News Archive February 2011
Villages face long wait for fibre broadband, says expert
Fibre optic broadband may not be available to residents of rural parts of the UK for many years, a technology expert has said. Richard Bond, business reporter for the BBC's Look East, acknowledged BT is rolling out the...
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...
Read moreFibrestream boss welcomes Virgin Media 100Mbps broadband plans
Fibresteam's chief executive has welcomed Virgin Media's plans to extend its "ultra-fast" 100Mbps fibre optic broadband product to more of the UK. Writing on the internet service provider's official blog,...
Read moreFibre-to-the-home trial announced by TalkTalk
Fibre to the home (FTTH) will be trialled by TalkTalk as part of its planned rollout of super-fast broadband using BT Openzone infrastructure. The internet service provider (ISP) is set to test the technology via a small-scale...
Read moreBT Infinity fibre broadband welcomed by Bromsgrove MP
The arrival of BT Infinity fibre optic broadband in Bromsgrove has been welcomed by local MP Sajid Javid. More than 19,800 properties in the Worcestershire town are in line to receive the technology when the telecoms giant...
Read moreVirgin Media extends fibre broadband network to data centres
Virgin Media Business will utilise its fibre optic broadband infrastructure to offer communications services to data centres across the UK. The move will enable the storage facilities to deliver connectivity to users at speeds of...
Read moreBT Infinity broadband coming to 4 more villages
BT Infinity fibre optic broadband will be available to residents and businesses in four more villages over the coming months. The service will be rolled out to properties in Burley in Wharfedale in Yorkshire, Capel in Surrey,...
Read moreFTTA broadband "would save the UK billions"
New technology that transmits fibre optic broadband speeds without the use of wires has been tipped to save the UK "billions" of pounds. Writing for Computing, Brett Farrell - an associate at law firm Barlow Robbins LLP...
Read moreVirgin Media signs up 4m fibre broadband customers
Virgin Media has reported an increase in the number of customers subscribed to its fibre optic broadband proposition. The cable company revealed more than four million households across the UK are now signed up to receive one of...
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