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Hampshire UK Extends BDUK FTTC Broadband Rollout to Reach 95%

23rd December, 2013 (14 Comments)

Leaders of the Hampshire County Council have voted to release £9.2 million to help extend their state aid supported roll-out of BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) services from its current target of 90% to 95%, which of course mirrors the new national UK target.

Global Broadband Users Hit 670m as UK Comes Top for Fibre Growth

20th December, 2013 (0 Comments)

The total number of global broadband subscribers in Q3-2013 has grown by 1.8% in the quarter to reach 670 Million (up from just 0.7% added in Q2). But the data also reveals that the UK has a 132.1% annual growth rate for fibre optic based broadband (FTTC/P/H etc.) and that puts us top of the table.

Gov Detail UK City Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme Changes

20th December, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has today confirmed all of the changes that have been made to its Broadband Connection Vouchers scheme since the autumn trial. The vouchers have been live since earlier this month (here), although there have been a few small changes under the hood.

UPD Super Switch on Day for the National Broadband Delivery UK Scheme

18th December, 2013 (36 Comments)

The Government has flushed out a bit of new PR spin today by labelling the 18th December 2013 as “Super Switch on Day“, which apparently marks how the first BT Street Cabinets in a number of local Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) projects have finally gone live with “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services.

Greater Manchester Agree GBP15m BDUK and BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

17th December, 2013 (1 Comment)

Several Greater Manchester authorities including Stockport, Bolton, Wigan, Bury, Tameside, Oldham, Trafford and Rochdale have signed a new £15 million deal that will see BT extend their “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to a further 39,000 local premises by the end of March 2016 (900k have already been passed).

Ofcom Claims UK NGA Broadband Uptake Beats International Rivals

12th December, 2013 (10 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published their annual 2013 International Communications Market Report (ICMR), which looks at the adoption, coverage and the uptake of broadband, phone, mobile, TV and radio services across 16 of the world’s major countries. The report found that the UK can hold its own against the heavy weights and consumer satisfaction with superfast broadband is very high.

Scotland UK Assigns GBP9 Million to Rural Broadband Development

12th December, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Scottish Government has this week launched a formal consultation for its new seven-year £1.3 billion+ Rural Development Programme (SRDP), which includes a vague proposal to spend an extra £9 million on broadband infrastructure in rural areas by 2020.

Broadband Enabled UK Homes Forecast Shrinks by 2 Million for 2016

9th December, 2013 (0 Comments)

Telecoms analyst Point Topic has slashed its prediction, which originally forecast that the United Kingdom would be home to just under 26m broadband lines at the end of 2016, by “almost” 8% to 23.88m due to the strain on disposable incomes and delays to the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) deployment of BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network.

Point Topic Backs Smaller ISPs to Fix UK Rural Superfast Broadband Woes

9th December, 2013 (9 Comments)

London-based broadband analyst firm Point Topic has told ISPreview.co.uk, as part of our exclusive interview, that hybrid fibre optic (FTTC, DOCSIS etc.) services are the best way of getting affordable superfast Internet access to 95% of the country by 2017 and that smaller (altnets) ISPs should play a “major role” in connecting the final 5%.

Devon and Somerset UK Detail Next 31 Areas for Superfast Broadband

9th December, 2013 (11 Comments)

The £94 million Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project in England has announced the next 31 local communities that can expected to receive an upgrade to support BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) service by March 2014.

ISP to Expand Faster Wireless Broadband in Rural Northamptonshire UK

7th December, 2013 (2 Comments)

Northamptonshire ISP VillageBroadband, which typically serves residents and businesses in the rural hamlet of Strixton and its neighbouring villages (Wollaston and Denton), has said that it expects to expand their coverage and double in size, all with no help from the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme.

Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme Goes Live in First UK Cities

7th December, 2013 (11 Comments)

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has announced that the Government’s Connection Vouchers scheme, which uses part of the £150m Urban Broadband Fund (“Super-Connected Cities“) to help SME businesses install superfast broadband (30Mbps+), has finally started to go live in 22 cities across the United Kingdom.

Cheshire UK Name First Areas to Benefit from BDUK Superfast Broadband

6th December, 2013 (2 Comments)

The £28.5 million Connecting Cheshire project in England, which is supported by the national Broadband Delivery UK scheme, has announced that 14,000 local premises in over 30 “mainly outlying and rural communities” will gain access to BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network by the end of March 2014.

10821 UK Premises Covered Per £Million of Superfast Broadband Funding

5th December, 2013 (6 Comments)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has a published short performance report on the progress of their national £1.2bn Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme, which claims that 10,821 premises have been covered by BT’s FTTC/P based superfast broadband (25Mbps+) network per £million of public funding (up to the end of September 2013).

UPDATE UK Gov Touts £10m Competitive Fund to Boost Rural Broadband

4th December, 2013 (10 Comments)

The Government’s Treasury has today announced a new £10 Million “competitive fund” that aims to “test innovative solutions to deliver superfast broadband services to the most difficult to reach areas“, which sounds a lot like another attempt to do what DEFRA’s £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF) has often struggled to achieve.

Suffolk UK Seek to Expand BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout

4th December, 2013 (10 Comments)

The £40 million Better Broadband to Suffolk project, which is working to make BT’s superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to more than 85% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2015, has joined other regions in seeking fresh Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) funding to reach more premises.

UK Comes Top of the Major EU Countries for Superfast Broadband

3rd December, 2013 (3 Comments)

The latest Analysys Mason study has claimed that the United Kingdom remains top of the “big five” (EU5) European countries (i.e. France, Germany, Italy and Spain) in terms of superfast broadband (30Mbps+) coverage, take-up, average service speeds and competition. But the wider picture remains more complex.