The digital future in one area of Lancashire is about to be transformed with a £30million full fibre roll-out.
Nearly every home and business in Preston will gain access to next-generation broadband, including 5G mobile services, thanks to a major investment by CityFibre as part of its plans to upgrade the nation’s legacy networks with gigabit-capable full fibre connectivity.
City of London Corporation has begun to use internet of things (IoT) sensors on with a software platform originally deployed to manage its LED streetlights.
The authority has installed traffic and air quality sensors as part of an experimental emissions free zone in Beech Street and around Bank Junction, and placed some with lifebelts beside the River Thames.
We may be a nation suffering from Zoom fatigue, but if the last few months have shown us anything, it is just how important digital connectivity is.
Throughout lockdown, internet access enabled many of us to keep working. However, slow and unreliable internet has made using apps like Skype and Zoom a frustrating experience. It’s something felt across the whole of the UK, where just 15 per cent of premises have access to full-fibre internet, considered the gold standard.
Work has begun to make Bradford home to full-fibre broadband across every home and business.
The £75m private investment from CityFibre is predicted by analysts to improve productivity and raise the value of homes.
Construction work has officially commenced in East Bowling, with the rest of the city set to follow over the next four years. Network Plus is delivering the construction programme on CityFibre’s behalf.
Boris Johnson’s first telephone call with Joe Biden in the White House reportedly included some joshing over which of them had first used the phrase ‘Build Back Better’. Whether it was the Prime Minister or the President, it is set to be the leitmotif of the global post-Covid recovery. Economies have been devastated, individuals have made enormous sacrifices, so it is right that every effort is made to improve people’s lives after the pandemic.
The Government recently set up a ‘Build Back Better Council’ to assist them with this task. Unlike previous No10 business councils, and fittingly for the urgency of the task, this council is both time limited to one year, and action orientated to the post-Covid recovery.
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