Rural regions of the UK that are not currently served by traditional line-based broadband are to undergo a trial using satellite broadband.

Epping Forest has been selected as the location to pilot a new rural broadband project, it has been announced this week.

East Riding in Yorkshire has become the latest local council to invest heavily in upgrading its broadband services.

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced two new schemes that aim to improve the city's broadband infrastructure.

Northumberland and Staffordshire are to benefit from multi-million pound broadband investment schemes, it has been announced this past week.

The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has called for political parties to be more ambitious with their pledges for the future of broadband in the UK. Each of the UK's main parties has released their manifestos recently, revealing the promises they are making about the country's broadband infrastructure.

Thousands of homes and businesses in Greater Manchester have gained access to superfast broadband. As part of the Get Digital Faster programme, new green street cabinets have been implemented across Wigan and Tameside, upgrading the wiring from copper to fibre. This has meant that 4,000 people living and working in the area can now access internet speeds of up to 80Mbps.

With the General Election just months away, peers in the House of Lords have said that the new government should adopt the mindset that broadband ought to be a utility like water or electricity.

The north/south divide in the UK has been extended to include broadband coverage, new research has revealed. The latest annual report from The Centre for Cities has explored the quality and availability of broadband across the UK and found that businesses operating in the south generally have better broadband services than those in the north.

Ofcom is proposing to regulate BT’s retail profit margin on fibre broadband connections, so that rival providers are able to undercut BT whilst still making a profit.