Networks

BT To Recruit 1,600 Engineers, Targets Armed Forces And Women

BT wants more Openreach engineers to rollout fibre and fix faults

11 years ago

Arqiva To Build UK Low-Energy Ultra Narrowband IoT Network

Arqiva aims to reduce the cost and energy use of connected devices with new M2M network

11 years ago

TalkTalk TV And B2B Units Boost Revenues As Fibre Demand Remains ‘Modest’

TalkTalk got 134,000 fibre customers during financial year, less than BT adds in Q4, but outlines plans for BT independence

11 years ago

Cisco Beats Estimates With 5.5 Percent Revenue Decline

The network equipment maker's shares rose in after-hours trading, as it reported recovering demand in developed markets and a revenue…

11 years ago

Russian Authorities Are Planning To Place New Restrictions On Internet Freedom

Russian lawmakers want to introduce new rules for bloggers, educational establishments and Internet Service Providers

11 years ago

Huawei And Vodafone Hold 2.6GHz Small Cell Trial

Huawei conducts small cell trial at its Reading HQ, allowing users to access Vodafone 4G network on 2.6GHz spectrum

11 years ago

Isle Of Wight BDUK Project Reveals First Fibre Locations

Isle of Wight BDUK project to benefit first communities by September

11 years ago

FCC Updates Net Neutrality, But Keeps “Speed-For-Pay”

US regulator publishes yet another draft of the controversial rules as it navigates between the interests of ISPs, Internet businesses…

11 years ago

Virgin Media And Sky Sign New TV Deal To Fend Off BT

Virgin Media signs deals to add more Sky Sports channels to TV and online platforms as communications battle intensifies

11 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Virgin Media

What do you know about the UK's biggest cable company?

11 years ago

Internet To Reach Three Billion Users By Year End

Figures reveal booming demand for the Internet in developing countries, on top of growing mobile broadband usage

11 years ago

BT Says Sport Investment Is Boosting Broadband Business

BT Sport is contributing to the company's growing broadband base as revenue increases in Q4

11 years ago

Tech Giants Demand FCC Respect Net Neutrality

Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others demand the US regulator withdraw plans for a two tier Internet

11 years ago

O2 Extends Fixed-Line Deal With BT, Adds Ethernet

O2 customers can buy BT's fibre and Ethernet services, as the two former stable-mates extend their partnership

11 years ago

ASA Raps BT For Inaccurate Speed Estimates

BT broadband availability checker gives inaccurate results rules advertising watchdog

11 years ago

Virgin Media Adds 189,000 Customers To Superfast Broadband Network

More than three quarters of all Virgin Media broadband users now have superfast speeds of 30Mbps+

11 years ago

Virgin Media Seeks To Press Home ‘Quad-Play’ Advantage With New Bundles

Virgin Media offers new landline, broadband, television and mobile bundles to customers to gain the edge over BT, Sky and…

11 years ago

HP Contracts Foxconn To Build Affordable, Cloud-Optimised Servers

The world’s largest server vendor announces a joint venture with the world’s largest electronics manufacturer

11 years ago

Skype Removes Rude And Naughty Emoticons

Skype users slap their forehead and shake their heads after Microsoft removes potentially offensive emoticons

11 years ago

Commuters Turn To Tube Wi-Fi As London Strike Causes Travel Chaos

Virgin Media reports an increase in London Tube Wi-Fi registrations but says number of devices falls by a third during…

11 years ago

EE Wants Six Million 4G Customers By End Of The Year

EE 4G user base reaches 2.9 million, and operator says it's on track to double this number by the end…

11 years ago

Virgin Media Adds Six More Stations To Tube Wi-Fi Network

Tube Wi-Fi network expands to 137 stations, with iOS devices being popular underground and BlackBerry traffic doubling

11 years ago

Just 15 Percent Of UK Homes Have 30Mbps Superfast Broadband

New research names Britain's 50 slowest broadband streets. Meanwhile, even those who have the option of superfast broadband are slow…

11 years ago

Netflix Says Comcast Time Warner Cable Merger Harms Net Neutrality

Netflix mulls price increase: its revenue and subscribers are increasing US ISPs are charging it for bandwidth

11 years ago

Virgin Media Fixes Email Issue After Users Complain Of Excessive Spam

Virgin Media customers with a 'virgin.net' address complain of receiving hundreds of messages after a service email lets anyone reply…

11 years ago

HP’s Mayer Touts Open NFV Approach

The head of the NFV unit touts HP's open approach as a key advantage over rivals like Cisco

11 years ago

EE To Bring 4G To Glastonbury And Offer Power Bars To Charge Revellers’ Phones

EE's £20 power bars can be used and swapped for fully charged ones, so Glastonbury visitors skip the charging tent…

11 years ago

Juniper Mulls Junos Pulse Security Unit Sale – Report

Juniper continues its streamlining efforts and considers selling its Junos Pulse mobile security business

11 years ago

Ofcom: 1 In 4 Users Now Have Superfast Broadband, Average Is 17.8Mbps

Ofcom says broadband connections in the UK are getting faster, but warns more must be done to ensure rural areas…

11 years ago

TalkTalk And Sky Challenge BT With York Fibre Network

TalkTalk, Sky And CityFibre join forces to offer FTTP services in York and model is set to expand to other…

11 years ago