Over two million Europeans have access to fibre broadband in their homes, according to figures from a recent fibre to the home (FTTH) report.
Sweden was named as having the highest percentage of when broadband customers who have connectivity through fibre optic cables, while the UK did not feature in the top ten countries.
Overall, Europe has [...] CONTINUE
The introduction of super-fast and reliable broadband could have some dramatic effects on the UK’s population map, according to research carried out by the telecoms firm Orange.
As high speed broadband begins to spread in the UK, businesses and individuals are more readily able to move out of the cities and relocate to a rural setting.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still being hampered by their inability to access high-speed, low contention broadband, according to a new report.
The government’s Small Business Service claims that SMEs make up 97% of the British economy. For them, particularly those in rural areas, the accessibility of broadband is more of a luxury than the [...] CONTINUE
BT is planning to begin testing its new networking fibre optic cables on Brownfield sites across the UK.
The telecoms provider will be testing its Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology in the area, with Highams Park in London rumoured to be the first proposed site.
It is believed that the FTTH technology could bring broadband speeds of up to [...] CONTINUE
The delivery of superfast broadband will be sped up, with the aim of bringing the service to 1 million homes by next spring, BT have announced.
The move is set to double the original number of homes capable of accessing fibre broadband, rising to 1.5 million by early summer next year.
Steve Robertson, chief executive of Openreach [...] CONTINUE
A £6 annual broadband tax will not be enough to fund fibre broadband to the entire country, a BT exectutive has said.
Olivia Garfield, group director of strategy and portfolio for BT, said at a briefing yesterday that the tax would not pay for every home in the UK to have fibre broadband, but rather 80 [...] CONTINUE
BT has said it is still on track with its plans to roll out next-generation super-fast broadband across the UK, despite concern from some shareholders regarding the economic situation.
It was reported last week that some shareholders had expressed concern about BT’s £1.5bn fibre broadband plan, suggesting the organisation would be better off keeping hold of [...] CONTINUE
The UK risks a future of declining broadband speeds if it does not get its act together regarding next-generation broadband, an analyst has warned.
Speaking at a Westminster eForum keynote seminar on next generation broadband, Ian Fogg, research director at analyst house Forrester Research warned: “"If we get this wrong — which we might do [...] CONTINUE
Research firm point topic has predicted that over four million home and business broadband connections will be fibre-based by 2013.
Fibre-based broadband provided by cable networks is expected to account for 23% of the UK’s domestic broadband market by 2013, whereas basic DSL copper lines are expected to see a drop in market share from 78% [...] CONTINUE
BT Openreach has revealed which sites will pilot the two trials of its “Fibre to the Cabinet” broadband, which will potentially offer 40Mbps speeds to 30,000 customers.
The exchanges in Muswell Hill in North London and Whitchurch in South Glamoran will serve as locations for the tests, where up to 15,000 properties in each area will [...] CONTINUE
