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Government pledges £60m innovation investment

04/10/2023

The Government has pledged to invest £60m into an innovation fund to support universities in areas with lower levels of research and development investment.

Councils urged to bid for 5G funding

31/07/2023

Local authorities across the UK have been invited to bid for shares of a £40m fund to support their adoption of 5G and other advanced wireless technology.

Digital champions important for broadband ‘consistency’

18/07/2023

The Government should consider requiring councils to have a digital champion to help improve the UK’s rollout of fast broadband, a new study has concluded.

Councils warn of ‘broadband slow lane’

12/05/2023

Poorer households are being left behind in a ‘broadband slow lane’ despite relying more heavily on the internet, local government leaders have warned.

Shropshire Council welcomes £24m broadband contract

10/05/2023

Shropshire Council welcomes the announcement of a multi-million-pound investment into high-speed full-fibre broadband.

Cambridgeshire set to see broadband boost with £69m contract

21/03/2023

Around 45,000 people in rural Cambridgeshire are set to see an improvement in their broadband thanks to a multi-million-pound Project Gigabit agreement.

Multi-million-pound contract to speed up Cornwall broadband

20/01/2023

Residents in rural Cornwall are set to benefit from faster broadband after local supplier Wildanet was awarded a £36m contract to roll out new connections.

Satellites trialled in effort to boost broadband

01/12/2022

Rural homes and businesses could see a boost to their broadband connections if a trial to use satellites to deliver high-speed connections is successful.

Council welcomes £6.6m broadband deal

29/09/2022

Thousands of rural premises in Teesdale are set to gain access to faster broadband after a multi-million-pound contract was awarded under Project Gigabit.

Work starts on first £5bn Project Gigabit contract

30/08/2022

Homes and businesses in rural Dorset are set to receive faster broadband as work begins on the first major broadband upgrade under the £5bn Project Gigabit.

Joint £82m investment to speed up rural broadband for schools

01/07/2022

Hundreds of thousands of pupils living in the countryside are set to benefit from better digital connections, the Government has announced.

Slow Gigabit broadband roll-out ‘stumbling block’ for levelling up

19/05/2022

Levelling up likely to hit a ‘stumbling block’ due to lack of awareness, funding and focussed roles when it comes to Gigabit broadband roll-out, study says.

Investment in countryside could add over £40bn to economy

27/04/2022

Policies focused on improving the economic and social potential of the countryside could add £43bn to the UK economy, report finds.

All schools in England to have high speed internet by 2025

24/03/2022

Every school in England will have access to high speed internet by 2025, the education secretary has announced.

Council pension schemes urged to invest in local economies

02/02/2022

Local government pension funds will be targetted to pump billions of pounds into regional economies as part of the new levelling up White Paper.

Council chiefs call for digital champions to help gigabit broadband roll-out

19/01/2022

Local authority leaders have urged the Government to allow councils to create digital champions to help speed up the roll-out of gigabit-capable broadband in hard to reach areas.

County areas are 'poor relation' in internet speeds, MPs warn

21/10/2021

County ares could become the 'poor relation' to cities in the Government's gigabit rollout, MPs have warned today.

Broadband cables to be run through water pipes

10/08/2021

Government offering £4m to anyone wishing to run a trial that would see broadband cables fed through the water pipes to speed up the roll-out of fast internet.

Two million rural homes to benefits from £5bn broadband upgrade

02/08/2021

Over two million rural homes and businesses are set to see improvements to their internet connection thanks to a £5bn broadband upgrade.

Spending watchdog highlights 'litany of failures' on superfast broadband

08/01/2021

A 'litany’ of failures by the Government will leave rural homes and businesses without superfast broadband, MPs have warned today.

Invest in local digital champions, council chiefs say

22/12/2020

Local authority leaders have called on the Government to fund local digital champions to support the broadband roll-out.

What the Dickens is going on with broadband in schools?

24/11/2020

Evan Wienburg warns that too many schools don’t have access to the reliable connectivity and ultrafast broadband speeds.

Watchdog warns 2025 target for superfast broadband will be 'challenging'

16/10/2020

Rural and remote areas have been left behind in plans to rollout superfast broadband, the public spending watchdog has warned.

Councils offered £20,000 to improve digital connectivity

13/10/2020

Local authorities are being urged to apply for funding that can help them improve local and regional digital connectivity.

Government 'likely' to miss full fibre broadband 2025 target

07/10/2020

A Government promise to deliver full fibre broadband to every home by 2025 is likely to be missed unless ministers make radical changes to telecoms policy, think tank warns.

Government announces £22m rural broadband investment

14/09/2020

Over £22m of funding is being invested into the Government’s broadband voucher scheme to boost broadband speeds in rural English shires and counties.

BT: Providing more superfast connections than ever

04/06/2020

In the coming years, we are going to see more and more smart devices connecting to mobile and broadband networks. BT Group is one of the major players in this space and is at the heart of the growing tech sector in Wales.

