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Fibrewave to roll out FTTH broadband to Cambridgeshire villages

Thursday, September 13th 2012

Fibrewave has announced it will begin rolling out ultra-fast fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband early next year after being granted code powers by Ofcom. The internet service provider revealed in February it was planning to...

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Tech expert says fibre broadband may not be best for rural areas

Wednesday, September 12th 2012

Fibre optic broadband is not the smartest option for improving connectivity in rural communities, according to a technology industry consultant. Steve Nimmons, who is also a member of the Conservative Party's technology...

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BT rolls out fibre broadband in Newport and Caerleon

Tuesday, September 11th 2012

BT has rolled out high-speed fibre optic broadband across the city of Newport in south Wales. Engineers from the telecoms giant are deploying the technology to more than 20,000 homes and businesses in Newport and Caerleon,...

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SSE Telecoms to deliver fibre broadband to universities

Monday, September 10th 2012

SSE Telecoms has been awarded a multimillion-pound contract to deliver an advanced fibre optic broadband network to educational institutions across the UK. The ten-year, £30 million deal will see the company provide 6,500...

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Former Rics chief to help Hyperoptic with property strategy

Friday, September 7th 2012

London-based fibre optic broadband provider Hyperoptic has announced the appointment of a new non-executive director. John 'Louis' Armstrong, who served as chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

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Fibre broadband tipped to change lives in Cornwall

Thursday, September 6th 2012

Fibre optic broadband will have a major impact on the lives of people in Cornwall, according to Nigel Ashcroft of the Cornwall Development Company (CDC). Under the Superfast Cornwall project, CDC is working with BT and the EU to...

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CDC says fibre broadband will give Cornwall business appeal

Tuesday, September 4th 2012

Fibre optic broadband will make Cornwall a much more attractive location for business investment, according to the Cornwall Development Company (CDC). Nigel Ashcroft, director of the Superfast Cornwall project at the CDC, said...

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Berkshire residents urged to demand fibre broadband

Monday, September 3rd 2012

Residents and businesses in Berkshire are being urged to demand access to fibre optic broadband. Council figures show 159,000 properties - equivalent to 43.6 per cent of the county - are currently unable to connect to super-fast...

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Gamma provides fibre broadband to The Sharp Project

Friday, August 31st 2012

A new fibre optic broadband service is now available at The Sharp Project creative and digital production hub in Manchester. Gamma, a communications business, has introduced high-speed internet and telephone connectivity at the...

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Fibre broadband helps to boost average UK connection speeds

Thursday, August 16th 2012

The growing availability of fibre broadband services has helped to bring the average UK connection speed to 9Mbps, according to a new report from Ofcom. Research carried out by the telecoms regulator in May 2012 shows that...

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