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BT aims to help Cumbrian businesses with fibre broadband plans
BT has said its planned Cumbrian fibre optic broadband rollout is so important because of the number of local businesses based in isolated communities. The telecoms giant's managing director of next-generation access Bill...
Read moreBT criticised for not bringing fibre broadband to Bo'ness
BT has been criticised by Linlithgow and East Falkirk MP Michael Connarty for failing to include parts of his constituency in its fibre optic broadband rollout programme. Speaking in a House of Commons debate, Mr Connarty pointed...
Read morePeebles residents gain fibre broadband access
Peebles has become the latest Scottish community to benefit from BT's nationwide fibre optic broadband rollout. During spring 2014, the telecoms giant is aiming to bring the technology to two-thirds of UK homes and...
Read moreBT chief says fibre broadband can open up new online world
Fibre optic broadband has the potential to unlock a "new world" for web users, BT's regional director for the north-east Farooq Hakim has said. The telecoms giant is currently extending its super-fast broadband...
Read moreBT rolls out fibre broadband to Ardrossan and Saltcoats
BT has rolled out fibre optic broadband to the Scottish communities of Ardrossan and Saltcoats, in a move welcomed by Katy Clark MP and Kenneth Gibson MSP. Over the coming weeks, the telecoms giant will extend super-fast...
Read moreBT's Devonport fibre broadband rollout hailed by Plymouth council
Plymouth City Council has welcomed BT's decision to bring fibre optic broadband to almost 12,000 local homes and businesses. The telecoms giant has rolled out super-fast broadband to the first properties in Devonport, with...
Read moreFibre broadband rolled out to first Cowes properties
Fibre optic broadband has been rolled out to the first homes and businesses in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Over the coming weeks, more than 7,500 properties in the town will be able to receive super-fast broadband from BT, while...
Read moreVirgin Media apologises over Bristol fibre broadband issues
Virgin Media has apologised to fibre optic broadband customers in Bristol who have been receiving intermittently slower speeds. Jon James, the cable company's executive director of broadband, wrote a letter to the Bristol...
Read moreHyperoptic chief calls for universal FTTH broadband
Rolling out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband to every property in the UK would give the economy a major boost, according to Hyperoptic chairman Boris Ivanovic. Speaking to London Loves Business, Mr Ivanovic said universal...
Read moreBT accelerates fibre broadband rollout
BT has again accelerated its fibre optic broadband rollout, with the telecoms giant now aiming to cover two-thirds of UK properties during spring 2014. The company originally intended to hit this target by the end of 2015, before...
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