Vodafone’s has added a new social broadband tariff to its existing social tariff portfolio. The new plan, Fibre 2 Essentials, costs £20 a month for speeds of up to 73 Mbps.

More than 4,000 rural premises in Teesdale will gain access to faster and more reliable broadband after a £6.6m contract was awarded to GoFibre, under the government’s £5bn Project Gigabit Scheme

The initial collaboration between the companies was announced in 2020 with Zen committing to launching services across four locations, which has since expanded to 31

Vodafone is aiming to connect eight million homes with full fibre broadband by spring 2022

While 5G mobile usage expands to regions beyond the capital according to latest Ofcom report

The figure has jumped up from 18pc from last September

The ISP currently provides fibre connectivity to over half of London boroughs

Ofcom hopes to drive better competition across the country, especially in rural areas

Investment comes from new ownership

Indoor 4G coverage for the four operators remains at 77 per cent

So far 1.5 million premises has been reached nationwide through the ‘Fibre First’ programme Openreach has announced 36 new locations will receive its Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology in the next 12 months. The rollout means 74 locations across the UK are now covered by Openreach’s Fibre First programme. In the coming months towns and cities

Full fibre internet connections yields 300Mbps ultrafast download speeds

But CityFibre sales director says the UK has work to do with its FTTP penetration

11 more locations have been confirmed today for connection to fibre broadband

Almost a quarter of people believe they FTTP but this is only the case for three per cent of people

Minnow broadband network builders connected 998,500 homes according to an industry report

Around £160m of this figure will be committed to the development of 5G

Superfast Fibre Broadband offers speeds up to 76Mbps. Operator also launches landline services

Survey by Cable.co.uk reveals majority of consumers have no idea their service arrives through a standard copper telephone line