Next Generation News
CityFibre and City of York bag NextGen award nominations
CityFibre's partnership with City of York Council to develop next-generation fibre optic broadband infrastructure has been shortlisted for the 2012 NextGen Challenge Awards. The collaboration, which has seen the city...
Read moreBT fibre broadband set to surpass one million Scottish properties
BT's Scottish fibre optic broadband rollout will hit a major milestone by the end of next year, reaching more than one million homes and businesses. The telecoms giant has announced it is set to deploy super-fast broadband to...
Read moreBT boosts fibre broadband coverage in East Midlands
Another two East Midlands towns have been included in BT's national fibre optic broadband rollout programme. Gedling and Mansfield are the latest locations to benefit from the deployment, with more than 57,000 homes and...
Read moreCardiff Council chief hails fibre broadband investment
Cardiff Council leader Heather Joyce has hailed a multimillion-pound investment in the city's fibre optic broadband infrastructure. New Culture Secretary Maria Miller announced on Thursday (September 20th 2012) that the Welsh...
Read moreBT extends fibre broadband to Newbridge
Newbridge has become the latest town in Wales to be included in BT's national fibre optic broadband rollout programme. The company has pledged to invest £2.5 billion on deploying super-fast broadband to two-thirds of...
Read moreAnne McGuire MP welcomes Bannockburn fibre broadband launch
Stirling MP Anne McGuire has welcomed the launch of fibre optic broadband in Bannockburn. BT has rolled out the service to more than 8,000 homes and businesses in the Stirlingshire town, with the upgrades set to be finished in...
Read moreBT rolls out fibre broadband in Gloucester
BT has announced the rollout of fibre optic broadband to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Gloucester. With some parts of Gloucestershire - including Cheltenham and Stroud - already able to access the telecoms...
Read moreBT rolls out fibre broadband in Newport and Caerleon
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,...
Read moreFormer Rics chief to help Hyperoptic with property strategy
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...
Read moreFibre broadband tipped to change lives in Cornwall
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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