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The Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure wrote to telecom operators asking them to consider alternatives to the use of telegraph poles as they roll out faster and more reliable broadband across the country.

• Updated: 15 March 2024

UK Government has signed £1 billion in contracts to connect around 677,000 rural homes and businesses to lightning-fast full fibre

• Updated: 6 February 2024

Tens of thousands of people in rural Derbyshire will enjoy access to next generation gigabit broadband after a major contract was signed to upgrade the county’s network as part of Project Gigabit

• Updated: 15 December 2023

More than £530 million in investment this year will boost broadband for over 330,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across the country.

• Updated: 15 December 2023

Thousands of people across rural parts of Oxfordshire and North East Staffordshire are set to benefit from new lightning-fast broadband thanks to £43 million of UK government funding.

• Updated: 27 November 2023

A £60 million Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) that will boost support for universities in areas with lower levels of R&D investment is among new measures Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan has announced.

• Updated: 3 October 2023

Dean Creamer CBE has started as the new Chief Executive Officer of Building Digital UK (BDUK)

• Updated: 5 September 2023

The first cohort of Cumbrian apprentices are now in training for telecoms jobs of the future, following millions of pounds of investment from the UK government.

• Updated: 4 September 2023

Homes and businesses in southern and eastern parts of England are set to benefit from new lightning-fast broadband connections backed by almost £320 million of UK government investment.

• Updated: 3 July 2023

Government announces apppointment of Simon Fell MP as UK’s first Rural Connectivity Champion.

• Updated: 6 June 2023

Thousands of homes and businesses in Shropshire will benefit from high-speed full-fibre broadband after a £24 million government contract was awarded to Freedom Fibre.

• Updated: 10 May 2023

People living and working in the Lockerbie area in Scotland are to benefit from significantly improved mobile phone connectivity as the first UK government-funded rural mast upgrade is completed.

• Updated: 3 May 2023

Letter from DSIT Secretary of State Michelle Donelan to Ofcom Chief Executive Dame Melanie Dawes following the publication of the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy and Spectrum Statement.

• Updated: 13 April 2023

Wessex Internet wins government-funded Project Gigabit contract to roll out lightning-fast connectivity to around 10,500 homes and businesses in the New Forest.

• Updated: 11 April 2023

Tens of thousands of people in rural Cambridgeshire will enjoy access to lightning-fast broadband after a major contract was signed to upgrade the county’s network as part of Project Gigabit.

• Updated: 21 March 2023

Thousands of people in rural Cornwall will get access to lightning-fast broadband after local supplier Wildanet was awarded £36 million from the government to roll out new connections.

• Updated: 19 January 2023

Almost all new homes in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections during construction

• Updated: 6 January 2023

Work has started to connect tens of thousands of people living and working in rural Cumbria to lightning-fast broadband thanks to more than £100 million of government investment.

• Updated: 30 November 2022

Work also begins on biggest ever £100 million Project Gigabit contract to connect 60,000 rural homes and businesses in Cumbria, delivered by Fibrus

• Updated: 30 November 2022

The UK’s biggest broadband and mobile operators have today met with the government to follow up on commitments agreed in the summer to support customers with the cost of living.

• Updated: 29 November 2022