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Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has signed a new deal that will shift its customer billing system into the cloud by harnessing Strategic Imperatives’ new ‘Elevate’ platform, which they hope will make the provider more cost effective, responsive and efficient.
A new report from the National Farmers Union, which states that Farming underwrites the food and drink industry and is worth £103m to the UK economy each year, has joined the chorus of groups criticising the Government over fears that rural areas will not benefit from “superfast broadband“.
The notoriously high latency times of Satellite data connectivity don’t seem to be a concern for mobile operator EE, which has just signed an initial deal worth £20m to buy capacity for cellular backhaul from UK operator Avanti.
The Local Government Association, which describes itself as the national voice of councils across the United Kingdom, has launched the “Up to Speed” campaign that aims to ensure “everyone in rural areas gets access to superfast broadband” and that nobody is stuck in a “digital twilight zone”
Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has released its latest results (Q1 2016 calendar) and revealed that they added +70,400 broadband subscribers in the quarter to make for a total of 4,765,300 (up from the +69K added in Q4 2015) and the reach of their network is continuing to expand.