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BT appoints new chief executive of Openreach
BT has appointed Olivia Garfield to head up its Openreach subsidiary, which is responsible for deploying fibre broadband across the UK. Ms Garfield will assume her new role as Openreach chief executive on April 1st 2011. She is...
Read moreFinancial businesses should consider cable broadband, says expert
Businesses that rely on a speedy internet connection for their operations could do well to find out whether a high-speed fibre optic broadband connection would be a good investment. That is the advice from Michael Crane, editor...
Read moreLack of high-speed broadband may affect Scottish tourism
A lack of high-speed cable broadband access could hamper the rollout of a new tourism website for Scotland. That is according to chief executive of the Scottish Tourism Forum, Iain Herbert, who said mobile connectivity and...
Read morePury Hill Business Park launches fibre broadband connection for clients
A high-speed fibre broadband connection has been made available to clients operating out of Pury Hill Business Park in Northamptonshire. The owners of the site have installed a 1Gbps cable from which companies can rent capacity...
Read moreBig Society could see more communities equipped with fibre broadband
Super-fast fibre broadband could be on its way to more UK communities as a result of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government's Big Society initiative. That is according to Malcolm Corbett, chief executive officer of the...
Read moreFibrestream boss says FTTH is the 4th utility
Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband is just as important to people's daily lives as gas, electricity and water, a telecoms expert has argued. Guy Jarvis, the boss of internet service provider Fibrestream, described the...
Read moreBT Infinity fibre broadband launches in Rugby
BT Infinity fibre optic broadband has been rolled out to the first properties in Rugby, Warwickshire. The telecoms giant is expecting to finish the improvement work in the coming weeks, by which time approximately 20,000 homes...
Read moreCould fibre optic broadband help the farming industry?
The farming industry could be improved and made a more attractive employment avenue for young people if super-fast internet was supplied to certain areas. This is according to a new report by the Commons environment committee,...
Read moreEasynet Connect extends fibre business broadband coverage
Easynet Connect has announced the launch of its fibre optic business broadband product outside central London. The infrastructure development will bring speeds of up to 100Mbps to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in and...
Read moreFibre broadband key to Digital Agenda target, says expert
Fibre optic broadband has been backed as the best way for European nations to meet the minimum speed targets set in the Digital Agenda. Under the European Commission's plans, 50 per cent of the continent's citizens must...
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