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Eutelsat's Tooway satellite broadband goes live

...Tooway's potential in helping the government fill in the UK's rural broadband not-spots, but he stressed that "the market and product stand... Read more

1 June, 2011 by David Meyer

BT forced to cut rural broadband wholesale rates

...copper network. The decision should give BT an incentive to upgrade its rural broadband networks to ADSL2+, as such services are not charge-controlled, an... Read more

20 July, 2011 by David Meyer

Neul sets date for white-space network's arrival

...basis. Other uses envisioned include vehicular traffic management, parking control and security.Rural broadband Although the Cambridge white-space network is not intended for normal... Read more

25 April, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

UK broadband speed climbs 22 percent

The uptake of fibre-based broadband packages is increasing in the UK, contributing to a rise in the overall speed of connections, but the issue the rural-urban divide remains Read more

2 February, 2012 by Ben Woods
Is UK broadband strategy on the right track?

Is UK broadband strategy on the right track?

...helping to allocate £530m in government funding to upgrade the UK's rural broadband infrastructure. The company won't be taking part in future next... Read more

3 December, 2011 by Malcolm Corbett

MP accuses Ofcom of setting 4G coverage rules too low

...lower bids, Conservative MP Rory Stewart has said. In a debate on rural broadband in the House of Commons on Thursday, Stewart said the regulator... Read more

20 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Digital services research gets £7m boost

A Scottish rural broadband effort and an augmented reality research push are among the 10... Read more

22 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

BT and EU plan £132m Cornwall rural fibre rollout

...of BT Wholesale, the UK government may still provide financial support to rural broadband rollouts of the sort announced on Thursday. "[Rural areas] need to... Read more

30 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Welsh government offers £2m for rural broadband

Up to £1,000 per premises will be made available for homes and businesses in rural Wales to help them to receive a broadband line Read more

6 July, 2010 by Richard Thurston

Northern Ireland gets £4.4m in broadband funding

Northern Ireland will receive £4.4m, or just under one percent, of the £530m fund to improve broadband in rural areas Read more

15 August, 2011 by Ben Woods
Fujitsu's fibre fund needs community input

Fujitsu's fibre fund needs community input

Even Fujitsu's millions earmarked for rural fibre will not be enough without local community broadband initiatives, says Malcolm Corbett Read more

19 April, 2011 by Malcolm Corbett

ISPs attack 'inequitable' BT advantage on rural fibre

Smaller providers say the UK's 'fibre tax' system means that BT will win most of the cash the government is offering as subsidies for rural super-fast broadband Read more

7 December, 2010 by David Meyer

Government to subsidise fibre for rural communities

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a scheme to have fibre-based fast broadband made available to every community in the UK by 2015 Read more

6 December, 2010 by David Meyer

BT to open up fibre cabinet info to rural rivals

Rural fibre broadband deployments are to become easier to plan, after BT agreed to tell rival ISPs on a regional basis which customer premises are served by which cabinet Read more

5 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Cornwall to get LTE mobile broadband trial via 800MHz

Clear Mobitel is planning to bring high-speed LTE broadband services in the 800MHz spectrum to mobile and static devices in a trial of the technology in remote parts of Cornwall Read more

15 July, 2010 by Ben Woods

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