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BT rolling out fibre broadband to three more London districts
BT has rolled out its fibre optic broadband infrastructure to another three parts of London, bringing speeds of up to 80Mbps to more residents and businesses. The telecoms giant's latest round of upgrades in the capital will...
Read moreTalkTalk's 80Mbps fibre broadband goes live
TalkTalk has become the latest internet service provider (ISP) to announce the commercial launch of an up to 80Mbps fibre optic broadband product. Available now, the service allows customers to download a music album in around...
Read moreHampshire PSNs deliver fibre broadband to rural communities
Hampshire County Council (HCC) is using public service networks (PSNs) to boost fibre optic broadband connectivity in rural areas. The county was the first in the UK to hook all schools up to fibre-based broadband infrastructure...
Read moreVirgin Media sees surge in super-fast fibre broadband customers
Virgin Media's super-fast fibre optic broadband customer base increased by almost 150,000 during the first three months of 2012. Around half of all new Virgin Media broadband subscribers opted to sign up for speeds of 30Mbps...
Read moreBT fibre broadband set to boost north-east economy
BT will create thousands of new jobs in the north-east in the coming years through the rollout of fibre optic broadband, according to Regeneris Consulting. Over the next 15 years, the telecoms giant could offer a £143...
Read moreAlston Moor could gain 1Gbps fibre broadband
Gigabit fibre optic broadband speeds could be rolled out to a rural Cumbrian community thanks to a partnership between Cybermoor Networks and Calix. The Cybermoor super-fast broadband project has opted to utilise Calix's...
Read moreBT Openreach invites ISPs to trial premium FTTP services
BT Openreach is inviting internet service providers (ISPs) to take part in the trial of its "premium" fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband proposition. The pilot scheme will be primarily based on two products - an...
Read moreCiena says fibre broadband could come to whole of Tech City
Fibre optic broadband could be rolled out to the whole of London's Tech City hub, according to Ciena. Mervyn Kelly, marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the networking company, told Techworld that the...
Read moreArqiva says govt funding insufficient for universal fibre broadband
The government has allocated insufficient funding to subsidise the rollout of fibre optic broadband to every home and business in the UK, according to Arqiva. Writing to a parliamentary inquiry on super-fast broadband, the...
Read moreVodafone set to bid for C&W fibre broadband network
Vodafone could be in pole position to acquire fibre optic broadband network operator Cable & Wireless (C&W) after rival bidder Tata Communications pulled out of the race. India-based Tata confirmed it has been unable to...
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