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Mobile coverage on Elizabeth line completed

Customers on London’s Elizabeth line can now stay connected throughout their journey, with high-speed 4G mobile coverage now available across the entire line. Following all Elizabeth line stations and the first tunnel sections between Paddington and Liverpool Street getting mobile coverage earlier this year, TfL and Boldyn Networks (Boldyn), have now completed work to bring […]

December 4, 2024

London productions to receive £9.5bn investment boost

New figures estimate that £9.5 billion (€11.2bn) of investment in London is expected to be generated over the next five years as a result of Film London support for film, TV and animation production. This in turn would add over £1 billion in additional GVA for London over the same five-year period to 2028-29. Coinciding […]

June 19, 2024

Mayor of London renews investment in London’s games sector

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has committed over £1 million in funding to Games London, the city’s groundbreaking programme supporting the video games sector. ​ The funding from the Greater London Authority will support Games London’s programme of events and activities for the next three years, up to 2025. Games London’s programme will generate revenue […]

October 18, 2022

Community Fibre doubles network rollout target

Full fibre broadband provider Community Fibre has doubled its network roll-out target in London and will now pass 2.2 million homes and businesses by the end of 2024. The network operator and ISP aims to serve more than half of the 3.6 million homes in the city. Community Fibre, which has already enabled 435,000 homes […]

January 27, 2022By Colin Mann

BT opens flagship London HQ

BT has opened its new global headquarters in Aldgate, London, as part of the telco’s ongoing root and branch transformation programme, which includes its offices across the UK. The building, known as One Braham, has now opened with nearly all colleagues already working from the site. Housing around 3,500 colleagues, the new HQ will be […]

November 26, 2021

Virgin claims UK’s largest gigabit switch-on

UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has completed what it says is the nation’s biggest ever gigabit switch-on with nearly 3 million homes in London and across Northern Ireland now able to benefit from next-generation connectivity. Residents living in the areas can now make the most of Virgin Media’s Gig1 broadband, which it says is more […]

November 5, 2020