Creating a gigabit-capable nation

31/03/2020

Evan Wienburg outlines how to ensure many happy full fibre returns for UK plc by 2025.

Council chiefs welcome drive to ensure new homes come with gigabit-speed broadband

17/03/2020

Local authority leaders have welcomed an announcement that the Government will legislate to make sure new-build homes come with gigabit-speed broadband.

London councils lack strategies and budget to rollout 5G, research finds

10/12/2019

Most London councils do not have a strategy in place to rollout 5G networks, a new investigation has revealed.

Labour pledges free fast broadband

15/11/2019

A future Labour government will nationalise BT's Openreach operations to provide free full-fibre broadband to every home in the country, the party has announced.

New law to make it quicker to install faster internet connections in flats

10/10/2019

A new law has been passed to make it possible to install faster internet connections in flats where landlords ignore requests for access from broadband firms.

Councils ‘best placed’ to understand digital needs of local areas

18/09/2019

The Local Government Association says councils have a central role to play in making sure people in rural areas have access to the fastest broadband services.

Full-fibre and 5G could boost council revenue by £10,000

13/09/2019

Investing in full-fibre and 5G could increase a local authority’s revenue intake by £10,000, new research suggests.

Whitehall consults on plans to simplify planning rules for 5G roll-out

27/08/2019

The Government has launched a consultation on proposals to simplify planning rules for mobile infrastructure to support the roll-out of 5G across the country.

How PSBA is connecting the public sector in Wales

09/08/2019

There are a number of benefits for a public sector organisation using PSBA’s services.

Going the extra mile

08/08/2019

Paul Doe explains how local authorities can deliver value to citizens beyond connectivity.

Council chiefs call for devolution to rural communities after Brexit

04/07/2019

Local authority leaders have called on the Government to devolve more powers to rural areas in the event that Britain leaves the European Union.

Broadband for the future

20/06/2019

Salisbury is about to become the first full city to benefit from fibre-to-the-premise broadbroadband, opening up a host of possibilities for residents, businesses and public services.

Whitehall announces £200m ‘rural broadband' programme

20/05/2019

The Government yesterday announced that it has started to rollout gigabit-capable full fibre broadband to rural areas across the country.

Transforming rural economies

30/04/2019

Evan Wienburg argues that the transformation of our rural economies begins with infrastructure.

How digitalisation is transforming Belfast into a leading economy

17/04/2019

Martin McFadyen explores how technical innovation and improved connectivity has helped Belfast and NI transform into a leading knowledge economy with global investment appeal.

Consumer watchdog reveals broadband ‘black spots’

22/01/2019

Many local authority areas, including in London, still have broadband black spots, according to a consumer watchdog.

Why homes should be digitally fit for purpose

31/10/2018

Evan Wienburg argues that all new houses being built - including social housing ­- must have a future-proof broadband connection built in.

The overbuilding of the UK's infrastructure

03/08/2018

Evan Wienburg explains why the overbuilding the UK's infrastructure using taxpayers' money must stop.

Full fibre broadband to be ‘mandatory’ for new builds, Gov says

24/07/2018

Local authority leaders have welcomed the Government’s proposal to make full fibre broadband for all new build homes mandatory.

Go with Gigabit

03/05/2018

Richard Watts explains how local authorities can take the initiative to install Gigabit fibre and roll out high-speed services at a regional level.

Why praying for a broadband miracle won’t work

18/04/2018

Evan Wienburg argues that instead of praying for a broadband miracle, local authorities need to change their attitude to how future-proof broadband is rolled out.

Rural counties suffer from low broadband speeds

06/04/2018

A new study has revealed that over two-thirds of England’s counties have lower than average broadband speeds.

Councils call for new 'Fibre to the Premises' Kitemark for new homes

03/04/2018

Housing developers must ensure all new builds have a digital connection ‘fit for the 21st century’, council chiefs say as they call for a Fibre to the Premises Kitemark.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council launches Gigabit broadband

14/03/2018

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has partnered with a Swedish tech company to roll out Gigabit full fibre connectivity to residents and businesses.

Technology and the public sector 2018

15/01/2018

Jos Creese outlines some key technology trends councils should focus on in 2018.

One million homes without ‘decent’ broadband, regulator finds

18/12/2017

More than one million homes and offices are struggling to get ‘decent’ broadband, new Ofcom report finds.

£190m Full Fibre networks fund launched

24/11/2017

Local authorities can now bid for funding from a new £190m programme designed to accelerate the rate at which Full Fibre networks are made available across the UK.

BT offers to invest £600m to improve broadband speeds

31/07/2017

BT has offered to invest up to £600m to make sure the majority of UK households and businesses get broadband speeds of at least 10Mbps per second.

Councils call for control of fines levied on mobile operators

10/07/2017

Councils have called for control over fines given to mobile operators for poor coverage and customer service to boost connectivity.

