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Internet provider PlusNet has today claimed that jobs in the UK technology industry “stereotypically speaking … attract hairy, geeky blokes (sorry guys!)” (yeah thanks) and that it would like to see more women getting involved in the I.T. sector.
The Chancellor of the UK government, George Osborne, today set out his annual Budget 2013 report but unfortunately anybody expecting to hear about new funding or pledges for broadband and related projects will be left to feel very disappointed. But there were still a few small bits and pieces of information.
The Cloud (BSkyB) has once again expanded the reach of its public wifi hotspot network in the United Kingdom by signing a new deal to roll-out free wireless internet across 900 Superdrug stores, which typically sell health and beauty products on the high street.
Urban focused ISP Hyperoptic, which supplies ultrafast 1000Mbps (Megabits) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTB) services to thousands of homes around London (England), has recruited BTVision’s (IPTV) former Head of Propositions, Darren Shenkin, to potentially help develop its own TV products.
The Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) has announced the first areas to benefit from its state aid supported project with neighbouring Herefordshire, which aims to make superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services available 90% of homes and businesses in both English (UK) counties by the end of 2016 and 100% by 2018.