broadband
03 Nov 2014
MPs launch rural broadband inquiry
AN influential committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into rural broadband coverage. The inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select committee follows concern that rural communities will...
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29 Sep 2014
Westminster push to tackle digital divide
BUSINESS and community leaders visited Westminster to push for improvements to mobile phone signals and broadband in rural areas. The meeting with Ed Vaizey, minister for the digital economy, is...
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29 Sep 2014
Poor internet hampers rural schools
RURAL pupils are missing out because their schools are among those with the poorest internet connections. Pupils in more than half of all UK state schools have poor access to...
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21 Sep 2014
Rural fibre broadband ‘too costly’
MOBILE broadband is more cost effective in rural areas than fibre-based connections, suggests a study. Urban areas pass the cost benefit test of rolling out fibre broadband infrastructure by a...
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09 Aug 2014
Broadband rollout ‘must be faster’
THE government’s superfast broadband rollout has now reached more than 1m premises – but isolated areas are still proving harder to reach. Culture secretary Sajid Javid said the programme was...
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26 Jul 2014
Telecoms giant unveils rural campaign
MOBILE phone carrier Vodafone has launched a national programme for rural communities to apply for better coverage in “not-spot areas”. The telecoms giant has invited communities to work with their...
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20 Jul 2014
Yorkshire broadband project on track
A LOCAL broadband project is on track to bring faster internet connections to 97% of West Yorkshire. The Superfast West Yorkshire initiative has finished building 37 new green street cabinets...
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07 Jul 2014
£150k fund targets rural innovation
A £150,000 rural business-to-business fund aims to help local firms thrive through innovation. Delivered by Creative England, the Rural B2B (Superfast Broadband) Fund is to be rolled out across the...
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23 Jun 2014
£10m broadband winners announced
THE winners have been announced for a £10m governmment fund to explore ways of bringing superfast broadband to the UK’s most remote areas. Eight different projects using a range of...
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12 May 2014
Rural broadband still in the slow lane
RURAL households continue to suffer slower broadband – even though a quarter of connections nationally are ‘superfast’. One in four UK residential fixed broadband connections is ‘superfast’, according to the...
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