Neowin News Feed for: Rural

Vodafone uses OpenRAN tech to extend 4G deeper into UK countryside

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:18:01 +0000

Vodafone has begun deploying OpenRAN technology in towns and villages around the UK that suffer from bad connectivity. It will eventually roll out 2,500 OpenRAN sites around the UK by 2027. Read more...

Additional 1.85 million premises to get gigabit broadband in the UK

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 13:26:01 +0000

The UK government has announced that an additional 1.85 million premises in the UK will be getting gigabit broadband with government funds, according to its latest plans published today. Read more...

OneWeb and BT sign UK rural connectivity solutions deal

Paul Hill — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:42:01 +0000

OneWeb and BT have announced a new agreement that'll see the firms explore how they can work together to deliver internet connectivity to businesses and communities in hard to reach areas of the UK. Read more...

UK mobile carriers agree on Shared Rural Network deal

Paul Hill — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:00:01 +0000

O2, Three, and Vodafone have come to an agreement regarding the Shared Rural Network. The firms will build 222 mobile masts in under-served areas, which will be shared by all three. Read more...

MPs: it would be unacceptable for UK to miss 2025 gigabit goals

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:54:02 +0000

A committee of UK MPs has called on the government to lay out more details about its plans to connect 85% of premises to gigabit broadband by the year 2025 after it climbed down on previous plans. Read more...

UK: Firms and government announce Shared Rural Network

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:40:01 +0000

The UK government and several mobile operators have announced the Shared Rural Network which aims to provide 4G mobile coverage in rural areas around the country. It will cost £1 billion. Read more...

Ofcom sets out proposals for fast and reliable fibre broadband

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:44:01 +0000

The UK's internet regulator, Ofcom, has announced proposals to bring full-fibre broadband to the whole of the country including rural areas. The proposals will be finalised in early 2021. Read more...

Ofcom claims that a majority of UK homes and businesses can access ultra-fast broadband

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 May 2019 04:08:01 +0000

Ofcom has released a new report which suggests that the majority (53%) of premises in the UK now have access to ultra-fast broadband which is defined as having download speeds above 300Mbit/s. Read more...

Mozilla to give out $1.6 million in prize money for projects connecting the unconnected

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:16:01 +0000

Mozilla is set to host the finalists of an event working to connect the unconnected in rural areas. There are 14 entrants and eight will receive a slice of the $1.6 million prize money. Read more...

Alphabet in talks with Kenyan telecom operators to deploy Loon

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:44:01 +0000

Project Loon could very well be coming to Kenya to provide connectivity for those in rural areas. Alphabet is currently in talks with telecoms in the country working out contracts. Read more...

Canadian telco authority mandates broadband internet equality for rural areas

Boyd Chan — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 07:32:01 +0000

In a bid to improve average broadband speeds across the country, the CRTC has now declared high-speed internet as a basic telecommunications service and set new speed targets to be achieved by 2021. Read more...

Microsoft partners with Indian government to bring low-cost broadband to 500,000 villages

Andy Weir — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:08:01 +0000

Satya Nadella says Microsoft will work with Indian authorities and internet service providers to bring affordable broadband connections to over 500,000 villages, through unused TV 'white spaces'. Read more...

Wi-Fi buses drive rural web use

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:55:27 +0000

In many parts of the developing world it is too expensive to lay the fibres and copper cable to deliver a standard internet connection. In rural India and parts of Rwanda, Cambodia and Paraguay, buses... Read more...

Airships to deliver broadband to rural areas

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:16:00 +0000

A new international €5.6m project aims to make Broadband internet available to remote rural areas and even moving trains by using airships, the University of York (UK) announced yesterday. Scientists will build High Altitude Platforms... Read more...

Bush eyes $196M for rural Internet

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 02:02:08 +0000

President Bush wants to spend $196 million of the Agriculture Department's 2004 budget on loans to telecommunications companies to improve Internet access in rural towns and communities, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Wednesday. ... Read more...