China is set to invest $182 billion (£117 billion) to improve the country’s Internet speeds by 2017, as the national government looks to bolster its service industry.
Ofcom has announced it will soon make more frequencies available to mobile broadband, resulting in increased speeds and a cheaper service.
Gigaclear, the broadband supplier focusing on rural areas of England, is currently trialling the high-speed fibre broadband service with selected customers, with a full-scale launch expected early next year.
The Internet has become such a necessity for hundreds of millions of people worldwide, it is hard to believe that billions still live each day without it.
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