Research undertaken by M-Lab, a partnership between Google Open Source Research and Princeton University's PlantLab, shows the UK has slipped from 31st to 35th place in the global broadband league tables and now is behind 25 other European countries.

Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire, in partnership with Openreach, has announced the completion of a £5.6 million project that saw the rollout of FTTC based superfast broadband across 98 per cent of the homes and businesses in the region.

Only around half of UK households actually receive the broadband speeds they pay for, which are advertised by their providers. This is according to consumer champions Which, who found that the average speeds received by households on 38Mbps contracts was actually just 19Mbps.

Broadband provider CityFibre has been bought by a consortium of investors including West Street Infrastructure Partners, an arm of Goldman Sachs, and Antin Infrastructure Partners.

A team of scientists from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have discovered a way to borrow technology from ADSL and VDSL (FTTC) networks in order to boost fibre optic (FTTH/P) line speeds. The Dutch researchers have examined a range of techniques, including implementing adaptive modulation techniques, to look at how the limitations of optical fibre cables can be overcome.

A new report has found that alternative network service providers are providing superfast, “full fibre” services to more than 1 million homes and businesses across the UK, suggesting that the market is open for new innovators.

The government has announced a final deadline for implementing rules that will make superfast broadband available to all homes and businesses in the UK by 2020, according to reports this week.

A £35 million project to bring ultrafast Gigabit-capable FTTH broadband to the Isle of Wight’s businesses and homes has been agreed, with completion pencilled in for 2022.

A British ISP has tested what it claims is the “fastest ever” home broadband service in East London, achieving a consistent 10 Gbps connection in its trial.

More than one in three of all UK firms intend to invest in new digital connectivity products in 2018, a new survey of British businesses has found, with the majority aiming for superfast broadband services.