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Kent and Medway Sign Extended BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Contract

31st March, 2015 (2 Comments)

The Kent and Medway councils in England appear to have quietly signed a second Broadband Delivery UK contract with BT, which will see the operator extend their FTTC/P based superfast broadband (24Mbps+) network beyond the existing coverage target of 91% by the end of 2015 (note: 95% will be covered by the “fibre broadband” footprint).

Telford and Wrekin Sign £5.6m Deal for 98% Superfast Broadband Cover

28th March, 2015 (12 Comments)

The Telford and Wrekin Council (Shropshire, England), after sitting out the first phase of the national Broadband Delivery UK plan, has signed a £5.6m contract with BT that will extend superfast broadband (24Mbps+) connectivity to reach 98% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2017.

Worcestershire UK Signs £6.2m BT Fibre Broadband Rollout Extension

28th March, 2015 (0 Comments)

The £21m Superfast Worcestershire (England) project has signed a second £6.2m Broadband Delivery UK contract with BT that will see the operator push their “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network out to reach an additional 8,000 homes and businesses (95% coverage) by Summer 2018.

South Yorkshire UK Finally Publishes BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Map

27th March, 2015 (8 Comments)

South Yorkshire (England) might have been late to the Broadband Delivery UK game, due to the infamous Digital Region disaster of prior years, but after last year’s signing of a contract with BT to upgrade the area we’re pleased to report that the project now has an official deployment map.

BT Extends “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Contract with Emtelle to 2019

27th March, 2015 (3 Comments)

In an unsurprising move BT has agreed to extend their contract with the Scotland-based Emtelle Group, which manufactures cable duct (plastic piping that encases underground fibre optic cables) as well as sub-duct and blown fibre products at its two plants in Hawick and Jedburgh, for another four years until 2019.

UPDATE KC Bringing Fibre Optic Broadband to 105,000 Hull UK Premises

26th March, 2015 (12 Comments)

Remember last month when KC announced that their Lightstream fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) network would cover 60,000 premises by spring 2016? Forget about it! The incumbent telecoms operator for East Yorkshire and Hull has now decided to push out even further to reach more than 105,000 by March 2017.

Sky, TalkTalk and CityFibre to Expand 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Rollout in York

26th March, 2015 (4 Comments)

CityFibre’s Joint Venture with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk, which is deploying an “ultra-fast” 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network to homes in the city of York (England), claims to have completed its first roll-out phase and confirmed plans to accelerate and increase the scale of their deployment.

Gigaclear Starts Build of 1Gbps Ultrafast Broadband in Rural Leicestershire

26th March, 2015 (0 Comments)

Pure fibre optic broadband provider Gigaclear has announced that they’ve exceeded their pre-order threshold for a group of rural villages in the Welland Valley area of Leicestershire (England), which means that they can now proceed to build their first 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the county.

Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry Reveal Next Fibre Broadband Rollouts

25th March, 2015 (2 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project, which recently signed an extended deal to bring BT’s “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) network to “nearly” 94% of Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry by summer 2019, has revealed the next batch of areas that can expect to receive faster connectivity in the very near future.

Essex UK Extends BT’s Fibre Broadband to 51,000 Extra Premises

25th March, 2015 (3 Comments)

The £24.62m Superfast Essex project in England, which aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 87% of local homes and businesses by the end of summer 2016, has agreed to continue their partnership with BT and extend the coverage to a further 51,000 premises.

Hyperoptic Expands 1Gbps FTTB Broadband Network to UK Businesses

20th March, 2015 (0 Comments)

Urban focused ISP Hyperoptic has announced that their Gigabit (1Gbps) capable Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) broadband network has today been expanded to cater for businesses across various parts of the 12 UK cities in which they currently have a presence.

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).

CityFibre Completes Build of 1Gbps Fibre Optic Network in Peterborough

19th March, 2015 (3 Comments)

After 11 months of hard work CityFibre has today announced the completion of their work to build a new 1000Mbps capable and 90km long fibre optic FTTP broadband network around the city of Peterborough (East England).

South Gloucestershire UK Sees Fibre Broadband Cover 17,000 Premises

18th March, 2015 (3 Comments)

The joint public and private “Great Western Broadband” project to roll-out BT’s “superfast” (24Mbps+) FTTC/P network to 94% of South Gloucestershire by the end of March 2015 has completed its first major deployment phase, with 17,000 premises covered (2,000 more than originally planned).

Surrey UK Celebrates Completion of Local Fibre Broadband Rollout

18th March, 2015 (16 Comments)

The £35m+ Superfast Surrey project in England has announced the completion of its main deployment phase, which means that an additional 82,000 homes and businesses in the county can now gain access to BTOpenreach’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network; albeit a few months later than originally planned (end of 2014).

UPDATE Budget 2015 – Osborn Pledges to Deliver 100Mbps Ultrafast Broadband

18th March, 2015 (44 Comments)

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, has today set out the Government’s annual Budget 2015 report for the United Kingdom. Unlike past budgets this one is different because it comes immediately before a General Election and that usually means big promises, such as pledging 100Mbps “ultra-fast” broadband to “nearly all the homes in the country” and a possible 5Mbps+ USO.

UPDATE Gigaclear Plan 1Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband for Rural North Yorkshire

18th March, 2015 (2 Comments)

Rural focused ISP Gigaclear has announced their first expansion into Yorkshire (Northern England) by revealing plans to deploy their ultrafast 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) based broadband network into the villages of Cononley and Carleton, with more to follow.