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Superfast Leics fibre broadband rollout to reach 38 more communities
A further 38 towns and villages across Leicestershire are poised to benefit from the county's fibre optic broadband partnership with BT. The £18.8 million Superfast Leicestershire project has already brought the...
Read moreBT fibre broadband network passes 21m properties
BT saw its fibre optic broadband network coverage pass 21 million properties during the three months to September 2014. In its financial results statement for the quarter, the telecoms giant revealed that Openreach – its...
Read moreGigaclear activates rural Oxfordshire pure fibre broadband network
A new pure fibre optic broadband network is bringing ultrafast internet speeds to hundreds of properties in rural Oxfordshire. Gigaclear has announced the activation of the network, which reaches more than 750 properties across...
Read moreBT 'acting too aggressively' in Devon and Somerset fibre broadband rollout
BT has been accused of acting too aggressively in maintaining privacy around its plans to roll out fibre optic broadband across Devon and Somerset. Two district councils said the telecoms giant's approach to the scheme has...
Read moreO2 boosts 4G capacity with new fibre optic network
O2 is bolstering its 4G mobile data capacity courtesy of a UK-wide core fibre optic network provided and managed by global bandwidth infrastructure services firm Zayo. The mobile operator has signed a 15-year agreement for the...
Read moreFibre broadband passes 610,000 Kent properties
Kent's fibre optic broadband coverage has passed the 610,000-property mark, according to BT. More than two-thirds of homes and businesses across the county are now able to access superfast connectivity, which offers speeds of...
Read moreSuperfast Surrey installs 500th fibre broadband cabinet
Two significant milestones have been reached in the Superfast Surrey fibre optic broadband programme. The partnership between BT and the county council has installed its 500th fibre broadband street cabinet and has also brought...
Read moreVirgin Media bringing superfast broadband to 5,000 Teesside homes
Virgin Media is expanding its superfast broadband network to take in thousands more properties in Teesside, bringing residents speeds of up to 152Mbps. Due to be completed by the end of the month, the rollout will see the cable...
Read moreSuperfast Dorset bringing fibre broadband to another 9,000 properties
Fibre optic broadband is to be rolled out to thousands more Dorset properties as part of a multi-million pound partnership between the government, BT and local councils. Engineering work has already begun on the third phase of...
Read moreGigabit fibre broadband arrives at Marlin apartments in London
Serviced apartments firm Marlin is now offering gigabit fibre optic broadband at three of its sites in London, thanks to work from network operator Hyperoptic. All travellers staying at the three properties – Empire Square...
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