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Rural Connectivity

MANY hears the lived experiences of communities which lack reliable digital connectivity
22.02.2021

MANY hears the lived experiences of communities which lack reliable digital connectivity

In late 2019 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced the funding of seven Rural Connected Communities initiatives under the £200million 5G Testbed and Trials programme Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY) was one of the...

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Broadband pressure sees people turning to mobile phones to stay online
22.02.2021

Broadband pressure sees people turning to mobile phones to stay online

PA Media has covered the results of a new report suggesting that extra pressure on broadband connections is forcing people to resort to using mobile phones to stay online during lockdown More than a third of people (36 per...

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What impact has Covid19 had on rural communities?
15.02.2021

What impact has Covid19 had on rural communities?

With the Rural Services Network about to publish a new report on 1st March on how the countryside economies can be revitalised (Revitalising Rural: Realising the Vision) our Chief Executive featured on Farming Today to discuss how the countryside have...

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First phase of Shared Rural Network set to bring £187m boost to UK rural businesses
15.02.2021

First phase of Shared Rural Network set to bring £187m boost to UK rural businesses

Computer Weekly has reported on predictions that the first phase of the new £1 billion Shared Rural Network (SRN) could increase the turnover for rural businesses by £187.7 million per annum The first phase of the project will see...

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5G and Health - Check the Facts
15.02.2021

5G and Health - Check the Facts

Following extensive research with UK key target public sectors, Mobile UK have found that while only a very small minority are against 5G, a significant number of those surveyed were unclear whether 5G does or does not pose a health...

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SpaceX satellites could transform UK rural businesses
15.02.2021

SpaceX satellites could transform UK rural businesses

Farming UK has reported that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has begun testing its Starlink broadband service in the English countryside, as part of plans to ‘blanket’ Earth with high-speed broadband coverage that could prove revolutionary in rural parts of the country...

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BT in talks with OneWeb over rural satellite broadband
08.02.2021

BT in talks with OneWeb over rural satellite broadband

Bloomberg has reported on discussions between BT and government-backed satellite maker OneWeb to provide rural broadband to people cut off from Britain’s fibre networks BT is understood to be in discussions around how OneWeb’s satellite technology, which is designed...

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How COVID-19 ‘killed’ the high street bank
08.02.2021

How COVID-19 ‘killed’ the high street bank

The Daily Mail has written this week that despite the fact that most people still rely on their high street bank, they are being driven away by branch closures and a push towards online banking Since 1988, more than...

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O2, Three and Vodafone agree new deal to improve UK's rural coverage
01.02.2021

O2, Three and Vodafone agree new deal to improve UK's rural coverage

Publications including Mobile Europe and Computer Weekly report that three mobile network operators have unveiled plans to build more than 200 new mobile masts to improve 4G phone signal in rural areas As part of the Government’s Shared Rural...

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Citizens Advice: ‘One in Six Feel Broadband Bill Burden’
01.02.2021

Citizens Advice: ‘One in Six Feel Broadband Bill Burden’

One in six people are struggling to keep up with their broadband bills, according to a new Citizens Advice survey published in Forbes this week As more households have become reliant on their broadband connections for remote working and...

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