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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published the results of a new study that claims to provide a “comprehensive assessment” of the social, economic and environmental impacts of its investment to help improve broadband ISP networks around the United Kingdom.
The latest Point Topic and Broadband Forum study for Q3-2012 has revealed that the world is now home to a total of 635.9 million broadband subscribers. But most interesting of all is how fibre optic (FTTx) based ISP technologies have overtaken cable (e.g. Virgin Media) to become the second largest method of internet connectivity after DSL (ADSL etc.).
The governments Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its latest Internet Access Quarterly Update Q4-2012, which reveals that a total of 43.07 million UK adults have used the internet (85% of the population). The number of adults who have never gone online stands at 7.42 million (15%) and happily this has declined by 3% since Q3-2012.
The Welsh Government’s semi-popular £4m Broadband Support Scheme, which provided cash grants worth up to £1,000 to help those living in the most digitally isolated parts of Wales (UK) gain access to faster internet services, will come to a close on 31st March 2013.
The state aid supported Superfast North Yorkshire (SNY) project, which with the help of BT seeks to make superfast broadband ISP services available to 100% of local homes and businesses by 2017 (90% by the end of 2014), has revealed that over 24,000 premises in 34 communities will be included in the first stages.
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed that BT, Vodafone, O2, Three UK and EE have all won slices of the 800MHz and 2.6GHz radio spectrum bands as part of its 4G (LTE or WiMAX) superfast Mobile Broadband auction. Sadly ISP MLL Telecom and HKT UK (PCCW / UK Broadband) didn’t win anything.