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BT Has Hit Back Against Press Criticism Generated by The National Audit Office's Report
Jul 8, 2013BT has hit back against press criticism generated by the National Audit Office's report into the rising costs and delays that have affected the government's rural fibre-broadband rollout. The company says, in particular, that it has not ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Dorset County Council Has Selected Enterprise Content Collaboration Platform Huddle
Mar 12, 2013Dorset County Council has selected enterprise content collaboration platform Huddle as a data sharing platform to help to manage its broadband delivery plans. Tech City’s Huddle secures third round of funding Huddle secures vast ...
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GLA Has Issued Prior Notice of Its Plan to Select a Supplier or Suppliers
Mar 1, 2013The Greater London Authority (GLA) has issued prior notice of its plan to select a supplier or suppliers to help with its Super Connected Cities Plan (SCCP) initiative. The government's broadband delivery team, BDUK, awarded GLA an ...
Tags: Greater London Authority, SCCP, network
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Bt Has Announced The Next Stage of Its £2.5bn Fibre Broadband Rollout
Feb 17, 2013BT has announced the next stage of its £2.5bn fibre broadband rollout, which will extend availability to a further 1.2 million premises. The company said 99 new fibre-enabled exchanges will bring fast broadband to 600,000 premises ...
Tags: BT, Fibre Rollout, company news
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The European Commission Gave The Green Light to The Broadband Delivery UK Scheme
Dec 26, 2012Local authorities could pay double that of central government to fund the broadband roll-out across the UK. The European Commission gave the green light to the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme, which will see a £530m pot of ...
Tags: Internet infrastructure, Computer Products, Broadband Bill
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Norfolk County Council Signed Contract with BT to Bring Better Broadband Connectivity
Dec 22, 2012Norfolk 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 ...
Tags: broadband connectivity, rural area, superfast broadband, rfast broadband
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BT Has Started Trialling a Groundbreaking 10Gbit/S Broadband Network
Nov 27, 2012BT 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 ...
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The Govt Has Been Given The Green Light by The EU to Roll out GBP530m in Broadband Funding
Nov 20, 2012The government has been given the green light by the European Union to roll out GBP530m in broadband funding, intended to bring superfast broadband to 90% of homes, and a minimum speed of 2Mbps elsewhere. The investment had been pending ...
Tags: Green Light, EU, broadband plans, broadband funding
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2 Local Authorities Formed a Partnership When Applying for Govt. Funding for The Project
Nov 12, 2012The councils of Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire have awarded BT a multi-million pound contract to roll out superfast broadband. The two local authorities formed a partnership when applying for government funding for the project, which ...
Tags: BT, superfast broadband, broadband, broadband infrastructure
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Garfield Says 'We Weren't Meant to Be The Choice'
Nov 1, 2012The head of BT's broadband division has defended itself against claims of favouritism when it comes to the awarding of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) contracts. Questions arose about BT's dealings with the national scheme, which will see ...
Tags: broadband, BDUK contracts, BT, Fujitsu
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The European Union Would Approve UK Government Plans for Installing Superfast Broadband
Oct 8, 2012The European Union looks set to approve UK government plans for installing superfast broadband throughout the UK by 2015. European competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia has suggested that he'd like to see some minor ...
Tags: EU, UK, super-fast broadband scheme, BDUK
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BT Today Announced It Had Won The Tender to Roll out Superfast Broadband Across Wales
Jul 19, 2012BT today announced it had won the tender to roll out superfast broadband across Wales. The deal aims to provide 96%of the country with connections of up to 80Mbps by 2015,helping reach the UK's government's goal of having the best ...
Tags: BT, Broadband, Countrywide broadband, Welsh
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BT Won Tender to Provide Fibre Broadband Across Rural North Yorkshire
Jul 17, 2012BT has won the tender to provide fibre broadband across rural North Yorkshire, the company confirmed today. The agreement will see the UK's largest county be the first to receive funding from the government's Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) ...
Tags: BT, fibre broadband, internet connections, fibre-to-the-cabinet