Broadband

Smart Stadiums, Streets & Airports: How Tokyo Is Preparing For 2020 Olympics

In three years' time, the Olympics will arrive in Tokyo. But how will smart city technology improve Tokyo 2020, the…

7 years ago

BT Sport To Broadcast Champions League Final On YouTube In VR

BT Sport gives away free Google Cardboard devices for UEFA Champions League VR final broadcast

7 years ago

What Will The Japanese Smart Home Look Like?

Japan has traditionally been ahead of the curve when it comes to tech. Panasonic shares its vision of what the…

7 years ago

Alphabet’s Project Loon Helps Connect Peruvian Cities In Wake Of Serious Floods

The left-field Internet beaming balloon project was given a real stress test

7 years ago

Privacy and Politics: London Wants To Get Business Model Right For Smart Cities

London has a European smart city demonstrator but authorities say understanding the value of data and getting finance right is…

7 years ago

O2 Invests £80m In London Small Cells To Boost 4G And Pave Way For 5G

O2 says investment in 1,700 small cells will boost capacity on its mobile networks today and tomorrow

7 years ago

Three Ends Roaming Charges For Brazil & Singapore Alongside EU

Three mocks other operators, pointing out it had offered inclusive roaming in Europe and abroad long before the EU told…

7 years ago

‘Leaner’ BT Global Service Has New CEO To Target Digital Transformation

BT says tech changes means it no longer has to focus on local network to deliver transformative services through BTGS

7 years ago

Openreach Fibre Broadband Reaches 26.5m As BT Looks At ‘Large Scale’ FTTP Rollout

BT & Openreach make broadband and 4G gains despite accounting issues and Ofcom regulatory pressure

7 years ago

Vodafone To Shut Down Pager Service Over Competition Concerns

Vodafone says it makes more economic sense to shut down the pager unit rather than address competition concerns so it…

7 years ago

TalkTalk Prioritises Fixed Broadband Growth Over Profit For Now

TalkTalk returns to customer growth but chairman says he wants to secure more broadband customers above all else

7 years ago

BT Startup Competition Targets UK IoT Startups

BT offers support, resources and chance to commercialse IoT technology in BT Infinity Labs startup competition

7 years ago

FCC Website ‘Attacked’ After John Oliver Net Neutrality Call To Arms

US regulator claims website attack, hours after British comedian urges people to protest against rule change

7 years ago

O2 Will Comply With EU Law And Abolish European Roaming

O2 confirms plans to let customers use their phones abroad at no extra cost across Europe, falling in line with…

7 years ago

Newport 5G Chip Facility Hopes To Make South Wales A Tech Hub For IoT

Welsh government invests £12m into £38m 5G compound semiconductor factory as part of bid to make South Wales a tech…

7 years ago

Virgin Media’s £3bn Project Lighting Broadband Expansion Slows Down

Virgin Media results miss expectations but it expects to see more Project Lightning progress in second half of 2017

7 years ago

ISPs Face Ad Crackdown Over Misleading Broadband Speed Claims

Industry free-for-all surrounding broadband speed claims about to end, as advertising watchdog issues proposals

7 years ago

EE Offers Inclusive Roaming Across EU, USA, Canada & Australia

EE, like every other operator in the EU, will abolish charges across Europe and will offer inclusive roaming for North…

7 years ago

Three Plans 1Gbps Home Broadband Service Using 3.4GHz Spectrum

Three plans to deliver fixed wireless broadband services to 40 percent of the UK population once £250m acquisition of UK…

7 years ago

Vodafone Increases Prices For Out Of Contract Customers

Vodafone confirms price hikes of between 50p and £3.50

7 years ago

FCC Chairman Sets Public Course for Making New Internet Regulations

ANALYSIS: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says starting a fully public rule-making process to reverse last year's decision to regulate ISPs

7 years ago

Belfast Has Best UK Mobile Coverage Of Any Major UK City But Where’s London?

Belfast has good mobile coverage but London, Bristol, Hull and Cardiff must do better it seems, according to RootMetrics

7 years ago

Investigation Slams ‘Dreadful’ Broadband In New Homes

Working from home? Best not do it in a new home then, as investigation reveals 'shocking state' of broadband for…

7 years ago

Lords ‘Drop’ Demands For 30Mbps Broadband Minimum Speeds Ahead Of General Election

Government plans for a broadband USO will be fast tracked after Lords reportedly drop demands for a minimum requirement of…

7 years ago

UK And 14 Other EU States ‘Oppose’ Minimum Spectrum Licences Ahead Of 5G

15 EU countries claim minimum 25 year licences would stifle innovation and flexible in the mobile sector

7 years ago

How Land Rover BAR Hopes Wearables, Mobile Apps & 4G Will Deliver America’s Cup Glory

Silicon pays a visit to the south coast to find out how Ben Ainslie Racing is using mobile technology to…

7 years ago

Ofcom Details Plan To Open Up BT Openreach Ducts & Poles

Regulator wants rivals to have fair access to BT's underground pipes and telegraph poles

7 years ago

UK 4G Availability Improves Significantly As Network Investments Pay Off

EE still out in front in OpenSignal & Which? 4G report, but all four improve

7 years ago

Virgin Media: 350Mbps Broadband As Standard Will Drive SMB Growth Amid Brexit Uncertainty

Virgin Media Business will offer 350Mbps broadband as standard from 2 May and has confidence in UK post-Brexit despite parent's…

7 years ago

Malaysian Airlines Is First To Use New Satellite Flight Tracking System

New satellite flight tracking system will enable global coverage when it goes live in 2018 - four years after the…

7 years ago