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The Two Technology Giants Were The Final Competitors for The 40m Contract
Dec 24, 2012Cumbria 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 ...
Tags: Cumbria County Council, superfast broadband, Internet, networking
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The Government Hit Back Against Comments From Former BT CTO Peter Cochrane
Dec 24, 2012The 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 ...
Tags: BT, Peter Cochrane, broadband, UK's'visionless'broadband
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Former CTO of BT Has Responded to The Government
Dec 24, 2012Former 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 ...
Tags: Peter Cochrane, BT, UK's broadband, broadband rollout
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The UK Is to Have The Fastest Broadband Network of All Major European Countries
Dec 17, 2012The 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 ...
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Programme Manager Had Superfast Broadband Available to 90 Per Cent of The UK
Sep 14, 2012An ex BT programme manager has branded the government's plans–and BT's part in them–to have superfast broadband available to 90 per cent of the UK by 2015 a"Westminster myth",accusing those in charge of trying to base"internet ...
Tags: final third superfast broadband solution, Westminster myth
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Programme Manager Has Branded The Government's Plans to Have Superfast Broadband
Sep 14, 2012An ex BT programme manager has branded the government's plans–and BT's part in them–to have superfast broadband available to 90 per cent of the UK by 2015 a"Westminster myth",accusing those in charge of trying to base"internet ...
Tags: Westminster myth, Final Third, BT, Goudhurst
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Plan in Its Implementation of Broadband Is Hampering The UK's Economy
Aug 2, 2012The government's lack of a vision,mission or plan in its implementation of broadband is hampering the UK's economy,according to the former CTO of BT,Peter Cochrane(pictured). Further reading House of Lords select committee slams UK ...
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The Government Needed to Focus on The Spectre of a Widening Digital Divide
Jul 31, 2012A lack of progress in closing the digital divide between urban and rural areas has been caused by the government being preoccupied with the delivery of certain broadband speeds to consumers,according to the House of Lords Communications ...
Tags: House of Lords select committee, UK, broadband rollout, FTTH