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Arqiva Has Won The Government Tender to Deliver The Mobile Infrastructure Project
May 14, 2013The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced that communications infrastructure provider Arqiva has won the government tender to deliver The Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP), designed to improve mobile connectivity in rural ...
Tags: Arqiva, Government Contract
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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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Broadband Is No Toy for Early Adopters
Dec 27, 2012Broadband is no toy for early adopters.More citizens in the UK have access to the internet than ever before and those in the industry have had to move at a rate of knots to keep up with demand for better coverage,faster speeds and necessary ...
Tags: Broadband, UK, Virgin Media, BT, EU
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The Figures of How The Money Will Be Split Have Yet to Be Released
Dec 26, 2012Chancellor 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 ...
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Virgin Media Is in Discussions with 30 Cities Across UK About Deploying Free Wi-Fi
Dec 19, 2012Virgin Media is in discussions with 30 cities across the UK about deploying free fibre-based Wi-Fi networks using small cell technology. Duncan Watts, head of business development for fixed and wireless at Virgin Media Business, revealed ...
Tags: Wi-Fi, Super Connected Cities, Virgin Media
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Much Debate Has Occurred in The Past 24 Hours Over The Real Term Cuts to Benefits
Dec 7, 2012Yesterday, 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 ...
Tags: chancellor of the exchequer, fuel tax, 4G spectrum auction, broadband
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Leeds and Bradford Signed a Deal with Virgin Media Business to Get Free Public Wi-Fi
Nov 30, 2012Leeds and Bradford have signed a deal with Virgin Media Business to get free public Wi-Fi as part of the government' super-connected cities scheme. The high performance Wi-Fi service will be open to all, and operated for Virgin Media ...
Tags: Leeds, Bradford, Wi-Fi, Virgin Media
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The £100m Pot Was Created to Be Split Between The Four Capital Cities in The UK
Oct 23, 2012BT and Virgin Media have each submitted complaints to the European Commission (EC) about plans for a state-funded broadband network in Birmingham. The City Council was awarded the money for the project after applying to the Urban ...
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Government Would Help Provide Them with High-Speed Broadband
Sep 20, 2012The government has announced 114m in investment across 10 cities to help provide them with high-speed broadband. The funds represent a 14m increase on the initially planned 100m, with the 100Mbit/s broadband for homes and businesses ...
Tags: government, UK, receive super-fast broadband funds, 10 cities