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ISP News Archives for June 23, 2014

UPD Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Name Next Fibre Broadband Areas

23rd Jun 2014 (1 Comment)

The £15.47 million CSW Broadband project, which hopes to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 92% of Coventry, 96% of Solihull and 91% of Warwickshire in England by spring 2016 (overall 91% will get speeds of 24Mbps+), has today confirmed the next batch of communities to benefit from its Phase Two roll-out.

Welsh Wireless Broadband ISP Xwavia Expands Welshpool HQ

23rd Jun 2014 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Xwavia (formerly eXwavia) has confirmed plans to expand its operations with a redevelopment of their headquarters in Welshpool (Glansevern Hall), which will increase their site to 2,500 sq ft in size and benefit from 10 new staff.

Sony – UK Needs Better Broadband to Boost UK Music Streaming

23rd Jun 2014 (14 Comments)

Sony’s Director of Digital Sales for Sweden, Jacob Herbst, has said that he expects Internet streaming services (e.g. Spotify, Deezer etc.) to take off in the United Kingdom once broadband infrastructure improves. Funny.. we thought it had already taken off and for a moment needed to check that we weren’t still stuck in 2010 or earlier.

Devon and Somerset UK Struggle to Match Broadband Funding

23rd Jun 2014 (10 Comments)

The joint £94 million Connecting Devon and Somerset project in England, which is currently rolling out BT’s superfast broadband (25Mbps+) network to at least 90% of local premises by the end of 2016, is seeking a delay and reduction in the additional funding allocated by the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) office.

UPDATE UK Moots National Mobile Phone Network Sharing to Boost Coverage

23rd Jun 2014 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that they’re discussing a proposal with Mobile Network Operators (e.g. Three UK, Vodafone, EE and O2) to boost mobile broadband (3G, 4G) and general mobile service reception by encouraging greater sharing of masts and a national roaming policy.

UK ISP Hyperoptic Launch Half Price 1000Mbps Home Broadband Service

23rd Jun 2014 (16 Comments)

Hyperoptic, which is busy rolling out a 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-To-The-Home / Building (FTTH/B) network across big residential and office buildings in the UK cities of London, Cardiff, Bristol, Reading, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds, will today cut the price of their “hyper-sonic” packages in half for the first 6 months of service.

Year-Long Trial to Deliver FREE WiFi Across Central Cambridge City

23rd Jun 2014 (0 Comments)

The Cloud (BSkyB) has teamed up with the Connecting Cambridgeshire scheme (with help via the “Super-Connected Cities” funding) in order to roll-out free WiFi wireless Internet connectivity across the centre of Cambridge city in England, which means it will also be ready for when the Tour de France comes to the area on Monday 7th July.

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