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Dozens of UK tourist hotspots to get faster, more reliable mobile coverage across the Great British countryside this bank holiday.
Hazel Hobbs has been appointed by the UK government as the interim Chair of Building Digital UK (BDUK), starting on 1 September 2024.
Minister Bryant wrote to the telecoms industry on 16 August, inviting them to a round table on 12 September to discuss telegraph pole deployment.
Hundreds of thousands of rural homes and businesses will receive major internet speed upgrades, as the UK Government fixes the digital divide and powers up all regions of Britain.
Tens of thousands of Welsh homes and businesses struggling to fulfil basic online tasks due to outdated broadband infrastructure will receive major internet speed upgrades, as the UK Government fixes the digital divide in Wa…
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has confirmed that Simon Blagden has resigned as Chair of BDUK.
The Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure wrote to telecom operators asking them to consider alternatives to the use of telegraph poles as they roll out faster and more reliable broadband across the country.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
UK Government has signed £1 billion in contracts to connect around 677,000 rural homes and businesses to lightning-fast full fibre
Tens of thousands of people in rural Derbyshire will enjoy access to next generation gigabit broadband after a major contract was signed to upgrade the county’s network as part of Project Gigabit
More than £530 million in investment this year will boost broadband for over 330,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across the country.
Thousands of people across rural parts of Oxfordshire and North East Staffordshire are set to benefit from new lightning-fast broadband thanks to £43 million of UK government funding.
A £60 million Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) that will boost support for universities in areas with lower levels of R&D investment is among new measures Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan has announced.
Dean Creamer CBE has started as the new Chief Executive Officer of Building Digital UK (BDUK)
The first cohort of Cumbrian apprentices are now in training for telecoms jobs of the future, following millions of pounds of investment from the UK government.
Homes and businesses in southern and eastern parts of England are set to benefit from new lightning-fast broadband connections backed by almost £320 million of UK government investment.
Government announces apppointment of Simon Fell MP as UK’s first Rural Connectivity Champion.
Thousands of homes and businesses in Shropshire will benefit from high-speed full-fibre broadband after a £24 million government contract was awarded to Freedom Fibre.
People living and working in the Lockerbie area in Scotland are to benefit from significantly improved mobile phone connectivity as the first UK government-funded rural mast upgrade is completed.
Letter from DSIT Secretary of State Michelle Donelan to Ofcom Chief Executive Dame Melanie Dawes following the publication of the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy and Spectrum Statement.
Wessex Internet wins government-funded Project Gigabit contract to roll out lightning-fast connectivity to around 10,500 homes and businesses in the New Forest.
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