Fibre and 5G touted as key to UK's digital future

Dan Worth
clock • 2 min read

Digital minster Matt Hancock promises government will do whatever it can to help deployments

The UK must have full fibre broadband coverage in the years ahead, rather than trying to make do with a mix of old copper services and newer fibre products, according to Matt Hancock, minister of s...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
14,000 jobs to go at Nokia as cost pressures bite

Corporate

Represents 17% of the workforce

clock 19 October 2023 • 2 min read
BT names new CEO

Corporate

Allison Kirkby will be BT's first female CEO when she assumes the role early next year

clock 31 July 2023 • 3 min read
BT to slash workforce by up to 42% by 2030

Corporate

End of full-fibre rollout and adoption of AI named as contributing factors

clock 18 May 2023 • 3 min read

More on Networks

Cisco unveils unified networking platform

Cisco unveils unified networking platform

Aims to ease administration by converging disparate offerings onto a unified network management platform

Gina Narcisi
clock 07 June 2023 • 2 min read
Peter Cochrane: Optimising to extinction

Peter Cochrane: Optimising to extinction

Economic incentives create dangerous levels of brittleness and a lack of adaptability in the face of rapid technological and market change

Professor Peter Cochrane
clock 22 March 2023 • 3 min read
Industry Voice: Solving Network Challenges with VMware SD-WAN

Industry Voice: Solving Network Challenges with VMware SD-WAN

VMware
clock 18 March 2022 • 2 min read