Rural Life
A campaign has been launched to combat the "digital deficit" in rural North Wales after it was...
Agri-Business
Poor mobile and broadband connectivity continues to hider farmers' ability to run effective business, according to a survey from the NFU.
The government has launched two consultations aimed at improving rural broadband connectivity in "the most remote" parts of the UK.
Simon Fell MP has been announced as the UK's first Rural Connectivity Champion - a role that will...
Only 21% of farmers have reliable mobile signal across their whole farm, according to a new survey...
Thousands of people in rural Cornwall are to get access to fast broadband following a government...
Work has started to connect tens of thousands of people living and working in rural Cumbria to enhanced broadband...
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has said that the lack of rural connectivity is holding UK farming back, based on its latest survey.
Fibre broadband cables could be fed through the country’s water pipes as part of the government’s plan to speed up the nationwide roll out...
Rural estates and farms needing to improve their broadband connectivity have another opportunity to apply for grant funding.
More than four in 10 farmers still don’t have adequate fast and reliable broadband in order to run a modern-day farming business.
NFU Scotland is asking its members to fill out its inaugural connectivity survey, to help lobby for improved broadband connectivity.
The FUW has welcomed plans to bring full-fibre broadband to an additional three million homes and businesses in some of the UK’s most isolated rural communities, but stresses it must reach them.
N.Ireland
The vast majority of farmers in England and Wales do not have a reliable mobile phone signal, with...
The vast majority of British farmers do not have a reliable mobile phone signal, with broadband speeds also representing a challenge.
All rural broadband dwellers should have access to good broadband, the North’s Agriculture...
All rural broadband dwellers should have access to good broadband, the North's Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill says.
EU
The European Commission recently outlined its plans to provide fast/ultra-fast broadband on the whole of the EU territory by 2020
County maps have been published online today that identify the homes, businesses and schools where commercial providers will deliver high-speed broadband access by the end of 2016.
The lack of a rural broadband strategy could cause a two-tier digital divide developing, according to a new report from Social Justice Ireland.
Rural broadband users could see their bills increase as the Commission for Communications Regulation (Comreg) has found that urban broadband customers are subsidising rural users.
