Its ‘Project Lightning’ network expansion programme means ultrafast broadband, TV and phone services can reach more residents and small businesses

Ookla data shows that smaller providers are sometimes the fastest across certain areas in the UK

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 company was founded in Eastbourne in 2018 and recently passed 60,000 premises

O2 first partnered with The O2 arena in 2005, and its 5G mobile network is already available inside the venue

This completed rollout delivers a huge boost to the government’s 2025 broadband target.

The investment aims to level up Britain’s hardest-to-reach areas

The latest areas to receive the gigabit boost include Brighton, Derby and Sheffield

Aims for 15.5 million homes by end of year

While super fast broadband availability grows to 96 per cent in nationwide coverage

The broadband provider is targeting 15 million gigabit-premises by the end of 2021

The telco has set an ambitious target to connect 15 million homes by the end of 2021

Assembly Research highlights six recommendations for the UK policymakers in order to achieve target

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales expected to see major improvements in mobile phone coverage

Virgin Media plan to rollout gigabit services to 15 million homes by the end of 2021

The Gig 1 service will deliver peak-time download speeds of 1.1Gbps

Vodafone Gigafast Broadband provides speeds 150x UK average

A million connections will be surpassed this year Virgin Media has set out bold targets to connect up to 15 million UK homes with gigabit broadband by the end of 2021. The first homes will be connected with the gigabit speeds this year, with Southampton the first city to receive the broadband, where customers have

Gigabit speeds could help the regions generate an additional £1.2 billion gross value added

It will become the fourth city in Scotland to become a Gigabit City

Milton Keynes is the latest Gigabit city to experience broadband speeds of up to 1,000Mbps in addition to Peterborough, Coventry, York, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow