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05 November 2018

Milestone mark for broadband programme

Parish councillors, Broadband Delivery UK, Openreach and County Council representatives unveil the 600th cabinet

15 October 2018

Project Update: October 2018

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We are delighted to report that we remain on track to reach 96% of Leicester and Leicestershire with superfast fibre broadband by the end of 2018. We are also developing plans to roll out superfast broadband to many of the remaining four percent of homes and businesses, which are mainly located in the most difficult to reach rural areas.

17 September 2018

New SME events

The Digital Growth Programme, provides dedicated support to businesses located in Leicester and Leicestershire. Through its events, seminars and workshops it helps growing businesses to explore their options and learn new skills in order to increase their competitiveness and productivity.

07 September 2018

Youngsters up to speed with superfast broadband

Primary school children in Melton have become the first in the county to trial a new learning resource which explains how fibre broadband works.

The new learning tool, known as ‘the interactive cube’, was developed by Leicestershire County Council’s Superfast Leicestershire team to broaden the knowledge of youngsters around science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills.

23 August 2018

Phase 3 Update

The Superfast Leicestershire team are pleased to announce that the Phase 3 Public Consultation is now formally closed.

Within the next phase of the programme we are rolling out superfast broadband even further across the most rural parts of Leicestershire. At this time we cannot confirm which areas will be upgraded, please sign up to our mailing list to receive the latest developments from Phase 3 as they occur.

17 August 2018

Project Update: August 2018

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We are delighted to report that we remain on track to reach 96% of Leicester and Leicestershire with superfast fibre broadband by the end of 2018. We are also developing plans to roll out superfast broadband to many of the remaining three percent of homes and businesses, which are mainly located in the most difficult to reach rural areas.

We will be investing £5.7m in a new Phase 3 rollout and are seeking further funding to ensure we can reach as many people as possible.

02 July 2018

Another Successful Stakeholder Forum

Last Thursday the Superfast Leicestershire Team hosted another Stakeholder Engagement Forum. Though the beautiful weather and the football might have affected the numbers, those who came along hopefully left feeling more positive about the project and secure in the knowledge of when their area will be upgraded.

25 May 2018

Superfast Leicestershire Beats National Average

This month, the regulatory body Ofcom published their annual study of home broadband internet service provider’s speeds across the United Kingdom.

27 April 2018

Fibre Broadband Signups Top 50%

More than half of all homes and businesses reached by the multi-million pound Superfast Leicestershire broadband programme are now using fibre broadband.

Figures, released by Openreach, reveal that the number of people who have signed-up to the scheme has passed the 50 per cent mark.

25 April 2018

200th Live Cabinet

As Phase 2 draws close to its final months another mile stone has been reached. Last week saw our 200th broadband cabinet in Phase 2 become live.

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