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Government promises all new homes to come with Gigabit broadband
News New legislation will bring housing developers and network operators together before any brick is laid
By Bobby Hellard Published
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Telcos offer support amid COVID-19 pandemic
News These companies will keep you connected during the COVID-19 outbreak
By Justin Cupler Published
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Openreach expands full-fibre rollout to cover 250,000 rural premises
News The national infrastructure provider has worked on tackling network installation in ‘challenging’ rural locations
By Thomas Dougherty Published
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CityFibre buys TalkTalk's fibre network for £200m
News The acquisition will help CityFibre meet new goal of eight million homes covered by full fibre by 2025
By Nicole Kobie Published
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Openreach offers free full-fibre installation for thousands of homes
News Around 13,000 more newbuilds per year could benefit from the cost-free installation of high-speed internet
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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Ofcom tweaks broadband rules to "supercharge" fibre
News Regulator wants to speed up fibre rollout while encouraging broadband competition
By Nicole Kobie Published
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Conservatives resurrect 2025 full-fibre promise in 2019 manifesto
News Plans were previously criticised by BT and subsequently left out of the Queen's Speech
By Jane McCallion Published
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The IT Pro Podcast: What does Labour's broadband bonanza mean for business?
IT Pro Podcast We take a look at Labour's ambitious new infrastructure policy
By IT Pro Published
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Labour pledges free broadband through Openreach nationalisation
News Universal full-fibre coverage, set to be rolled out nationally by 2030, will be funded with a tax on tech giants
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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Vodafone to expand full fibre to 15 cities in Openreach deal
News Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool are added to the existing 2020 roadmap
By Bobby Hellard Published
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Zen Internet slashes broadband bundle prices
News Award-winning ISP reduces contract prices across the board
By Adam Shepherd Published
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Why did the government’s 2025 full-fibre dream fail?
In-depth Just months after it was first pledged, the PM's plan to "unleash full-fibre” across the country has all but disappeared. What went wrong?
By Nicholas Fearn Published
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