Broadband

Average UK Broadband Speed Of 16.51Mbps Is ’31st Fastest’ In The World

UK compares well to the rest of the world in terms of broadband, but experts say more FTTP is needed…

7 years ago

Newcastle Council Brings 1Gbps Broadband To Social Housing Estates

Newcastle aims to promote digital inclusion with 1Gbps broadband coverage from Hyperoptic

7 years ago

Three Claims 91 Percent 4G Population Coverage As Customer Base Rises To 9.9m

Three revenues jump by ten percent as operator praises success of roaming and data offers for 4G customers

7 years ago

Post Office Hopes Community Focus & Fuel Broadband Acquisition Will Grow Telecoms Unit

Post Office says its serious about its telecoms business as it acquires 60,000 Fuel Broadband subscribers and invests in UK…

7 years ago

London Eye Gets Free High Density Wi-Fi To Attract Tourists

O2 W-Fii claims to have installed the world's first high density wireless network on the London Eye

7 years ago

EE Shows Off Rural 4G With Cinema Screenings

EE is holding cinema screenings around the UK to show off its rural 4G capabilities

7 years ago

Broadbad 2.0: MPs’ ‘Unhelpful’ Report Is Slammed By Broadband Industry

British Infrastructure Group (BIG) report has the backing of 57 MPs but the broadband industry and experts accuse it of…

7 years ago

USO: BT Offers To Fund And Build 10Mbps Broadband For Everyone

Government launches consultation for universal service obligation for broadband but it might not be needed if BT alternative is accepted

7 years ago

Hyperoptic Wants To Bring 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To 5m Premises By 2025

Hyperoptic raises £100 million and wants to expand its fibre broadband coverage

7 years ago

BT To Integrate EE Into Consumer Unit As BT Italy Payouts Hit Profits

EE CEO Marc Allera to head up expanded consumer unit as challenging business markets and BT Italy fallout hit profits

7 years ago

Rivals Close 4G Gap On EE As Operators Make Gains In Nations

EE still tops Rootmetrics' rankings but the best network might depend on whether you live in England, Scotland, Wales or…

7 years ago

O2 Has 25.1m Users And 97 Percent Outdoor 4G Coverage

O2 says customer service and 4G network investments are paying off

7 years ago

Businesses In Southend And Berkshire Get 1Gbps Broadband Boost

Alternative broadband network infrastructure providers press ahead with plans for FTTP as bigger players turn their attention towards pure fibre

7 years ago

Samsung & Arqiva London 5G Trial Hopes To Establish Fixed Wireless Alternative To Fibre

5G arrives in London and could be used to power ultrafast broadband services from next year

7 years ago

BT Hopes IoT Competition Winners Can Aid Smart Building Management

BT IoT contest declares smart building startups the winner and could bring their ideas to customers

7 years ago

Pokemon Go Fest Suffers Connectivity And Server Problems

Pokemon Go suffers more technical issues, but this time on a much more micro level, highlighting need to support special…

7 years ago

Vodafone’s UK Misery Continues But Investments & Fixed Growth Suggest Revival Is Near

Vodafone revenues fall in the UK but growth in home broadband service coupled with network investments give rise to optimism

7 years ago

Vodafone Adds Alexa AI Customer Service Improvements To Boost 4G Enhancements

Vodafone improves social media customer service, offers voice-authenticated Alexa AI support and enhances chatbot

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Ronan Kelly, ADTRAN CTO

Ronan Kelly, ADTRAN CTO and President of the FTTH Council, takes us through his career in IT and experience with…

7 years ago

Openreach FTTP Broadband Consultation Invites Others To Invest In ‘Large Scale’ Rollout

Openreach broadband consultation invites government and other providers to look at new investment and funding models for FTTP

7 years ago

San Marino Set To Become Europe’s First 5G Nation

Italian operator TIM is set to upgrade mobile networks in San Marino to 5G starting later this year

7 years ago

Ofcom Sets Up BT Openreach Monitoring Unit

Ofcom outlines how it plans to make sure Openreach is acting independently of BT

7 years ago

Tech Websites Band Together For Net Neutrality

Big names in the tech industry unite to halt Trump's reversal of Obama's net neutrality rules

7 years ago

Tottenham Hotspur’s New Stadium Will Be Most Technologically Advanced In The Premier League

IN DEPTH: Tottenham Hotspur has built tech into the design of new stadium and believes HPE networking capabilities will bring…

7 years ago

Openreach Starts Removing BT From Its Brand

Openreach will remove BT from its logo, vehicles and equipment by 2021 as part of phased rebranding

7 years ago

Ofcom’s 5G Spectrum Auction Plans Attract Three’s Anger

Ofcom's new rules for 5G spectrum auction place caps on operators but Three hints it could take action

7 years ago

Virgin Media Outage Takes London Borough Councils Offline

Virgin Media fixes problems in London after difficult week

7 years ago

Government Hopes £16m University 5G Network Will Make UK A World Leader

Government ups commitment to 5G development with academic testbed targeting a 2018 end to end trial

7 years ago

Severed Fibre Cables Cause BT, TalkTalk And Sky Broadband Outage

Openreach works to fix severed cables that have affected customers of several broadband providers in East Sussex

7 years ago

There’s More Life In 4G As EE, Qualcomm & Sony Show Off Commercial Gigabit LTE

Commercial gigabit LTE is now live in the UK in Cardiff and London's Tech City as the foundations of 5G…

7 years ago