The government has approved a £15 million broadband plan to be rolled out by Derbyshire County Council.Of this, £7.39 million will come from the government's £530 million Broadband Delivery UK fund.Faster business broadband will provide a huge boost to the 180,000 firms and homes in the county's so-called 'white areas', where there is currently no [...] CONTINUE

Firms in Shropshire could miss out on superfast business broadband connections because of a lack of public support.Councils across the UK are urging residents to show their support for superfast broadband in bid to secure investment, but not a single person has expressed an interest in superfast internet connection speeds in nine of Shropshire's parish [...] CONTINUE

Ofcom has called upon ISPs to improve the level of information they give to customers during the sales process to business broadband and other customers. After conducting a mystery shopping exercise, Ofcom found that in 93 per cent of telephone enquiries, an estimate of the broadband speed was given by the provider, and in 72 [...] CONTINUE

Business mobile users will no longer have to miss important calls while airborne, after Virgin Atlantic became the first British airline to permit in-flight conversations.The mobile service will be available on London to New York flights aboard Virgin's new A330 aircraft and, following the completion of a £50m refurbishment, will also feature on the airline's [...] CONTINUE

Nearly 300 visitors from north-east Lincolnshire have signed a petition over concerns that they are being left behind by the broadband revolution.Presently it is believed that just nine per cent of the £11 million being invested in the county will reach those in the region's villages, the Grimsby Telegraph reports.The signatures were gathered by a [...] CONTINUE