Networks

Virgin Media Connects 85,000 Premises, Adds 42,000 Broadband Customers

Virgin Media says new builds are helping it attract more customers as £3bn Project Lightning network expansion continues

8 years ago

Superfast Broadband And 4G Adoption Rises As 15m Brits Take ‘Digital Detox’

Superfast broadband and 4G takeup grows, but millions undertake “digital detox” after spending a day a week online

8 years ago

Sky Fixes Fibre Broadband After Network Upgrade Causes Outage

After BT broadband and EE roaming outages, Sky is the latest to suffer as fibre service goes down

8 years ago

EE Outrage Shows Roaming Is No Longer An Optional Luxury

ANALYSIS: Few can travel without a smartphone in 2016, which is why EE roaming outage was such an issue for…

8 years ago

EE Says Roaming Problems Are Now Fixed

EE says customers should be able to make calls, send texts and access data abroad. If not, turn it on…

8 years ago

GhostMail Ends Services ‘To Prevent Misuse’

GhostMail said it doesn't want its encrypted email service used by 'the wrong people'

8 years ago

EE 4G Roaming Problem Leaves Travellers Unable To Call Or Text Home

EE confirms issue with text, calls and data services abroad and confirms it is working on a fix for roaming…

8 years ago

Three ‘Takes Legal Action’ Against EU Over Failed £10.25bn O2 Merger

CK Hutchison, parent company of Three, confirms it has appealed the EC ruling amid reports it has taken legal action…

8 years ago

Ofcom Proposals To Ease Broadband, Pay TV Switching Concerns

New proposals to help switch between BT, Virgin Media, KCOM, and Sky to avoid double payments and loss of service

8 years ago

5GIC Partners Digital Greenwich For Smart City

5GIC and Digital Greenwich parter to trial 'pioneering' smart city commercial applications in East London

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: The History Of BT

BT's been in the news again but what do you know about the UK's biggest mobile and broadband provider?

8 years ago

Sky Claims TV Gains But Looks To Mobile As Broadband Growth Slows

Sky added just 60,000 broadband customers in the second half of its financial year compared to 277,000 in the first.…

8 years ago

BT Gets EE Boost, Now Has 4.3m Fibre Broadband And 16.7m 4G Subscribers

BT gets boost from EE's mobile and SMB businesses as it snaps up 79 percent of all new broadband connections…

8 years ago

Analysts Unsurprised At Ofcom Decision Not To Split BT Openreach

ANALYSIS: Telecoms experts say it was never likely Ofcom would liberate Openreach but warn its last chance saloon for BT…

8 years ago

UK Telecoms Industry Disappointed BT Gets To Keep Openreach

ANALYSIS: Rival broadband providers and mobile operators welcome moves to make Openreach independent but aren't convinced it will solve underlying…

8 years ago

Hackers Collect £15,000 For Pornhub Exploit

The attack provided complete access to Pornhub's database and exposed two PHP flaws

8 years ago

BT Openreach To Become Separate Company With Independent CEO

Ofcom orders Openreach to be a legally separate company with its own board, CEO and budgets but won't separate it…

8 years ago

ViaSat Brings Satellite Broadband To Air Force One

ViaSat promises US President will have the same level of connectivity on Air Force One as they do in the…

8 years ago

FCC Urges Telco Action On Nuisance Calls

US telephone companies are still allowing unwanted mass calls and texts in spite of regulatory changes, the FCC says

8 years ago

BT Chairman: We’re Prepared To Create Independent Openreach Board

BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake accepts more must be done about Openreach transparency and service levels but warns formal separation…

8 years ago

Huawei Posts 40 Percent Revenue Growth

H1 sales on steady growth as company expects £57 billion revenue for 2016

8 years ago

Bristol Network Partners Connect First Users To 10Gbps FTTP Broadband

Bristol Network uses council-owned ducts to provide 10Gbps capacity for wholesale ISPs

8 years ago

What Was Wrong With BT Broadband This Week?

ANALYSIS: Was your connection down this week? BT broadband suffered from two separate data centre outages in two consecutive days.…

8 years ago

ARM And Symantec Team Up For Open Trust Protocol IoT Security Standard

ARM, Symantec and others address Internet of Things security challenge with new protocol

8 years ago

BT Broadband Suffers Second Day Of Outages After Telehouse Data Centre Power Failure

UPDATED: A second data centre power failure in as many days, this time at Telehouse North, causes disruption for BT…

8 years ago

TalkTalk Loses More Broadband Customers But Makes Fibre Gains

TalkTalk's cyberattack hangover continues but revenues largely flat and company is optimistic about York FTTP pilot

8 years ago

Virgin Media Brings Cable To 450,000 London Premises And FTTP To Barnet

Virgin Media has already connected 100,000 premises to superfast broadband as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion. Now it targets…

8 years ago

Vodafone Achieves 20Gbps In 5G Tests With Huawei

Vodafone and Huawei test out 70GHz spectrum as race to develop 5G by 2020 continues

8 years ago

BT Broadband Outage Affects Customers Across UK

UPDATE: BT says it has fixed a power issue that caused broadband problems for 10 percent of customers

8 years ago

Vodafone Offers Smart Router And Fibre Broadband To SMBs

Vodafone offers fibre to small businesses across the UK as it expands further into fixed line communications

8 years ago