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Scotland’s State Aid Broadband Projects Benefit 1 Million Premises

20th April, 2024 (9 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SG) has announced that both of its past and present broadband roll-out programmes, accounting for a total public investment of £1bn, have now helped more than 1 million extra premises (homes and businesses) in poorly served areas to gain access to a faster broadband ISP network.

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Project Stratum’s N.Ireland Full Fibre Build on Target for 81,000 Premises

19th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Infracapital-backed UK ISP Fibrus this week revealed that the £197m Project Stratum scheme in Northern Ireland, which is working spread a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network into rural areas, is currently “on target” to cover 81,000 premises by June 2025, “on time and within budget.”

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April 2024 UK Gov Update on Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

10th April, 2024 (18 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has released their April 2024 (spring) progress update on the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme, which is so far running 37 live contracts and procurements worth £1.9bn in state aid (£1.38bn for 31 signed contracts) to help extend coverage up to an extra 1 million hard to reach premises.

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Quickline Win £44m South Yorkshire Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract

10th April, 2024 (3 Comments)

The UK government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme has today awarded the £44m (state aid) regional contract for South Yorkshire (Lot 20) in England to ISP Quickline, which will aim to extend their 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network to as many as 32,100 additional premises in hard to reach rural areas.

Gov Awards Six New UK Project Gigabit Broadband Build Contracts UPDATE2

10th April, 2024 (11 Comments)

The Government has this morning announced a mass of additional contract awards under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout programme, which includes builds for West Herefordshire and the Forest of Dean, the Peak District, Dorset and South Somerset, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and finally, Mid West Shropshire.

Freedom Fibre Begin Project Gigabit UK Broadband Build in Shropshire

9th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network builder Freedom Fibre has announced that they’ve begun the build phase of their £24m state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband rollout contract, which aims to upgrade connectivity for “around” 12,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural parts of North Shropshire (Lot 25.02) in England to their full fibre (FTTP) network.

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Gig-ability Target 18,000 Shropshire UK Premises for FTTP Broadband

9th April, 2024 (0 Comments)

The relatively new alternative broadband ISP Gig-ability, which we first wrote about in January 2024 (here), has announced that they’ve started the first build phase of their plan to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across poorly served rural villages in Shropshire (England).

Broadband ISP Kloud9 Brings Full Fibre to Small Shropshire Village

6th April, 2024 (3 Comments)

The rural south Shropshire (England) village of Ditton Priors, which is home to over 800 people, can now access a gigabit-capable broadband network after a combination of Project Gigabit vouchers, council support and work by ISP Kloud9 enabled the roll-out of a new full fibre (FTTP) network to take place.

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ISPA Survey Claims Using Poles for UK Broadband is Less Divisive Than Thought

4th April, 2024 (60 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has conducted a new Censuswide survey of 2,563 UK respondents to assess public attitude towards using poles for overhead full fibre broadband delivery, which found that 75% of respondents “clearly recognise the benefits of having access to faster and more reliable broadband even if that is delivered via poles.”

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After 3 Years of Waiting, Stocksfield’s FTTP Broadband Goes Live UPDATE

2nd April, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Fusion Fibre Group (formerly FACTCO), which is a rural ISP and UK full fibre network builder, has announced that their much delayed deployment across the small commuter village of Stocksfield in Northumberland (this also includes homes in Mickley) has finally started to go live after suffering three years of “unexpected hurdles“.

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Wessex Internet’s New Forest Project Gigabit Broadband Network Goes Live

28th March, 2024 (0 Comments)

Rural UK ISP Wessex Internet has today announced that the first customers have been connected as part of their £14m state aid supported Project Gigabit broadband contract in the New Forest area (Lot 27.01) of Hampshire (England), which is extending their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover “around” 10,500 hard-to-reach premises.

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Ofcom Start Next Major Market Review to Boost UK Gigabit Broadband

26th March, 2024 (28 Comments)

The national UK telecoms, media and internet regulator, Ofcom, has today begun the early evidence gathering and development phase for their next major review of the UK’s wholesale telecoms market – Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR), which will look to make changes that “promote competition and investment” in gigabit broadband and business connectivity.

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First Homes Live in Cornwall on Wildanet’s Project Gigabit Broadband Build

25th March, 2024 (10 Comments)

Rural UK broadband ISP Wildanet, which back in January 2023 secured the £36m state aid funded Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract to cover more than 19,250 hard-to-reach premises across rural parts of Cornwall in South West England (here), has today announced that the first 1,000 homes on the new network have gone live.

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Wessex Internet Win South Wiltshire Gigabit Broadband Build Contract

22nd March, 2024 (13 Comments)

The latest contract awarded under the UK government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme – worth £18.8 million – has today gone to ISP Wessex Internet, which will upgrade connectivity for “around” 14,500 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural parts of South Wiltshire in England.

FTTH Council – Full Fibre Broadband to Cover 29.6 Million UK Homes by 2029

20th March, 2024 (8 Comments)

The FTTH Council Europe has today published their 2024 ranking of 39 European countries (EU39) with the strongest take-up and growth of gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP/B) broadband ISP networks, which sees the UK rise several places in the ranking and a prediction that we’ll hit 29.6 million homes passed by 2029 (up from 17.1m today).

Scotland Set to Tender for Rural Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

20th March, 2024 (4 Comments)

The Scottish Government and the Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency have quietly revealed that they intend to publish the first official contract notice for the Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme in Scotland, starting this month. Some £450m has already been allocated (here) to help this project spread 1Gbps speeds across rural Scotland.

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DCF Report Examines Future UK Broadband Needs and Take-up

19th March, 2024 (4 Comments)

The Digital Connectivity Forum, which is an industry think-tank for the UK Government, has published a new “advanced connectivity” report that analyses “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband and 5G mobile deployments, take-up and use cases to understand the key barriers and drivers of adoption, as well as what we might need in the future.