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These grants are for capital investments in the creation of Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband infrastructure in rural areas of England where there is no NGA provision and none is planned.
Premises with the potential to receive superfast broadband, as a result of Rural Community Broadband Fund investment in England.
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
UK Government has signed £1 billion in contracts to connect around 677,000 rural homes and businesses to lightning-fast full fibre
100,000 homes and businesses in rural parts of the UK will be further supported to access improved broadband connections.
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.
Here is the information required to ascertain if your premises is eligible for vouchers and how you can apply for them.
Project Gigabit is the government’s flagship £5 billion programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to access lightning-fast gigabit-capable broadband
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.
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.
The government is rolling out gigabit networks faster than any other country in the EU.
Guidance covering plans to improve the UK's broadband network, with emphasis on making high-speed broadband available in rural areas.
Building Digital UK (BDUK) is helping to bring fast and reliable broadband and mobile coverage to hard-to-reach places across the UK - transforming people’s lives. BDUK is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology .
This guidance provides an overview of Project Gigabit and answers to frequently asked questions. It outlines how councillors can use their unique local role to support the deployment of gigabit-capable broadband in their area.
Government announces apppointment of Simon Fell MP as UK’s first Rural Connectivity Champion.
BDUK has awarded broadband provider Gigaclear a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 4,400 premises across East Gloucestershire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
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