Broadband

Queen’s Speech Confirms 10Mbps Universal Broadband And Network Planning Reforms

Government plans to introduce broadband USO, reform communications code and implement driverless car framework all confirmed in state opening of…

9 years ago

Mobile Users Waste ‘Time And Money’ Trying To Switch Networks

1 in 7 mobile users back Ofcom proposals to make new networks handle the switchover - not the one being…

9 years ago

EE Has The Best Mobile Network In London

EE continues to offer the best call, text and data service in the capital, according to RootMetrics

9 years ago

Vodafone Has 7m UK 4G Customers As Network Investments ‘Pay Off’

Vodafone says £19bn network investment and European recovery are paying dividends as wider group revenues rise for first time since…

9 years ago

TalkTalk: BT Openreach Should Be Separated Despite Our 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Plans

TalkTalk plans to bring FTTP to 10m homes and businesses, but says it can't deliver ultrafast broadband on its own

9 years ago

Rail Passengers Would Accept Fare Increase For Better Mobile Coverage

Department for Transport report claims business travellers and commuters would pay up for a fifth more if they could get…

9 years ago

O2 CEO Could Lead Management Buyout After Failed Three Merger

O2 CEO Ronan Dunne is reportedly approached by private equity firms about takeover, but Telefonica could stay put or find…

9 years ago

Sky, TalkTalk And Vodafone Outline Vision For ‘BT-Free’ Openreach

Broadband rivals want Openreach to have full control of assets, be overseen by an independent board and have its own…

9 years ago

Ofcom Wants More 5GHz Spectrum For Wi-Fi Routers

Ofcom wants more spectrum to be made available to Wi-Fi routers, claiming 6m homes and offices have sub par wireless…

9 years ago

TalkTalk Eyes Business Fibre And Mobile Growth As Cyberattack Hangover Continues

TalkTalk profits slump as cyberattack aftershocks continue to be felt, but it wants to build advanced mobile network services and…

9 years ago

What’s Next For UK Mobile Industry After Failed O2-Three Merger?

ANALYSIS: Virgin Media and O2 could merge, Three might buy TalkTalk and businesses might get cheaper prices but worse networks

9 years ago

EC Blocks £10.25bn Merger Of O2 And Three

EC says no remedies offered by Three and O2 would alleviate concerns about the damage done to the UK retail…

9 years ago

NFU: Poor Rural Broadband And 4G Harm Future Of British Farming

National Farmers' Union says government must do more to improve rural broadband, claiming just 4 percent have superfast

9 years ago

Virgin Media Has 4.8m UK Broadband Customers

Virgin Media's network now reaches almost 13 million homes, while mobile subscribers grow to 3 million

9 years ago

British Airways Signs Deal With Gogo For Long Haul In-Flight Wi-Fi

International Airlines Group to bring in-flight Wi-Fi to British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus long-haul routes

9 years ago

No, The Government Isn’t Abandoning ‘Automatic’ 10Mbps Rural Broadband Rollout

ANALYSIS: Say what you like about government broadband schemes, but in this particular instance, it hasn't broken any promises

9 years ago

Vodafone Offers Up to 4GB Inclusive Roaming In Europe To New Customers

Vodafone will give new customers between 500MB and 4GB to use in 40 European countries

9 years ago

FTTP Broadband Makes York ‘Best Connected City In The UK’

Council believes York can become a digital leader while TalkTalk praises local authorities for helping it carry out building work

9 years ago

BT £6bn Ultrafast Broadband Rollout Will Connect 12m To G.Fast Or FTTP

BT discloses more details on how it plans to deliver ultrafast broadband to "majority" of the UK within a decade

9 years ago

Six Million UK Homes And Businesses Are Connected To BT Openreach Fibre

BT gets more than half of all new superfast broadband additions and 81 percent of brand new copper and fibre…

9 years ago

EU Roaming Gets Cheaper Again Before Charges Are Scrapped In 2017

Roaming in the EU is made even cheaper before it is eliminated entirely next year

9 years ago

iPass Targets Mobile App And IoT Integration With Wi-Fi SDK

iPass makes its network selection tech available to developers who want constant connectivity

9 years ago

Hull Has The Slowest Broadband Of Any Major UK City

Research shows Middlesbrough and Belfast outpace London, but just 22 out of 42 urban areas have averages of 24Mbps or…

9 years ago

Dell Teams Up With Aerohive For Wireless Network Management

Dell turns to aerohive for wireless network management, continues open data centre efforts and offers new switches

9 years ago

Virgin Media To Connect At Least 1m Properties To FTTP Broadband

Virgin Media says network expansion is the UK's largest single FTTP deployment

9 years ago

EE Looks To Open Source Networks For 5G And Rural 4G

EE wants developers to create network services and applications using Lime Micro's software defined radio transceiver and Canonical Ubuntu Snappy…

9 years ago

Vodafone And Huawei’s NB-IoT Open Lab Can Be ‘Catalyst’ For IoT Development

Huawei and Vodafone envision global network of open NB-IoT labs, claiming the standard is as important to IoT as the…

9 years ago

1Gbps FTTP Broadband Services Go Live In Leeds And Bradford

CityFibre says its networks in northern cities can help develop the region as an economic powerhouse

9 years ago

EE Brings Customer Service Back To UK And Ireland

EE creates 600 new jobs as it hopes customer service will give it an advantage over rivals

9 years ago

EE 4G To Reach 95 Percent Of UK Landmass By 2020

EE says major investment will deliver 4G to areas that don't even have 2G, boosting LTE population coverage to 99.8…

9 years ago