Articles tagged with 'fibre broadband' | Openreach

Openreach has appointed Aberdeenshire businesswoman Rosanne Moreland to lead its large-scale commercial build of ultra-reliable full fibre broadband in Scotland. Rosanne, who lives outside Ellon, will be programme director for the multi-million po...

Openreach CEO, Clive Selley, today joined MP John Glen to urge homes and businesses to switch to a new ultrafast and ultra-reliable broadband network - as Salisbury celebrates becoming the first entire city in the UK to gain access to Openreach’s new...

The world has gone digital. Whether it’s our TV, radio, photos or music; our texts, mobile phones and video chats. They’re all digital. And now, the landline is going digital too. The UK’s traditional telephone network has been serving us well ...

It seems scarcely believable that just a month ago, towns and cities across Wales were packed with shoppers and workers going about their daily business. Life was as close to what used to pass for normal.  But since then, everything has changed. ...

SkillsCymru Carmarthenshire 2020 is first stop for high-tech vehicle The latest tool in Openreach’s drive to get pupils thinking about careers in engineering – a high-tech Showcase van - hit the road for the first time in Wales earlier last week a...

A leading cultural centre based in an 18th century manor is now one of the best connected places in Scotland, opening up a wealth of online opportunities for crafters and students. Gartmore House in rural Stirlingshire has hooked up to ultrafast, ...

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP Andrew Bowie this week visited Openreach engineers building a full fibre broadband network for a new housing development in Banchory. The MP visited Lochside of Leys to see innovative engineering techniques and...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in seven market towns and villages across Yorkshire and the Humber. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas a...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 27 market towns and villages across the South West of England. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas acr...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 63 market towns and villages across the South East of England. It’s part of a bigger announcement involving 227[1] ‘harder to reach’ areas acr...

Openreach today outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 227[1] market towns and villages across the UK, with building to commence within the next 14 months. The portion of this build plan completed ...

Ultrafast broadband is jewel in the crown for castle Set in remote Ayrshire countryside, Sorn Castle is well known as a top wedding venue. Now, thanks to the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) programme, it’s not just castle staff and wed...

More than 141,000 premises across West Yorkshire can now enjoy faster, fibre broadband rolled out by the multi-million-pound Superfast West Yorkshire & York broadband programme. And more than half (56 per cent) of homes and businesses within the p...

Prehistoric Scotland met the 21st century with the Crannog Centre in Kenmore being the latest location to sign up to receive fibre broadband thanks to the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme. Across Scotland of the 943,000 homes and bus...

It was ‘all aboard’ when the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) team joined Caledonian Railways volunteers and Santa to raise awareness and encourage take-up of fibre broadband services across Angus. For many homes and businesses across A...

On the West Coast of Cumbria there have been reported sightings of a mythical creature bringing delight and Christmas magic to all who meet him. Thanks to fledgling business ‘When you Believe’, Starlight the unicorn is making dreams come true for ...

Openreach has today announced that more than 80,000 homes and businesses across Bristol – nearly 40 per cent of all premises - can now access some of the fastest, most reliable broadband in the UK. Engineering teams have been hard at work building...

This year’s Salisbury Lantern & Lights Procession will be held on 12 December thanks to support from new sponsor, Openreach, which is partnering with Salisbury BID and Salisbury City Council to bring the festive event to the city once again this year...

More households and businesses across Scotland can now upgrade to faster fibre broadband through the £460 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) rollout. It's the first time the programme has brought fibre broadband to several rural l...

MORE than 940,000 homes and business across Scotland can now access fibre broadband through the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout, with deployment set to continue into 2020. The partnership marked the latest milestone in the East Ayrshi...

Some of the fastest and most reliable broadband in the UK is heading to the village of Flockton, after it was named as one of 13 rural communities to benefit from a new broadband trial. Openreach engineers will be working in the West Yorkshire vil...

Some of the fastest and most reliable broadband in the UK is heading to Scottish villages in Fife and West Lothian as part of a new broadband trial in rural communities. Openreach engineers will be working in Lundin Links, Lower Largo and West Cal...

Scottish politicians will quiz engineers from Openreach about Scotland’s digital future during a drop-in session at the Scottish Parliament today (Thursday). They’ll hear about the work being done to upgrade the country’s broadband network and how...

Willie Rennie MSP this week visited Openreach engineers to hear about how they’ve built one of the Kingdom’s first ultrafast broadband networks in Luthrie. The North East Fife MSP was shown engineering techniques and new equipment used to build a ...

Openreach, the UK’s digital infrastructure company, today announced 29 towns, cities and boroughs - including Aberdeen, Ayr (South Ayrshire) and Stanecastle (Irvine, North Ayrshire) - where it will be building new future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (...

Superfast South Yorkshire (SFSY) today celebrated the successful completion of their £27 million contract to deliver faster broadband to residents and businesses across South Yorkshire.   ...

Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, visited Borthwickbrae in the Scottish Borders to unveil one of 5000 green cabinets now providing fibre broadband across Scotland as part of the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband p...

Cross-party politicians who oversee Scotland’s rural connectivity have been examining future plans for digital engineering at Openreach’s £485,000 Scottish training school. Members of the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity Commit...

More than 45,000 homes and businesses in Salford can now access the UK’s fastest broadband speeds. Engineers from Openreach, the UK’s largest telephone and broadband network, began work to build a new ‘full fibre’ network in February last year. Us...

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate Forbes this week visited Openreach engineers to find out about the next generation of ultrafast broadband. The MSP learned about ‘full fibre’ technology – future-proof, reliable services that can carry broadban...