£200m rural full fibre rollout gets underway
A £200 million project to deliver ultrafast full fibre broadband to rural locations around the UK has officially begun, the government has announce...
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Average UK broadband speed 'up by a fifth', Ofcom finds
Efforts to improve the availability of high-speed broadband around the UK appear to be paying off, as new figures from Ofcom reveal average consume...
Pace of FTTP rollout set to increase, Openreach boss says
The pace at which network infrastructure firm Openreach rolls out full fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) connectivity is set to increase in the coming m...
Thousands of new homes 'still missing out' on full fibre broadband, Openreach warns
The number of new-build properties in Scotland that are not able to enjoy full fibre connectivity is still too high, Openreach has warned, despite ...
NHS set to receive full fibre connectivity
The health secretary has pledged that every hospital, GP surgery and community care facility in the NHS will be able to access full fibre connectiv...
Fibre broadband 'brings £2.76bn of benefits' to Scotland
New research has revealed the importance of high-speed fibre broadband to the nation's economy, finding that in Scotland, every pound of public mon...
House of Lords sets out steps for improving rural connectivity
A new report from the House of Lords has identified a series of steps that should be taken to give the UK's rural economy a boost, with improvement...