 million) on improving broadband connectivity across the continent. While the budget for the scheme is substantially less than first thought, with initial...

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Coventry firms and charities offered broadband vouchers

Thursday, February 27th 2014

The Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) has announced it will provide local businesses with vouchers to cover the costs of broadband installation. Although only worth between £250 and...

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North Yorkshire fibre optic reaches 100k

Wednesday, February 26th 2014

More than 40,000 homes and businesses in North Yorkshire are already using fibre optic broadband. But this could be set to rise according to Superfast North Yorkshire, which claims 100,000 premises in the county can now access...

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Fibre optic briefing for Widnes residents

Tuesday, February 25th 2014

Residents in Widnes are set to be briefed by officials from Connecting Cheshire on plans to roll out fibre optic broadband in their area. Halton Council, which is based in Cheshire, is working with the organisation to educate...

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Fibre optic network spreads across Suffolk

Monday, February 24th 2014

Suffolk County Council has revealed 2,100 homes have been added to a fibre optic network run by BT. Mark Bee, the authority's leader and Chair of the Better Broadband for Suffolk programme, said that this is a "tangible...

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