Digital Britain

VMO2 has switched on gigabit speeds to a final 1.1 million homes, meaning all 15.5 million homes passed by its network can access hyper fast connectivity.

In a bid to speed up Project Gigabit, the government is giving Building Digital UK (BDUK) more operational autonomy as an Executive Agency of the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Virgin Media O2 has connected its entire network of 1.2 million homes in Scotland to gigabit broadband, accounting for 50% of the population, or roughly 2.8 million Scots.

Virgin Media O2 has connected an additional 6,100 homes to its Tyne and Wear to its gigabit network, as part of its £84m investment in the north east.

CGI has been chosen by the DCMS, the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency to develop a demonstration of hybrid satellite communications and terrestrial networks for use on trains.

Investment in full fibre and mobile connectivity could unlock more than 500k jobs by 2026 and add £70bn to UK GDP over the next five years.

TalkTalk has recruited 30 ‘Digital Champions’ to run workshops across Salford to tackle digital poverty in the city.

Commsworld is lending its expertise to Scotland’s Towns Partnership’s (STP) Digital Towns initiative which aims to make communities across Scotland more technology-focused whilst b