Broadband

ASA Proposes New Rules To Stop ‘Misleading’ Broadband Advertising

ASA says broadband consumers find current adverts misleading and confusing, and suggests most would break new rules to be introduced…

9 years ago

FreedomPop MVNO Offers Cheap Roaming In Europe, US With Global SIM

FreedomPop raises £35m and wants to expand Global SIM to Latin America and Asia

9 years ago

SIGFOX Launches IoT Network In Antarctica For Polar Researchers

The safety of scientists researching climate change will be boosted by GPS and SIGFOX IoT

9 years ago

New BT CIO Howard Watson To Lead EE Integration

New CIO and BT TSO CEO will oversee network development having launched IT systems for BT Sport

9 years ago

BT Creates 1,000 UK Customer Service Jobs

BT hopes customer service will help it stand out in crowded market

9 years ago

Ofcom: Sky And O2 Get Customer Service Thumbs Up, But TalkTalk Struggles

Ofcom publishes latest communications customer service report

9 years ago

What Next For UK Communications After BT-EE Merger?

NEWS ANALYSIS: BT, industry experts and rivals have their say on the £12.5 billion union of industry heavyweights

9 years ago

BT Gets Competition Approval For £12.5bn EE Takeover

BT will complete EE acquisition later this month after CMA find no evidence that retail or wholesale mobile and broadband…

9 years ago

Ericsson And Huawei Extend Patent Sharing Agreement

Ericsson and Huawei will cross licence patents essential to wireless communication, including LTE

9 years ago

Gigaclear Gets £18m EU Loan To Expand Rural Fibre Coverage

Gigaclear will use money to reach at least another 40,000 properties in 2016

9 years ago

CityFibre Brings 1Gbps Broadband To Bristol

CityFibre picks Bristol as first location for expansion following £90m KCOM fibre acquisition

9 years ago

Qualcomm And TDK Create £2bn Wireless Joint Venture

Qualcomm and TDK will work on wireless technology for mobile devices, IoT and drones, with new joint-venture to create RF…

9 years ago

Vodafone Wins £75m Deal To Connect Scottish Power To Smart Grid

Vodafone will help Scottish Power monitor faults and direct investment while implementing smart grid technologies

9 years ago

Quarter Of Smartphone Users To Abandon Calls In 2016 As VR Becomes $1bn Market

Deloitte's crystal ball predicts strong growth for OTT services, VoLTE, VoWi-Fi and virtual reality, but mobile ad blockers will not…

9 years ago

ISPs Report Higher Internet Use On Christmas Day

BT and Virgin Media report an increase in data consumption and the number of devices connected to their network on…

9 years ago

O2 And EE Solve Landline Call Issues On Networks

EE and O2 say issues which stopped customers from dialling landline numbers have now been resolved

9 years ago

BT Signs Up Another Satellite Broadband Partner

Satellite Solutions Worldwide is latest to sign up for BT as it helps deliver government-subsidised broadband rollout

9 years ago

BT Open To Deutsche Telekom Partnerships After EE Deal

BT Chairman says European partnership possible and reiterates calls for Openreach to remain within BT

9 years ago

BT Appoints Clive Selley As Openreach CEO

CEO of BT TSO and Group CIO Clive Selley will head up Openreach during Ofcom's market review

9 years ago

CES 2016 – Cisco Targets Broadcasters With Cloud Software, Agrees Sky Q Deal

Cisco details cloud broadcast platform and will help power Sky Q TV service

9 years ago

CES 2016 – TP-Link Shows Off 60GHz 802.11ad Wi-Fi, Touchscreen Routers

"World-first" 60GHz TP-Link 60GHz router could deliver 7Gbps speeds, while touchscreen access point hopes to simplify the smart home

9 years ago

CES 2016 – O2 Targets UK Smart Home Leadership With AT&T Platform Launch

O2 becomes first European operator to commercially launch AT&T Digital Life as it looks to seize smart home opportunity

9 years ago

Superfast Broadband Reaches 1.9m Scottish Homes And Businesses

BDUK reaches 500,000 milestone in Scotland as total figure nears 2m - including Gretna Green

9 years ago

Low Power 900MHz Wi-Fi ‘HaLow’ Standard Targets IoT

Wi-Fi Alliance hopes HaLow can offer the low power, long range connectivity offered by other communications technology

9 years ago

Facebook Free Basics Suspended In Egypt

More trouble for Zuckerberg's free internet access scheme as Egypt joins India in suspending it

9 years ago

Mobile Telecoms In 2016: 5G, IoT And Dynamic Networks

5G, IoT, NFV, SDN and dynamic networks are on the cards for mobile in 2016, according to industry experts and…

9 years ago

How To Give London 4G For Christmas And Beyond

How difficult is it to ensure millions of Londoners get decent mobile coverage... even at Winter Wonderland?

9 years ago

Government Broadband Schemes To Reach 4m By Spring

Government says 3.5m covered by BDUK, says satellite coverage and 10Mbps universal service obligation will boost UK broadband further

9 years ago

Facebook Free Internet Hits Indian Regulator Buffers

Net neutrality halts Facebook's attempts to provide India with free Internet service

9 years ago

Two Thirds Of Brits Will Go Online On Christmas Day

One in ten would give up booze for Wi-Fi on Christmas day as Internet becomes increasingly important to Christmas

9 years ago