News Archive June 2011
Ofcom proposes fibre optic broadband back-up measures
New measures to prevent fibre optic broadband customers suffering in the event of connectivity outages have been put forward by Ofcom. Copper broadband services are able to continue operating if there is a power cut at a home or...
Read moreBe and O2 set to enter fibre optic broadband market
Sister companies O2 and Be Broadband have announced plans to start offering fibre optic services in the coming months. The two telecoms firms, which are owned by Spain-based Telefonica, are both keen to deliver their first fibre...
Read moreFibrestream boss says BDUK should be abolished
Fibre optic broadband provider Fibrestream has repeated calls for the abolition of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), the body created to achieve the government's internet access targets. Writing on the official Fibrestream blog,...
Read moreOECD says fibre broadband accounts for 12% of fixed subscriptions
Fibre optic broadband services now account for around one in eight fixed-line subscriptions across the world, new figures have revealed. The statistics, published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...
Read moreMacAce targets fibre broadband service at Apple iOS users
A new fibre optic broadband service has been launched by MacAce, a telecoms firm that specialises in internet products for machines running Apple's iOS platform. According to the company, the range of broadband packages -...
Read moreFibre broadband welcomed by Cumbernauld councillors
BT's plans to bring fibre optic broadband to the Scottish town of Cumbernauld have been praised by local council chiefs. The telecoms giant's up to 40Mbps fibre-to-the-cabinet service will be rolled out to the North...
Read moreLincs council planning to bring fibre broadband to 90% of homes
Fibre optic broadband will be extended to as many as nine in ten homes in Lincolnshire under plans from the county council. The local authority is set to ask Broadband Delivery UK for £20 million of funding, which will be...
Read moreCityFibre makes Bournemouth fibre broadband pledge
CityFibre has pledged to bring "true fibre to the home" to tens of thousands of properties in Bournemouth over the coming months and years. The fibre optic broadband provider told the Daily Echo its network already...
Read moreFibre broadband to be rolled out to 90% of Derby businesses
Nine in ten businesses in Derby will have access to fibre optic broadband over the coming months, according to cross-sector telecoms initiative LightSpeed Derby. BT revealed last week that 71,000 more homes and businesses in...
Read moreLincs council chief highlights broadband woes
BT's plans to roll out fibre optic broadband to 31,000 more properties in Lincolnshire will not fully tackle the area's internet access woes, a council chief has insisted. The telecoms giant announced residents are set to...
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