Broadband

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

8 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…

8 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

8 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

8 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…

8 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…

8 years ago

Gigaclear Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To Rural Herefordshire

Gigaclear to deliver phase 2 of Fastershire project in rural Herfordshire

8 years ago

Quest For Global Wi-Fi Could Result In Explosion Of Space Junk

European Space Agency calls for measures to prevent 50 percent increase in catastrophic satellite collisions

8 years ago

Tech Firms Urge FCC Not To Repeal Obama’s Net Neutrality Rules

Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter etc warn FCC chairman over his intentions to repeal net neutrality rules

8 years ago

UK Telecoms ‘Must’ Have Access To Talent, Markets & Roaming After Brexit

BSG report says UK telecoms needs regulatory certainty as investments in 5G and ultrafast accelerate

8 years ago

Vodafone Abolishes Roaming In 40 Territories & Refreshes SMB Plans

Vodafone beats EU deadline to abolish roaming charges and offers new SMB plans and customer service improvements

8 years ago

TalkTalk Advances Dark Fibre Plans After Winning BT Cost Appeal

TalkTalk says Ofcom's method for determining dark fibre access caps were miscalculated and is preparing business broadband products for October.

8 years ago

Slough Trading Estate & Maidenhead Get 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

Slough and Maidenhead will be connected to 48km of fibre in CityFibre's latest FTTP broadband rollout

8 years ago

EU Roaming Charges Will End On 15 June

UK covered by EU roaming regulations after European Parliament vote - but perhaps not after Brexit

8 years ago

FCC Chair To ‘Quickly Replace’ Obama Net Neutrality Rules

Two speed Internet? Head honcho of US comms watchdog wants to reserve net neutrality rules

8 years ago

O2 Will Operate New High Speed City Of London Wi-Fi Network

O2 Wi-Fi and Telefonica-Vodafone joint venture Cornerstone to roll out small cell powered wireless

8 years ago

Which? Bad Broadband Campaign To Tackle Poor Connections

Buffering hell. Which? campaign to help 'millions of households' suffering from poor broadband

8 years ago

Fibre Broadband Advertising Probe Launched Into Copper ‘Last Mile’ Connections

Watchdog probe on broadband services being adbvertised as 'fibre', when it utilises copper connections

8 years ago

Ofcom Orders BT Openreach To Reduce Cost Of Superfast Broadband

Ofcom says cheaper superfast broadband will incentivise ultrafast rollout and new Openreach targets will boost service levels

8 years ago

Virgin Media Staff Suspended Over Broadband Claims

Staff could face dismissal after admission that Virgin Media overstated expansion of superfast broadband network

8 years ago

Liberty Global: Road To 5G Is Far From Certain If Market Is Too Competitive

Mike Fries, CEO of Virgin Media's parent company Liberty Global, and French telco giant Orange say current mobile market is…

8 years ago

Colt CEO: SDN Focus And Distracted Rivals Will Make Us A Telecoms Disruptor Once More

INTERVIEW: Colt CEO says while its rivals are distracted with content and mobile, it has been pressing ahead with its…

8 years ago

Reading & Bracknell Businesses Get Access To 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

CityFibre's Thames Valley network connects its first customers in Reading and Bracknell

8 years ago

Ofcom Fines BT £42m For Breaching Ethernet Contract Commitments

BT sets aside £300m to compensate Openreach customers who had compensation payments reduced because of retrospective Ethernet deadline extensions

8 years ago

Ofcom Mulls Automatic Compensation For Broadband Problems

Regulator rejects industry proposals, and proposes instant compensation for when landline and broadband services goes wrong

8 years ago

Virgin Media Increases ‘Standard’ Broadband To 100Mbps

Broadband arms race continues with Virgin Media now offering 100Mbps as the default line speed

8 years ago

Scotland Eyes ‘Digital World’ With 150,000 Jobs Boost

Scottish government launches new digital strategy and reveals plans to boost number of digital jobs

8 years ago

Ofcom Fines Plusnet £880,000 For Charging Old Broadband Customers

Left Plusnet between May 2013 and September 2015? Check your bills, you may be eligible for a refund

8 years ago

Co-op Hopes Overhauled Network And IT Will Support Food Retail Growth

BT and Co-operative Group agree five year deal to overhaul IT infrastructure and make it simpler and easier to shop.…

8 years ago

BT Openreach Makes ‘First’ 330Mbps G.Fast Broadband Connection In Kent

BT Openreach gets first official G.Fast broadband customer in Gillingham, Kent as trials continue

8 years ago