Digital Economy Bill might be passed before May
Posted by Mersault on March 12, 2010
It has been anticipated by a number of senior members of the media industry of the United Kingdom that the Digital Economy Bill proposed by the government, which had attracted a considerable amount of controversy, could be pushed through parliament in the beginning of April this year. The notable point here is that the passing [...]
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Funding Body for UK Next Generation Broadband
Posted by Mersault on March 11, 2010
A couple of major upgrades to the broadband UK internet infrastructure have been given an all important impetus by the creation of a finance body that would stand to allocate funding for the progressing work. The new funding organisation dubbed as Broadband Delivery UK was launched on Thursday by the government with a view to [...]
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UK urged to up its Fibre Optic Broadband Rollout Efforts
Posted by Mersault on March 8, 2010
A broadband market and technology expert has suggested that the United Kingdom greatly required to boost its efforts to launch the nation-wide next generation fibre optic broadband internet network. According to the broadband expert, Karel Helsen president of the FTTH Council, the efforts taken by the government of the United Kingdom to rollout the nation-wide [...]
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CLA UK for Broadband Grants for Rural Homes
Posted by RM on March 7, 2010
It has been reported that the CLA (Country Land and Business Association) has used its Digital Dales Colloquium presentation delivered last day to lobby the government of the United Kingdom into launching a fresh broadband grant scheme for benefiting the homes located in the rural broadband internet notspots. It is understood that the finalisation of [...]
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Bournemouth celebrates arrival of Superfast Broadband
Posted by RM on March 6, 2010
Bournemouth in the United Kingdom has been provided access to superfast broadband internet as part of the Fibre-to-the-Home project launched by Fibrecity. According to the reports in a broadband UK comparison website Think Broadband, around thousand household in the area would in the near future recieve access to broadband internet at super speeds of up [...]
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