Broadband

Ofcom ‘Will Demand’ Openreach Lower Wholesale Fibre Broadband Costs

Ofcom's next step in battle for more competitive fibre broadband market will apparently see it target BT Openreach wholesale costs

8 years ago

Vodafone Creates 2,100 UK Customer Service Jobs

Vodafone creates new positions in Scotland, Wales and Northern England, months after multi-million pound fine for billing and complaints issues

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (10th March 2017)

Can you remember what happened in the IT world over the past seven days?

8 years ago

Convenient BT Openreach Compromise Paves Way For Fibre-First Britain

ANALYSIS: Legal separation of BT and Openreach suits all parties as UK's fibre rollout advances to the next stage

8 years ago

EE 4G Will Cover 80 Percent Of Scotland In 2017 As It Connects Highland Ski Resort

EE's latest 4G site is its second highest at 2,800 feet and it says it will go higher to connect…

8 years ago

BT Agrees To Legally Separate Openreach

BT will make Openreach a separate company with own brand, staff, board, budget and strategy - but it won't be…

8 years ago

Budget 2017: Government Will Impose VAT On Mobile Roaming Outside EU

Using your phone outside the EU is set to get a little more expensive as chancellor looks to raise more…

8 years ago

British Airways Confirmed As Launch Partner For New In-Flight Wi-Fi Network

In-flight Wi-Fi on British Airways moves a step closer with new deal with Inmarsat's European Aviation Network

8 years ago

Internet of Cows: How Moocall’s IoT Can Save 160,000 Animals’ Lives During Calving

Vodafone's IoT network powers Moocall's sensors for farmers, saving cows and calves during the season and making land more productive

8 years ago

How SDN And Film Digitisation Power The Berlin Film Festival

The Berlin Film Festival has 2,500 screenings over 11 days. Software Defined Networks and digital film make it happen

8 years ago

Ben Ainslie Racing’s Quest For America’s Cup Boosted By Private 4G Network In Bermuda

BT builds fixed and wireless networks for Land Rover BAR, connecting the boat to bases in Portsmouth and Bermuda, saving…

8 years ago

Virgin Media Plans 38,000 New Edinburgh Broadband Connections

Ten percent of the new Scottish connections in Virgin Media's Project Lightning will be in Edinburgh

8 years ago

MWC 2017: New FCC Chair Says Net Neutrality ‘A Mistake’ And Won’t Bow To Trump Pressure

Ajit Pai promises to restore light touch regulation to aid the telecoms industry and will reverse net neutrality intervention

8 years ago

MWC 2017: EU Urges 5G Progress But Post-Brexit Britain Could Suffer

EU Digital Commissioner Andrus Ansip promises to support 5G in Europe but admits UK may not benefit from digital single…

8 years ago

MWC 2017: BT Mentors Telco Startups With Facebook And Works With Nokia On 5G VR

BT joins Facebook-led Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and will open telco startup accelerator in the UK

8 years ago

MWC 2017: Mercedes F1 Says 802.11ad Wi-Fi Will Give It More Detailed, Rapid Car Data

Mercedes F1 will trial 802.11ad Wi-Fi at British Grand Prix so it can make better decisions quicker

8 years ago

London Hosts First UK 5G Fixed Wireless Trial As Samsung & Nokia Work On Interoperability

Arqiva and Samsung will trial 5G on 28GHz in fixed wireless access tests as latter works with Nokia to ensure…

8 years ago

House Of Lords Demands 30Mbps USO In Digital Economy Bill Defeat

Not fast enough. Lords sends Digital Economy Bill back to the Commons after universal service obligation defeat for broadband

8 years ago

Verizon Holds Fixed Wireless 5G Trials In US

US 5G moves one step closer with Samsung and Verizon trials in five US cities

8 years ago

BT & Huawei Work On 5G Network Slicing For Individual Applications

BT and Huawei are the latest to work on 5G slicing - ringfencing parts of mobile networks for specific uses

8 years ago

BT Radianz FX Connects World’s Largest Foreign Exchange Markets

The network service has been designed to allow for low-latency trading between major hubs

8 years ago

Asda Mobile Customers Finally Get 4G Access

Asda Mobile agrees new MVNO deal with BT EE to bring 4G to its customers

8 years ago

Fibre Broadband Fraudsters Handed Hefty Jail Sentences

SFO probe leads to conviction of four men involved in bank fraud to fund fibre cables through sewers

8 years ago

4G Coverage Reached 7m More Brits In 2016

RootMetrics tests show EE is still the UK's best network, but coverage and reliability is improving across the board

8 years ago

Newcastle Now Has 1Gbps FTTP Broadband From Hyperoptic

The broadband company moves closer to reaching its 500,000 properties target in 2019

8 years ago

Battersea Power Station Development Gets 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

Hyperoptic is picked to build a new network at massive regeneration project at iconic Battersea Power Station

8 years ago

Cisco: Mobile Data Traffic Will Reach 587 Exabytes By 2021

Who'd have guessed that mobile data will rise massively by 2021?

8 years ago

Free Inverness Wi-Fi Goes Live As Hebrides Project Gets 30Mbps Broadband Boost

Free Wi-Fi hopes to aid businesses in Inverness while island of Tiree community broadband project gets £91,000 upgrade to 30Mbps…

8 years ago

BT Publicly Supports Google In EU Antitrust Battle

BT lends support to Google's Android OS over potential fears of Apple dominance

8 years ago

Three Buys Relish Operator UK Broadband In £250m 3.4GHz Spectrum Grab

Three buys fixed wireless broadband operator UK Broadband, which delivers services over 3.4GHz

8 years ago