DCMS opens local fibre broadband fund to applicants

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ISSUE DATE: 24 November 2017 TOP STORIES DCMS opens local fibre broadband fund to applicants Public sector bodies invited to apply for funding from £190m fund designed to stimulate local-level investment in FTTP broadband services. READ MORE → Geospatial Commission announced in Budget to open up OS data Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond announced in his November 2017 budget a £40m Geospatial Commission to open up Ordnance Survey data to stoke new business for small companies. READ MORE → Gartner on the Pentagon’s ‘misconfigured’ AWS S3 bucket data leak After details of the Pentagon’s online data collection habits came to light in the wake of its recent AWS S3 bucket leak, Gartner said web users should not be surprised to know the intelligence services are keeping tabs on their online activities. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

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