Representatives from the £428 million Digital Scotland (DSSB) project in partnership with BT (Openreach) have revealed that the campaign is on track to ensure fixed line "fibre broadband" (FTTC) coverage reaches 95 per cent of Scottish homes and businesses by the end of the year.

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, one of the country’s leading property developers and landowners, has announced that it will work alongside a broadband provider to combat the problem of poorly-connected areas that remain in London.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has announced it is set to conduct a review this summer into the current advertising standards of 'fibre' broadband services following the unveiling of government concerns that many ISPs utilise copper connections.

The Independent Networks Co-Operative Association has called for the government to commit to providing 80 per cent of the UK with access to fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband within the next five years.

Hardware built and tested by researchers at the University College London (UCL) could help provide super-fast internet to homes and significantly reduce costs, a study published in the Journal of Lightwave Technology has suggested.

A select number of customers have been experiencing the power of 'ultrafast' broadband following the start of BT's trials. The communications giant has set up its first customers with its 330 Mbps 'G.fast' ultrafast broadband in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire this week (25 August).

Cornwall's economy has given been given a £186 million boost thanks to the roll-out of superfast broadband across the region.

Companies on the Isle of Wight can look forward to improvements in their business broadband provision after BT announced it is rolling out new technology to the island. The telecoms firm stated that it is bringing superfast broadband to around 12,000 properties across the island, including in communities such as Freshwater, Wootton, Bembridge, St Helens and Seaview.

Broadband has been described as the fourth basic utility by companies demanding improved business broadband connections in London. Brian Bickell, chief executive of Chinatown and Carnaby Street landlord Shaftesbury, explained that the business broadband available in the West End is not fast enough.

Companies in Swansea could soon get access to ultrafast business broadband after a trial got underway in the city. BT is testing out its latest technology in Swansea, with the development able to transmit data at hundreds of megabits per second.