There has been a setback for a pilot scheme relating to rural broadband in Norfolk after it emerged that the scheme had failed to get even one customer. The issue over bridging the digital divide over rural and urban areas, and ensuring that more people and business in rural areas have access to broadband services, has become an increasingly important one. However, it has emerged that one campaign to improve broadband in the Norfolk area had... 

Following a recent meeting with scheme proposers a group of business chiefs have offered encouragement to invest in the city of Norwich, which means that its project to get a new Wi-Fi broadband network is now even closer to beginning. In order to give both families and businesses the facility of getting online whilst in the city centre, Babcock Network, an engineering support services company expressed an interest in deployment the new Wi-Fi system... 

The deployment of a 40G submarine solution from Nortel will significantly increase the capacity of the current submarine cable link that runs between Ireland and the UK according to the network operator Virgin Media . Nortel had previously worked with Virgin Media to roll out 40Gbps technology across its network before improving the capacity provided through the submarine link. At present Virgin Media operates a fibre optic cable that was laid... 

In a recently released report one industry official has said that more clarity is needed over legislation relating to the sharing of wireless broadband connections.  Read More →