News Archive June 2012
KC says fibre broadband rollout is 'ambitious and special'
KC's director of consumer markets Nick Thompson has hailed the east Yorkshire internet service provider's fibre optic broadband rollout as "ambitious and special". The company is rolling out super-fast broadband...
Read moreEdinburgh to trial BT's FTTP on Demand
Edinburgh will be one of the first parts of the UK to gain access to a new ultra-fast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband service from BT. The Scottish capital's Waverley exchange area will be one of eight across the UK to...
Read moreBlack Country LEP praises BT fibre broadband rollout
A West Midlands local enterprise partnership (LEP) has welcomed news that BT will bring fibre optic broadband to thousands more properties in Birmingham. During 2013, the company will extend its super-fast broadband coverage to...
Read moreBT makes major fibre broadband investment in south-west
South-west England is set to benefit from a major fibre optic broadband investment from BT. Corsham, Highworth, Malmesbury, Pill and Westbury-on-Trym are among the latest communities in the region to be included in the national...
Read moreFibre broadband funding boost for Highlands and Islands
Fibre optic broadband will be rolled out across the Highlands and Islands thanks to a multimillion-pound funding package from the Scottish government. Alex Neil, the country's Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital...
Read morePoint Topic says fibre broadband hitting 'sweet spot'
Fibre optic broadband is currently "hitting the sweet spot" in terms of market share in the technology sector, according to Point Topic and the Broadband Forum. Robin Mersh, chief executive of the Broadband Forum,...
Read moreXILO launches 80Mbps fibre broadband packages
Internet service provider XILO has introduced a range of new fibre optic broadband packages offering speeds of up to 80Mbps. The new propositions are based on fibre-to-the-cabinet infrastructure from BT, which is currently...
Read moreFujitsu says LTE can complement FTTH
Super-fast mobile broadband technology should not be seen as a threat to fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services, according to Fujitsu business consultant Bill McKenzie. Speaking to Computing, Mr McKenzie insisted that ultra-fast FTTH...
Read moreBT rolls out fibre broadband to Sketty
BT's fibre optic broadband infrastructure has gone live to the first homes and businesses in Sketty, a suburban district west of Swansea. Engineers from the telecoms giant are set to roll out the service to more than 11,000...
Read moreOfcom plans to regulate ultra-fast fibre broadband leased lines
Ofcom has announced plans to regulate ultra-fast fibre optic broadband services delivering speeds of more than 1Gbps. BT is believed to have "significant" power in this relatively new market, the telecoms industry...
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