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Welsh Businesses Offered GBP10K Ultrafast 100Mb Broadband Vouchers

21st November, 2014 (3 Comments)

The Welsh Government has announced the launch of a new Ultrafast Connectivity Voucher scheme that will provide assistance of up to £10,000 towards the capital costs of helping firms in Wales to install a broadband service offering speeds of more than 100Mbps (Megabits per second), albeit only applicable to businesses in Enterprise and Local Growth Zones.

Superfast Wales Expands “Fibre Broadband” to 276,000 Extra Premises

6th November, 2014 (2 Comments)

The state aid supported £425m Superfast Cymru project, which is working with BT to make faster “fibre broadband” (predominantly FTTC and some FTTP) connectivity available to 96% of premises in Wales by the end of spring 2016, has so far helped to reach an additional 276,320 homes and businesses.

Wales UK Reveals Autumn 2015 BT “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Plan

16th October, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Superfast Cymru project has this morning announced the next batch of communities that, from September 2015 onwards, will be upgraded to support BT’s “fast fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network. The announcement means that related work is now effectively planned to take place in every telephone exchange across Wales.

LINX Launch First Dedicated Internet Exchange Point in Wales – IXCardiff

13th October, 2014 (1 Comment)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which acts as a central hub for most of the Internet traffic that passes through and around the United Kingdom, have announced that Wales has now joined Scotland by launching their own dedicated Internet Exchange Point (IXP).

BT Secures 7 Year Public Service Broadband Contract for Wales UK

8th October, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government has today awarded a multi-million pound and 7 year contract to BT’s Global Services division, which will see the national UK telecoms operator taking the reins of Wales’s Public Sector Broadband Aggregation (PSBA) network (this has been in operation since 2007).

Hyperoptic Bring 1000Mbps FTTH Broadband to 75,000 Urban Premises

6th October, 2014 (10 Comments)

The “hyper-sonic” 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable broadband ISP Hyperoptic has announced that their Fibre-To-The-Building/Home (FTTB/H) network has almost reached 75,000 premises in the UK cities of Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Cardiff (Wales), Bristol, Reading and London. In addition, the network has just expanded to include Newcastle, Sheffield, Birmingham and Nottingham.

Hyperoptic Bring 1Gbps FTTB Home Broadband to First Cardiff Building

18th September, 2014 (0 Comments)

It’s been seven months since Hyperoptic announced that their “hyper-sonic” 1000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable home and business Fibre-To-The-Building (FTTB) network would be expanding into the city of Cardiff in Wales (here) and now residents of the Hayes Apartments will be the first to officially benefit as the service finally goes live.

PCQ Solutions Develops Cheap Public WiFi Solution for Small UK Towns

16th September, 2014 (1 Comment)

Residents of Llanidloes in Powys (Wales), which is a small town that’s home to around 3,000 people, can now benefit after local ISP PCQ Solutions made a free public WiFi hotspot service available in the area and it could soon arrive in similarly sized towns across the United Kingdom.

First Xwavia Wireless Broadband Customers Go Live in Conwy, Wales

21st August, 2014 (0 Comments)

Welsh Wireless ISP Xwavia has today announced that the first residential and business customers in Conwy have been connected to their new superfast broadband network, which offers Internet speeds from 10Mbps to 1000Mbps (Megabits per second).

Superfast Wales Project Deploys Some Ultrafast 330Mbps FTTP Broadband

21st August, 2014 (11 Comments)

Believe it or not, Wales will be getting some 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband from BT as part of the local state aid supported £425m Superfast Cymru project. This aims to make faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC) speeds of up to 80Mbps available to 96% of Welsh premises by the end of spring 2016 (700,000 premises).

Welsh BDUK Scheme Brings Fibre Broadband to 190000 Premises

18th August, 2014 (0 Comments)

The state aid supported £425m Superfast Cymru project with BT in Wales, which aims to make faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC) speeds of up to 80Mbps available to 96% of premises by the end of spring 2016 (total of 700,000 premises), has confirmed that over 190,000 premises are now able to benefit thanks to its work.

Wales Makes it Easier for Homes to Get Access Broadband Cymru Grants

30th July, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government‘s Access Broadband Cymru (ABC) scheme, which offers grants worth up to £1,000 per premise in areas which have “slow broadband connections” (i.e. sub-2Mbps), has in an attempt to correct for earlier criticisms been opened up to more homes and businesses (including those in areas that could already benefit from Superfast Cymru investment with BT).

Wales UK Confirms Next 66 Locations for BT Fibre Broadband by June 2015

30th July, 2014 (7 Comments)

The Superfast Cymru scheme, which is working to make faster broadband speeds of up to 80Mbps available to 96% of premises in Wales by the end of spring 2016, has today announced the next 66 new locations across 10 local authority areas that will be enabled for “high speed fibre” (FTTC) by BT in time for June 2015.

Spectrum Internet Brings 1Gbps Broadband to 70+ Businesses in Cardiff

22nd July, 2014 (1 Comment)

Around 70+ businesses on the Cardiff Gate International Business Park in Wales can now gain access to top broadband speeds of 1000Mbps after Welsh ISP Spectrum Internet expanded the reach of their fibre optic network into the area by using the city’s Connection Voucher scheme, which makes this the first such park to benefit in the whole of Wales.

FREE WiFi Comes to 18 Hospitals and Healthcare Locations in Wales UK

25th June, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Cloud (BSkyB) has today added to their 1,000+ WiFi hotspots in Wales by signing two new partners (the Aneurin Bevan and Cwm Taf health boards) from the healthcare industry, which means that their free wireless Internet connectivity is now being deployed to a total of 18 Welsh healthcare locations.

Barden Network Expansion in Wales Fuelled by BDUK and BT Broadband

24th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Barden Network Engineering, which is a subcontractor for Carillion (BT’s contractor for the UK superfast broadband FTTC/P roll-out) that specialises in cable installation jointing and splicing, has announced plans to create 25 new jobs in Merthyr Tydfil after it began setting up a new depot on the Cyfarthfa Industrial Estate in Merthyr Tydfil (Wales).

Welsh Wireless Broadband ISP Xwavia Expands Welshpool HQ

23rd June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Wireless ISP Xwavia (formerly eXwavia) has confirmed plans to expand its operations with a redevelopment of their headquarters in Welshpool (Glansevern Hall), which will increase their site to 2,500 sq ft in size and benefit from 10 new staff.