News

Project Gigabit Delivery Plan – Summer Update

Broadband boost in East Midlands to level up 365,000 rural homes and businesses

£28m Leicestershire Boost for Ultrafast Full Fibre Broadband

More locations to get Full Fibre, on top of rural places announced last month

Openreach News Release

Openreach to upgrade thousands across Leicestershire to Full Fibre

Upgrades for three million more premises in the toughest third of the UK supporting UK Government target of making Gigabit capable broadband available to 85% of country by 2025.
• Includes around 25,000 homes and businesses in Leicestershire.

DCMS Consultation Launched – Improving broadband for Very Hard to Reach premises

The Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation to hear views and experiences of consumers’ broadband connectivity in rural and remote areas of the UK.

Youngsters up to speed with superfast broadband

Primary school children in Melton have become the first in the county to trial a new learning resource which explains how fibre broadband works.