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Alston Moor could gain 1Gbps fibre broadband
Gigabit fibre optic broadband speeds could be rolled out to a rural Cumbrian community thanks to a partnership between Cybermoor Networks and Calix. The Cybermoor super-fast broadband project has opted to utilise Calix's...
Read moreCornwall residents call for fibre broadband access
Residents in Cornwall are supporting an initiative to encourage BT to roll out fibre optic broadband in the villages between Helston and Penzance. The telecoms giant is working on a major deployment of super-fast broadband in the...
Read moreMarches LEP supports fibre broadband with £8.1m fund
A local enterprise partnership (LEP) has launched an £8.1 million fund to support the rollout of fibre optic broadband in parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The Marches LEP is calling for bidders...
Read moreCiena says fibre broadband could come to whole of Tech City
Fibre optic broadband could be rolled out to the whole of London's Tech City hub, according to Ciena. Mervyn Kelly, marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the networking company, told Techworld that the...
Read moreArqiva says govt funding insufficient for universal fibre broadband
The government has allocated insufficient funding to subsidise the rollout of fibre optic broadband to every home and business in the UK, according to Arqiva. Writing to a parliamentary inquiry on super-fast broadband, the...
Read moreBT in the running for all public fibre broadband projects
Communications Minister Ed Vaizey has revealed that BT is applying for every one of the currently launched public-funded fibre optic broadband projects. Procurement processes are underway on eight of these schemes so far and the...
Read moreBT's Cornish fibre broadband rollout reaches 95,000 properties
BT has rolled out fibre optic broadband to more than 95,000 properties in Cornwall as part of a £132 million joint initiative with the county council and the EU. The Superfast Cornwall project has now seen the technology...
Read moreBT installs FTTP broadband to multiple Milton Keynes office units
BT claims to have installed the first fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband connection to multiple office units at Acorn House in Milton Keynes. The telecoms giant's Openreach and Business arms worked with the owners of...
Read moreBT set to launch fibre broadband in Harlow
BT will launch its fibre optic broadband service in Harlow later this month, bringing super-fast connection speeds to thousands of residents and businesses. When the telecoms giant's Openreach arm completes its programme of...
Read moreBT announces fibre optic broadband speed boost
BT has increased the maximum downstream speed of its Infinity 2 fibre optic broadband service to 76Mbps. The move, which comes into effect today (April 12th 2012), has also seen the Infinity 2 upstream rate rise to up to 19Mbps,...
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