Regional News
BT brings fibre broadband to Gresford and Wrexham
Fibre optic broadband has gone live to the first properties in Gresford and Wrexham, BT has announced. More than 32,000 local homes and businesses will be hooked up to super-fast broadband over the coming weeks as part of...
Read moreCityFibre to bring fibre broadband to York businesses
A partnership between CityFibre and City of York Council is set to bring fibre optic broadband services to residents and businesses in the area. CityFibre has rolled out a 103km pure fibre optic network throughout the city,...
Read moreiNorthumberland fibre broadband project launches new website
The iNorthumberland fibre optic broadband project has launched a new website to offer residents more localised information before the rollout gets underway next year. Led by the county council, the scheme is preparing to appoint...
Read moreBT 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 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 moreCumbria hails EU fibre broadband ruling
Cumbria County Council (CCC) has praised the EU's decision to approve the government's plans to significantly improve fibre optic broadband coverage. European officials had been reviewing the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK)...
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 moreCotswolds Broadband lays fibre optic cable ducts in Leafield
Ducts to support fibre optic broadband cables have been laid in Leafield, West Oxfordshire as part of the Cotswolds Broadband project. The initiative has taken advantage of local infrastructure work to install the ducts alongside...
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