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BDUK Publish Next Batch of Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reviews

29th March, 2022 (6 Comments)

The Building Digital UK team has today published another batch of Public Reviews (PR) for Surrey, Lancashire, Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire (inc. Swindon), Derbyshire, East Sussex and Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes under the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout.

CityFibre Confirm GBP45m FTTP Build in Luton and Dunstable UPDATE

3rd March, 2022 (13 Comments)

CityFibre UK has today confirmed that they will invest £45 million to deploy their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to be put “within reach of every home and business” in the two Bedfordshire (England) towns of Luton and Dunstable.

Project Gigabit Expands Open Market Review for Phase 2 Areas

20th October, 2021 (7 Comments)

The Broadband Delivery UK team have today launched a second batch of Open Market Reviews (OMR) for additional parts of England covered by Phase 2 of the Government’s new £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out. This aims to identify any existing or planned commercial coverage by gigabit ISP networks.

ISP Voneus Upgrade Bedfordshire Village of Dunton to FTTP

19th October, 2021 (3 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Voneus, which is supported by Macquarie Capital, have begun upgrading their first village in Bedfordshire – Dunton – to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which will replace their existing Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) service in the area.

Macquarie Capital Boost Investment in UK Broadband ISP Voneus

25th March, 2021 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless and full fibre broadband ISP Voneus, which is now targeting future expansion into a potentially addressable market of 1.6 million UK homes (up from 900,000 previously), has announced that Macquarie Capital are increasing their ownership stake in the business and thus boosting their FTTP rollout.

BitStreme ISP Brings 1Gbps Fibre and Wireless to Bedfordshire UK

10th July, 2019 (0 Comments)

UK ISP BitStreme (BitBahn.io) has today announced that they’ve launched their new 1Gbps capable hybrid fibre optic and Microwave wireless broadband network to cover three locations around Bedfordshire, which will very soon be followed by additional areas in Essex and Kent.

O2 UK to Begin 5G Rollout at Millbrook Testing Ground in June 2019

12th April, 2019 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 has announced that they will activate their future 5G network in June 2019 at the Millbrook Testing Ground for self-driving vehicles in Bedfordshire (England), which forms part of the £6m Government supported AutoAir project (plus £4.5m in matched private investment).

Trial of 1Gbps 5G Mobile Network for UK Autonomous Vehicles to Start

4th February, 2019 (2 Comments)

The AutoAir project, which is supported by a £4.1m Government grant, has confirmed that the UK’s first independent 5G enabled trial of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) will go live this month at the Millbrook Proving Ground (Bedfordshire). Mobile broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps are expected.

UPDATE Rural Broadband ISP Voneus Acquires Rival Cotswold Wireless

18th October, 2017 (0 Comments)

Alternative ISP Voneus, which has deployed their ‘up to’ 100Mbps capable “Wireless Fibre To The Home” (WFTTH) broadband network into a number of UK rural areas, has announced the acquisition of rival provider Cotswold Wireless for an undisclosed sum.

Alternative UK ISP Voneus Says Fast Broadband is a Basic “Human Right”

31st August, 2017 (6 Comments)

Alternative network provider Voneus, which has been busy delivering internet connections of up to 100Mbps into UK rural areas by using their ‘Wireless Fibre To The Home’ (WFTTH) service, has pledged to “ensure … fast broadband services become noticed as a basic ‘human right’“.

WarwickNet Bring Faster Broadband to Bedford’s Elm Farm Industrial Estate

23rd January, 2017 (0 Comments)

Business ISP WarwickNet, which was last week acquired by CableCom (here), has today announced that their alternative fibre optic based fixed line broadband network has been expanded to cover the Elm Farm Industrial Estate in Bedford.

Voneus Bring 60-80Mbps Broadband to Dunton in Rural Bedfordshire

25th November, 2016 (3 Comments)

Some 300 homes and businesses in the digitally isolated rural Bedfordshire (England) village of Dunton can now access broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps after Voneus built a new wireless network, which is distributed via eight small transmitters on top the local St Mary Magdalene church.

Central Bedfordshire Finish Phase 1 Roll-out of Superfast Broadband

2nd August, 2016 (0 Comments)

The £12m+ Central Bedfordshire Broadband project in England claims to have completed its first Phase 1 contract with Openreach (BT), which has so far expanded the availability of superfast broadband (24Mbps+) to around 90% of the region and benefited an additional 16,422 premises.

UPD2 Wiltshire, Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire Sign Phase2 Fibre Broadband Deal

19th May, 2015 (0 Comments)

A total of three Government supported Phase 2 Broadband Delivery UK contracts have today been signed between BT and the English counties of Wiltshire, Lincolnshire and Central Bedfordshire (inc. Bedford Borough, Luton and Milton Keynes), which will expand the reach of superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connectivity to many more premises.

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