broadband
29 Jun 2018
Fresh warning over rural broadband
Rural communities could be left behind without public subsidies for the rollout of fibre broadband, the government will be told. Government ministers needs to go “further and faster” by subsidising the rollout...
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20 Jun 2018
Framework could ease broadband provision
An updated wayleave framework could speed up the roll-out of rural broadband while ensuring fair treatment for landowners. The updated national Rural Communications Agreement was developed by the Country Land...
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17 May 2018
Connect communities to ultrafast broadband
If you’re not included in any fibre rollout plans, or if you have fibre but want faster speeds, have you considered a Community Fibre Partnership with Openreach? Wherever you are,...
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11 May 2018
MPs join call for better rural 4G coverage
More than 50 MPs have called on the government to do more to improve 4G coverage in rural areas. Some 56 MPs have signed a joint letter to digital secretary...
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02 May 2018
Call to improve 4G rural mobile coverage
Rural businesses have called on Ofcom to reinforce calls for mobile network operators to improve 4g coverage in the countryside. The call was made by the Country Land and Business Association...
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11 Apr 2018
Rural issues of global importance – OECD
Rural areas are vital to national economies – both locally and around the world – and should be supported, says the OECD. The OECD released the the policy statement at...
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10 Apr 2018
Mobile companies ‘abandon rural areas’
Mobile network operators are failing to submit planning applications that could help improve coverage in some of the worst served rural areas, say campaigners. Figures obtained by the Country Land...
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29 Mar 2018
Detail needed on broadband pledge
A government pledge giving everyone the right to faster broadband is welcome news – but not the end of the story, says the Rural Services Network. The government has promised...
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29 Mar 2018
Rural Services Network responds to government’s ‘universal broadband’ pledge
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Thursday, 29 March 2018 The Rural Services Network [1] has responded to a government pledge that everyone in the UK will have a legal right to...
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26 Mar 2018
Seminar to discuss rural digital economy
A seminar to discuss the creative and digital rural economy is due to take place in London next month. The Creative and Digital Rural Economy (CaDRE) initiative proposes to align...
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