Areas with slowest broadband revealed

27/06/2017

Councillors have stressed importance of digital connectivity after a report identified 11 places which get less than the minimum recommended broadband speed.

Consultation launched to reform ‘misleading’ broadband speed claims

04/05/2017

Council leaders have welcomed the launch of a consultation aimed at creating tougher standards for advertising broadband speed claims.

Millions of people report problems with bad broadband

05/04/2017

Local government leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to making sure people have access to broadband internet technology.

Britain in ‘digital slow lane’, commission warns

14/12/2016

Local authorities should work with network providers to ensure the deployment of 5G across the country, commission says.

Publish broadband speeds by address demand LGA

13/09/2016

Town hall leaders have called on broadband providers to let residents see what speeds are available direct to their home.

Holyrood 'must do more' to roll-out broadband, auditors say

18/08/2016

The roll-out of high-speed broadband in Scotland is making ‘good progress’, but more needs to be done to extend coverage to rural areas, auditors say.

Broadband speed advertising ‘misleading’, claim councils

10/08/2016

Advertised broadband speeds which are only available to 10% of customers are ‘misleading’, say council chiefs.

Minimum download speed must be ‘enshrined in law’, says councils

05/08/2016

The Government must enshrine the national minimum standard of broadband speed in law because public services are becoming ‘digital by default’, council chiefs say.

Council commits millions to superfast broadband plans

29/07/2016

North Yorkshire has agreed to multi-million pound superfast broadband plans in order to improve internet access across the county.

Councils call for action on broadband speeds

27/07/2016

Town hall chiefs have called on Whitehall to re-affirm its commitment to minimum broadband speeds across the country.

Rural areas at risk of entering ‘digital twilight zone', LGA warns

09/05/2016

A flexible national minimum standard of broadband speed is necessary to stop hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses from falling into a ‘digital twilight zone', councils say.

New homes to get superfast broadband

08/02/2016

New homes will be ready-connected with superfast broadband under government plans agreed with telecoms provider BT.

Council concerned over 'outdated' digital inclusion report

26/10/2015

Northumberland County Council has criticised the use of ‘outdated’ information published this week on levels of access to broadband in the county.

In the digital club

21/09/2015

How can councils and housing associations help residents to begin their digital journey?

Edinburgh extends fibre network in Gigabit City project

09/09/2015

A scheme to upgrade city-wide communications has taken a step forward in Edinburgh as part of the Gigabit City project.

Edinburgh Council outsources ICT with £186m contract

25/08/2015

Edinburgh Council has outsourced its ICT services in a deal that is expected to save £45m and create more than 200 jobs and 60 apprenticeships.

Councils prepare to extend superfast broadband scheme

12/08/2015

The government’s rollout of superfast broadband is on track to reach 95% of the UK by 2017, with new figures showing more than three million homes and businesses now have access to internet speeds greater than 24 Mbps.

BT to return £129m broadband subsidies to local authorities

31/07/2015

BT will hand back £129m to local authorities to help roll-out superfast broadband coverage.

Provider drops satellite broadband connection charges for partner councils

20/04/2015

Residents in certain local authority areas are being offered free installation and activation of satellite broadband.

Kent awards six-year PSN contract

18/08/2014

A six-year contract to manage a shared network for public services across Kent has been awarded to Daisy Updata Communications Ltd (DUCL).

Yorkshire borough signs dark fibre PSN upgrade deal

14/08/2014

Kirklees Council has selected a provider to upgrade its PSN network, in a move expected to significantly improve connectivity for local residents.

UK broadband 'not up to speed', report warns

14/07/2014

UK broadband is not 'fit for purpose' and Government targets won't go far enough to boost connectivity, a report has found.

Winning bids for £10m broadband fund announced

19/06/2014

The successful bids for a £10m fund to roll-out broadband in the hardest to reach places in the UK have been announced by the government.

Extra £250m announced for superfast broadband

26/02/2014

Superfast broadband projects will receive additional funding from a £250m pot, culture secretary Maria Miller has revealed.

Superfast broadband rollout accelerates, figures suggest

29/01/2014

Rollout of superfast broadband to rural communities almost tripled in speed over the last quarter of 2013, government reports reveal.

Shropshire high-speed broadband rollout continues

23/01/2014

High-speed fibre broadband will reach a further 18 rural Shropshire communities, as part of a continuing £24.6m council partnership.

More Scottish regions to receive high speed broadband

17/01/2014

Over 39,000 homes and businesses across Scotland are to receive fibre broadband, under further rounds of the Digital Scotland partnership.

Superfast broadband for Wales scheme on schedule says minister

09/01/2014

The roll-out of superfast broadband in Wales is on schedule with more than 100,000 homes benefiting from the project, according to culture secretary, Maria Miller.

Ten cities to share £100m funding for high speed broadband

09/12/2013

Small businesses will be able to benefit from a £100m pot of money to connect them to better quality, high speed broadband.

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