News Archive July 2012
MP says BT should not be handed £24m for Cumbrian fibre broadband
BT should not be handed £24 million to roll out fibre optic broadband in Cumbria, according to Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron. Fujitsu last week announced it had pulled out of the bidding process to land the...
Read moreNeelie Kroes says EU must not favour fibre broadband
The EU cannot afford to back fibre optic broadband over other forms of connectivity, according to European Commission vice president Neelie Kroes. In a policy statement, Ms Kroes stressed the importance of the administration...
Read moreGaming veteran to promote super-fast broadband in Lincs
UK gaming industry veteran Dave Sharp is set to speak in Lincolnshire as part of a campaign to promote the benefits of fibre optic broadband and other forms of super-fast connectivity. Mr Sharp of Binary Asylum will give a talk...
Read moreGrant to support West Oxfordshire fibre broadband rollout
Fibre optic broadband is set to be rolled out in West Oxfordshire after a local organisation won a £1.5 million grant to support the deployment. Cotswold Broadband will use the money from the government's Rural...
Read moreUltra-fast fibre broadband customers predicted to hit 230m by 2016
The global number of customers with ultra-fast fixed fibre optic broadband lines is set to reach almost 230 million by 2016, according to IDATE. Toward the end of last year, some 220 million people were signed up to some form of...
Read moreBT chief hails St Agnes FTTP on Demand trial
BT's programme director for the Superfast Cornwall project has praised the decision to trial a new ultra-fast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) service in St Agnes. Ranulf Scarborough said it is great news that the FTTP on Demand...
Read moreVirgin Media data traffic hits 4.2 petabytes a day in Q1
The volume of data on Virgin Media's fibre optic broadband network increased by almost one-third in the six months to March 2012. Research from Virgin Media Business revealed that video streaming, web browsing, email and...
Read moreFibre broadband provider Hyperoptic named best new ISP
Fibre optic broadband provider Hyperoptic has won a prize at the 2012 ISPA Awards. The company saw off competition from Boundless Communications, Spectrum Internet and Wirehive to win the best new internet service provider...
Read moreABI says telecoms firms face dilemma between FTTH and DSL
Telecoms firms are facing a tough choice between fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and DSL solutions as they attempt to meet demand for faster broadband, according to ABI Research. While FTTH offers ten times the bandwidth of DSL, the...
Read moreBT denies ignoring Scottish Borders with fibre broadband plans
BT has hit out at claims that its fibre optic broadband rollout programme has overlooked the Scottish Borders. Conservative MSP John Lamont said he could not think of a good reason why the region had been ignored in the telecoms...
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