Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has revealed the 12 cities awarded funding for superfast broadband roll-out in the second phase of the government’s ‘super-connected cities’ programme. He made the announcement ...
Cumbria County Council has turned down bids from BT and Fujitsu to complete its superfast broadband roll-out across the region. The two technology giants were the final competitors for the 40m contract, funded by central government, to ...
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UK users download the most data on their mobiles, according to a new report from UK telecoms regulator Ofcom. The International Communications Report for 2011 compared 17 countries around the globe, but found the average 424MB download by ...
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The government has hit back against comments from former BT CTO Peter Cochrane that it is 'visionless' in its attempt to implement broadband across the UK, by insisting that it has a clear plan. Meanwhile, BT has slammed Cochrane over his ...
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Business reaction to DCMS announcement Local government reaction to DCMS announcement Consultation could hold back broadband roll-out The broadband industry has said goodbye to Jeremy Hunt as he takes Andrew Lansley's old job as secretary ...
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Former CTO of BT, Peter Cochrane, has responded to the government and BT who had hit back at his claims that UK's broadband plans were "visionless", by sarcastically encouraging the government to show off its plans to fast-growing economies ...
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Norfolk County Council has signed a contract with BT to bring better broadband connectivity to the rural area. The project is being funded by £15m from the council, matched by a further £15m from central government as part ...
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The department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) introduced its new minister to the broadband industry today with controversial rules aiming to speed up deployment of superfast connections across the UK. Maria Miller, who takes over ...
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Ofcom has announced plans to make more spectrum available in the next five years to pave the way for growth in the mobile industry. The telecoms operator said it would free up the 700MHz frequency, currently used for digital television ...
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Lancashire County Council’s investment of pound 32m to get superfast broadband to rural areas is being brought into question by a local MP, who claims other, more pressing social issues should take priority. Graham Jones, Labour MP ...
The UK is to have the fastest broadband network of all major European countries by 2015,culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed. Speaking at the Google Campus in Tech City,Hunt defended the government after criticism from a Lords ...
Yesterday, the chancellor of the exchequer stood at the dispatch box in the House of Commons to present his autumn statement to the UK. Much debate has occurred in the past 24 hours over the real term cuts to benefits, dropping the fuel ...
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Chancellor George Osborne's Autum Statement today confirmed that a further 12 smaller cities will receive funding for superfast broadband,after the initial 10 were revealed earlier this year.Brighton and ...
BT has started trialling a groundbreaking 10Gbit/s broadband network at Cornwall-based engineering firm Arcol UK. The proof-of-concept trial uses fibre technology called XGPON (Tens of Gigabits on a Passive Optical Network) that was ...
Leeds City Council authorities have approved the construction of a network-neutral datacentre worth £43m to improve the internet connectivity and cin the region. The datacentre called DC4, will have a floor-space of around ...