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| 12 May 2021 In an interim update to its assessment of the UK’s fixed broadband and mobile networks, broadcast and telecoms regulator Ofcom has found an industry with aggressive infrastructure deployment during the time of the lockdowns declared in later 2020 and early 2021. In the Connected Nations Update Spring 2021 edition report Ofcom found rapid growth in the availability of broadband offers capable of delivering Gigabit speeds for domestic households. It calculated that n...

| 28 April 2021 More than double the number of UK households are opting for super-fast broadband (more than 60mbps) since the start of the pandemic, according to research from comparethemarket.com. The study found that households were searching for faster broadband options to cope with working from home: the first month of 2021 saw 80% of households who switched choosing broadband download speeds of more than 60mbps, compared with 34% at the start of 2020. The increase in uptake of...

| 01 April 2021 The speed at which Britain could benefit from the economic and social impact of billions of pounds of full-fibre infrastructure investment, including an infrastructure for high quality video services, could be improved by clear labelling and information on broadband services according to a new report by WIK-Consult. The Impact of Labelling on Full Fibre Adoption was commissioned by CityFibre, a former altnet which has grown to be the UK’s third-largest full-fibre...

| 10 March 2021 Broadband provider CityFibre’s UK rollout continues apace with Preston the latest city to receive a full fibre network upgrade. CityFibre has invested £30m in the project, which will extend to business and residential addresses throughout the region. Detailed planning is already under way for the network, which will provide a platform for a new generation of “smart city” applications, as well as the roll-out of 5G mobile services. CityFibre has appointed Stev...