Broadband

Sennheiser: Wireless Microphones Need Spectrum Just As Much As Mobile

Sennheiser says authorities should not take away airwaves from special events and production without giving alternative frequencies

9 years ago

Sky Adds 46,000 Broadband Customers In Q3

Sky says customer service and content is helping company to profit ahead of mobile launch

9 years ago

CityFibre: Our FTTP Broadband Network Can Compete With Openreach

As revenues reach £6.4m, CityFibre explains how KCOM purchase, network architecture and ducts and poles can help it compete with…

9 years ago

Half Of British Firms Ban Workers From Using Free Wi-Fi Networks

Research from iPass shows 62 percent of firms in four countries ban free Wi-Fi and 94 percent believe it is…

9 years ago

Are ISPs Doing Enough To Protect Businesses Against DDoS Attacks?

Nine tenths of firms say they want more protection from their provider and 80 percent of ISPs believe there is…

9 years ago

Free Brighton BT Wi-Fi Network Could Bring Better 4G

BT will build 40 Wi-Fi access points in Brighton and Hove in exchange for permission to deploy mobile infrastructure on…

9 years ago

UK’s ‘Already Poor’ 4G Coverage Is Not Getting Much Better

OpenSignal research says British mobiles can only get a 4G signal 53 percent of the time

9 years ago

MPs Call For More Accurate Broadband Speed Claims And Consumer Protections

British Infrastructure Group (BIG), led by Conservative MP Grant Shapps says broadband advertising rules should be overhauled and mandatory refunds…

9 years ago

EMN Will Combine Cellular And Satellite To Aid Emergency Mobile Services

Manx Telecom and Globalstar will co-develop EMN, a hybrid cellular-satellite system they say can result in more affordable, ubiquitous connectivit

9 years ago

What Next For Rural Mobile Coverage After Government’s £150m MIP Builds Just 75 Of 600 Targeted Masts?

The government will not extend Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP) despite falling short of goal and increasing calls for better rural…

9 years ago

BT Raises Standard Fibre Package Speeds To 52Mbps

BT makes its entry level fibre package a bit faster, claims its speedier than any of its rivals

9 years ago

EE: More 5G Spectrum Is Pointless Unless Planning Laws Reformed

EE's head of spectrum says that while spectrum will obviously be important for 5G, network densification is just as vital

9 years ago

Facebook’s Internet.org Offers Developer Simulator For Free Basics

Facebook presses ahead with controversial Free Basics service for Internet.org , allowing developers to test their services and find out…

9 years ago

Mobile Operators Invest In The UK ‘As A Last Resort’

Arqiva head of telecoms says legilsation is needed to make it easier to build networks and mobile consolidation is a…

9 years ago

Hyperoptic Starts FTTP Broadband Services In Brighton

Hyperoptic offers gigabit broadband to businesses in Brighton in latest FTTP expansion

9 years ago

CMA Predicts ‘Long Term Damage’ If Three-O2 Merger Approved

CMA tells EU that nothing short of a sale of network assets will solve competition concerns about £10.25 billion Three-O2…

9 years ago

Openreach Fibre Network Reaches 25m Properties

BT Openreach network passes significant milestone as 95 percent coverage target nears

9 years ago

IT Life: Unified Communicator

ShoreTel's EMEA head Adrian Hipkiss talks about is life in IT, the technology that inspires him and his vision for…

9 years ago

Hutchison Offers Sky, Virgin Media ‘Significant’ Three-O2 Network Capacity In EU Clearance Bid

CK Hutchison hopes that offering significant capacity for MVNOs will encourage EC to approve £10.25 billion Three-O2 merger

9 years ago

Is Dominant KCOM Giving Hull Businesses The Best Broadband It Can?

Hull has cream phone boxes, not red. It also has one single dominant ISP and it's not BT. But KCOM…

9 years ago

CityFibre: SSE Telecoms Deal Shows Potential Of £90m National Fibre Network

CityFibre says the ease at which it has attracted its first customer after KCOM national network acquisition shows it can…

9 years ago

Gigaclear: Rural Broadband Demand Will Justify Expensive FTTP Deployment

As Gigaclear raises more funds for its FTTP rollout, CEO Matthew Hare explains why rural demand for superfast broadband will…

9 years ago

Are The Government’s Satellite Broadband Plans Working?

The government believes satellite can deliver 2Mbps and beyond to properties beyond the reach of fibre, but suppliers and politicians…

9 years ago

Is Office-Grade In-Flight Wi-Fi Ready For Take Off?

Satellite broadband providers are launching next generation in-flight Wi-Fi networks. TechWeek takes to the skies to test out Gogo's office…

9 years ago

Brocade Acquires Ruckus Wireless In £1bn Networking Deal

Wireless infrastructure player scooped up by Brocade to strengthen 5G and Wi-Fi services amid growing demands for networking speed and…

9 years ago

Vodafone Gets Closer To Businesses With Regional Support And Sales Units

Vodafone is restructuring its business division into local divisions, backed up by a major national unit for enterprises

9 years ago

Ofcom Will Issue VHF Spectrum Licences For IoT

Ofcom says VHF bands are suitable for IoT and will create a new business radio product later this year

9 years ago

Ofcom: EE Is Fastest, Most Reliable Network In UK Cities

Ofcom tests all four mobile operators in major cities to give consumers a 'flavour' of network performance in urban areas

9 years ago

Boosty Combines Wi-Fi And 4G To Boost Broadband Speed, Targets Operator Partnerships

Sharedband CEO Paul Evans tells TechWeekEurope that technology powering Boosty could eventually be built natively into broadband providers' routers

9 years ago

Network Rail Could Sell Fibre Broadband Network To UK Telcos

Reports suggest Network Rail could sell its network, start a joint venture or offer wholesale access in move that would…

9 years ago