Just over £363 million in Government investment is set to take broadband to all homes and businesses in England and Scotland, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt announced today. Counties in England are set to get £294.8 million, and Scotland £68.8 million. This is part of £530 million of Government [...]
Local authorities and residents will be able to decide how funding for improving broadband connection speeds will be spent. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced: “We are not prepared to let some parts of our country get left behind in the digital age.” “Fast broadband is absolutely vital to our economic growth, to delivering public services [...]
Northern Ireland is set to receive £4.4 million to help take broadband to everyone in the country, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt announced today. Mr Hunt today revealed Northern Ireland’s share of the Government’s £530 million broadband investment fund. The Northern Ireland Executive has already run an extensive programme [...]
Consumers benefit from UK broadband speed surge. The average UK broadband speed increased by 10 per cent in six months – from 6.2Mbit/s in November/December 2010, to 6.8Mbit/s in May 2011. Almost half (47 per cent) of UK residential broadband users were on packages with advertised speeds above 10Mbit/s in May 2011, compared to 42 [...]
Millions of homes and businesses in rural parts of the UK could receive better value broadband services by the end of this year. This follows Ofcom’s decision to reduce significantly the prices that BT Wholesale can charge internet service providers (ISPs) in primarily rural, less densely populated areas. The price reduction will be 12%* below [...]
UK-Kingston upon Thames: telecommunications services 2011/S 133-221270 CONTRACT NOTICE Works SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S) Surrey County Council Penrhyn Road Attn: Paul Churchill KT1 2DN Kingston upon Thames UNITED KINGDOM Tel. +44 2085417750 E-mail: paul.churchill@surreycc.gov.uk Internet address(es) General address of the contracting authority www.surreycc.gov.uk Further information can be obtained at: As [...]
Ofcom has today launched the UK’s first interactive map of fixed broadband, using actual data provided by communications providers about the UK’s broadband infrastructure. Ofcom is required to submit a report on the UK’s communications infrastructure to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport every three years. As the first stage of meeting [...]
Ensuring access for all to next generation high-speed broadband by 2020 is a key priority for rural Scotland, Richard Lochhead said today. Today’s parliamentary debate on Rural Connectivity highlighted the need for rural Scotland to be included in the digital revolution for high-speed broadband and 4G mobile coverage. Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said: “We [...]
Commenting on Ofcom’s report Measuring mobile broadband in the UK, Communications Consumer Panel Acting Chair Bob Warner said: “Today’s report from Ofcom will be a useful guide for consumers and small businesses considering buying mobile broadband. “To achieve a mobile broadband connection, people need to have mobile coverage. But too many people still have poor [...]
Ofcom published its first research into the performance of mobile broadband across the UK. Ofcom consumer research shows that 17 per cent of UK households are using mobile broadband to access online services, with 7 per cent using it as their only means of internet access, compared to 3 per cent in 2009. The research [...]
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