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Tag: Fibre

Business rates relief for speedy broadband picked up again in Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill

July 5, 2017

By Shane Schutte

The Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, the premise of which was proposed in chancellor Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement, has had its first reading in the House of Commons.

Dealing with a severed fibre connection a tech startup’s take on supplier contracts

January 18, 2017

By Letitia Booty

Futrli, a business forecasting tool, is a modern, cloud-based business. We caught up with co-founder Amy Harris to hear how this tech-savvy brand navigates its supplier contracts.

Optimity: Shaking up telecoms with weather-resistant rooftop antennae

March 3, 2016

By Hannah Wilkinson

Trained as an architect, Anthony Impey originally founded his company Optimity in 2003 as a telecoms and IT reseller. But since moving into supplying telecoms in 2013, this pioneering tech player has shaken up the broadband market and made it onto the list of the Everline Future 50 2016.

The details behind Virgin Media’s £3bn Project Lighting internet plan

February 14, 2015

By Hunter Ruthven

On the back of Virgin Media announcing that it will be spending £3bn over the next five years to upgrade the British internet infrastructure, we quiz Virgin Media Business managing director Peter Kelly on what the announcement really means.

David Cameron describes Virgin Medias Project Lightning as economic plan vote of confidence

February 13, 2015

By Hunter Ruthven

Virgin Media is to pump £3bn into internet infrastructure in what is being called the single largest investment in the space for more than a decade.

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