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Gigabit broadband: First areas to benefit announced
2021-03-19 01:12:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Government announces first stages of plans to get superfast broadband to the majority of UK homes.
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Project Rollout: Mapping the road to gigabit Britain
2021-03-15 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Even before the coronavirus pandemic struck last year, it was clear that delivering gigabit-capable broadband to every home in the UK by 2025 would be an incredible challenge, one that many in the industry thought to be near impossible. Nonetheless, the industry continued driving forward throughout 2020, using innovative rollout strategies and the latest technologies in an aim to make the government’s image of a gigabit Britain a reality. By November, the government’s target had been somewhat revised, now aiming for a minimum of 85% of homes covered by the 2025 deadline. But is this target any more achievable? How is the industry bouncing back from the pandemic to redouble their fibre deployment efforts? …read more on TotalTele.com »
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New report says UK govt unlikely to achieve reduced gigabit broadband target
2021-01-08 11:18:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Covid-19 pandemic has harshly exposed the economic consequences of digital inequality in the UK, with repeated Government failures meaning that...
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A litany of failures: Public accounts committee blasts gigabit broadband rollout plans
2021-01-08 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The public accounts committee (PAC), comprising a group of MPs that oversee public spending, have lambasted the national gigabit broadband rollout plans as a “litany of failures”, arguing that the government is allowing digital inequality to worsen at a time when connectivity is more important than ever. With the UK headed into yet another lockdown, the ever-present threat of the digital divide is once again being thrown into stark relief. The PAC’s report, published on Friday…read more on TotalTele.com »
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UK government lowers gigabit target to 85%: What do the experts think?
2020-11-26 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Yesterday, as part of a broader spending review, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the plans for 100% coverage of gigabit broadband by 2025 have been reduced to just 85%. While the £5 billion promised for the project remains the same, these funds will be released more slowly than previously planned, with just £1.2 billion to be made available until 2024. At this year’s Connected Britain conference, the topic of achieving the government’s gigabit targets were addressed by numerous panels, which overall displayed a sense of optimism – provided that regulations were adjusted to facilitate the operators as much as possible. Organising this regulation is itself huge challenge, a constant back-and-forth between the operators and the regulator. However…read more on TotalTele.com »
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