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Wireless ISP Wildanet Get £750k from Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Fund

17th January, 2019 (7 Comments)

Wireless broadband ISP Wildanet, which aspires to extend their network across thousands of premises in rural parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and possibly South Wales, has become the first company to be supported by an investment of £750,000 via the £40m Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (CIOSIF).

Wireless Broadband ISP Wildanet Raise £1m to Grow UK Rural Reach

5th November, 2018 (13 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP Wildanet is on course to complete a successful crowdfunding raise of over £1m thanks to at least 320 investors. This will enable them to expand their network to reach around 12,000 customers in some increasingly remote rural parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and possibly even South Wales.

Satellite ISP Avanti Criticises Slow Broadband in Cornwall UK

10th October, 2018 (7 Comments)

Avanti, which operates the HYLAS Satellite broadband network, has claimed that a lack of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) in the County of Cornwall (England) is “costing jobs and holding back new start-ups,” with an estimated 6,500 Cornish businesses allegedly still being stuck in the economic slow lane (Council figures).

Vodafone Expand 5G UK Mobile Trial and Make First Holographic Call

20th September, 2018 (10 Comments)

The hype train for the next generation of ultrafast 5G mobile technology, which will be able to deliver multi-Gigabit broadband speeds and faster latency to consumers, has kicked up another gear today after Vodafone confirmed they had conducted the UK’s first live holographic call using the technology.

Vodafone Get 200Mbps from 4G Mini Mobile Mast Trial in Cornwall

12th February, 2018 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone claims to be delivering Mobile Broadband speeds of more than 200Mbps, as well as a strong voice signal, to residents of the small coastal village of Porthcurno (Cornwall) by becoming one of the first in the UK to trial a new mini 4G mobile mast.

Cornwall UK and BT Sign £17.6m Phase 3 FTTP Ultrafast Broadband Rollout

22nd August, 2017 (5 Comments)

The Superfast Cornwall project, which has a long term aspiration to deliver 99% coverage of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) by 2020, has today taken the next step by signing a new deal with Openreach (BT) that will put a further 7,000+ premises within reach of 1Gbps “full fibre” (FTTP) by 2019.

Avanti Sign £1.2m Deal for 40Mbps Satellite Broadband in Rural Cornwall

22nd June, 2017 (1 Comment)

UK Satellite operator Avanti has agreed a new contract worth £1,202,711 with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which will make a 40Mbps (download speed) broadband service available to rural businesses across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly in England.

Cornwall UK Start Phase 2 Roll-out of Superfast Broadband to 8000+ Premises

28th December, 2016 (25 Comments)

The £7.6m follow-on Superfast Cornwall contract, which is working with Openreach (BT) to expand the local availability of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) to at least another 8,600 premises by “early 2018“, has finally begun its roll-out. So far 1,450 premises in 25 communities have been reached.

EE Targets 95 Percent 4G Landmass Cover and Brings Support Back to UK

25th April, 2016 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE appears to have been influenced by new parent BT and plans to improve customer support by bringing it back to the United Kingdom and hiring 600 new staff. On top of that they’ll increase their 4G landmass network coverage from 60% of the UK to 95% (99.8% population coverage).

Cornwall UK Moot Third EU Funded GBP16m Superfast Broadband Rollout

22nd April, 2016 (3 Comments)

The Cornwall Council in South West England has unveiled tentative plans for a third “Superfast 2” contract (total value of up to £16.25m) to further expand the local availability of superfast broadband (30Mbps+) services to some of the approximately 39,400 premises that have yet to achieve such speeds.

BT Openreach Extend 330Mbps FTTP Construction Discount in Cornwall

12th March, 2016 (11 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced that homes and businesses in Cornwall (England), specifically those that order a 330Mbps capable ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband connection, will continue to benefit from a sizeable discount on Excess Construction Charges (ECC).

Study Finds BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Benefitted Cornwall by GBP186m

3rd July, 2015 (11 Comments)

New research claims that the first Superfast Cornwall contract, which recently completed and expanded the reach of BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 95% of premises in the English county (up from the original target of 80%), has so far delivered a local economic benefit worth £186.1m.

Superfast Cornwall Confirms 85,000 Premises Can Get FTTP Broadband

20th June, 2015 (48 Comments)

The Superfast Cornwall project has confirmed that the rural English county continues to have the largest deployment of ultrafast 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology anywhere in the United Kingdom, with the total number of premises passed increasing from 62,000 one year ago to 85,000 now.

Cornwall UK Signs BT Contract for 99 Percent Superfast Broadband Cover

11th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

As expected the Cornwall Council in south west England has today signed a new £7.6m contract with BT to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) speeds available to 99% of the county within the next few years.

One in Three Premises on the UK Isles of Scilly Take BT’s Fibre Broadband

12th May, 2015 (0 Comments)

According to BT about 1 in 3 premises (homes and businesses) on the Isles of Scilly are now connected to the operators new “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network, which was only installed on the island community some six months ago as part of the wider EU backed £132m Superfast Cornwall project.

BT Openreach Cuts FTTP Construction Costs in Cornwall to Gauge Uptake

19th March, 2015 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has posted a small, but potentially important, change concerning the Excess Construction Charges (ECC) for their single biggest deployment (62,000 premises passed) of ultrafast 330Mbps capable Fibre-the-the-Premises (FTTP) technology in rural parts of Cornwall (England).

UPDATE BT Hails Strong Uptake of Superfast Broadband in Cornwall UK

17th March, 2015 (5 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has today reported that their joint £132m Superfast Cornwall project with the EU, which has already deployed the operators “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to cover around 95% of local premises (including the Isles of Scilly), has seen strong uptake by local premises with 60,000 subscribers choosing to adopt it.