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Manor Royal firms gain fibre broadband access
Companies based at the Manor Royal Business Park in Crawley are benefiting from gaining access to fibre optic broadband, thanks to the West Sussex Better Connected rollout programme. The connectivity initiative is supported and...
Read moreDigital Scotland reaches 150,000 premises
The £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout programme has delivered high-speed fibre broadband to more than 150,000 homes and businesses in the country, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has...
Read moreFibre broadband for Marchington and Draycott-in-the-Clay
Fibre optic broadband has arrived in Marchington and Draycott-in-the-Clay thanks to the Superfast Staffordshire rollout project. The Uttoxeter Advertiser reports that 20,000 homes and businesses in the county can now access the...
Read moreBT fibre broadband rollout creates new Staffordshire jobs
Network provider BT's work to roll out fibre optic broadband to homes and businesses throughout the UK has led to the creation of an additional 20 engineering jobs in north Staffordshire. The new recruits will work for...
Read moreHalfway milestone for Northern Lincolnshire Broadband project
The Northern Lincolnshire Broadband rollout project has reached its halfway point, having connected almost 17,000 domestic properties and commercial buildings in the region to fibre optic broadband. Humberston, Brigg, Scunthorpe,...
Read moreFibre broadband comes to Bury homes and businesses
Fibre optic broadband has arrived in the Greater Manchester borough of Bury, thanks to the Get Digital Faster regional rollout programme. Over 700 residential and commercial properties in the area can now access improved internet...
Read moreCheltenham MP campaigning for better broadband
MP for Cheltenham Martin Horwood is campaigning for improvements to be made to the town's broadband coverage. The Gloucestershire Echo reports that Mr Horwood is calling for a special debate in parliament to discuss the...
Read moreGigaclear activates rural Oxfordshire pure fibre broadband network
A new pure fibre optic broadband network is bringing ultrafast internet speeds to hundreds of properties in rural Oxfordshire. Gigaclear has announced the activation of the network, which reaches more than 750 properties across...
Read moreResearchers set fibre optic speed record of 255Tbps
Researchers from the US and the Netherlands have developed new fibre optic broadband technology capable of transmitting data at record-breaking speeds. Teams from Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Central...
Read moreO2 boosts 4G capacity with new fibre optic network
O2 is bolstering its 4G mobile data capacity courtesy of a UK-wide core fibre optic network provided and managed by global bandwidth infrastructure services firm Zayo. The mobile operator has signed a 15-year agreement for the...
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