The organisation that represents owners of land, property and business in rural England and Wales, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), has welcomed Ofcom's review of the state of broadband in the countryside.

During a debate among MPs in the House of Commons, a clear agreement between all parties was found when discussing Openreach's quality of customer service.

Over 100 broadband masts are to be built and installed in two national parks in a bid to bring superfast internet to the rural areas. Dartmoor and Exmoor will have these poles installed, subject to planning permission, to increase access to superfast internet across the moors.

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the UK's broadband infrastructure and has pledged more money to the sector if he becomes Prime Minister.

The tallest mountain in the world has faster broadband speeds than residents living in Somerset according to tests conducted over a 12 month period by cable.co.uk.

Dieter Helm, Oxford academic, is set to present evidence before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, supporting the full split of Openreach, the company that maintains and builds the network infrastructure, from BT.

According to a report released by the Institute of Directors (IoD), Britain's businesses are in danger of being left behind over broadband speeds. In the report, Ultrafast Britain, it claims the UK is struggling behind many other European countries, particularly over the laying of fibre optic cables.

BT has been told to give rival companies access to its telegraph poles and tunnels to end 'internet blackspots', a review of the state of the Broadband and telecoms market revealed.

A survey carried out by broadband comparison website ISPreview.co.uk has found 77 per cent of participants support the Government's proposals for introducing minimum broadband speeds of 10Mbps. Last year, the Government proposed plans for a new Universal Service Obligation (USO) that would ensure that every business and home would obtain the new speeds.

The regulator Ofcom will publish its review into the telecoms and broadband market next week. The review, the first in a decade, will initially look at the issue of whether BT has a monopoly over the market and will further assess whether Openreach, the company that looks after Britain's network, needs to be taken away from BT.