Broadband

ITU Allocates 700MHz Band For Mobile Broadband

700MHz spectrum is allocated globally at WRC-15, but will other bands be handed over for mobile broadband?

9 years ago

How Media Companies Can Survive In A Mobile-First Era

CNN, Time Inc and Google discuss how technology, media firms and telecoms will impact the future of content

9 years ago

Cisco Acquires UK Collaboration Firm Acano For £462m

Cisco ramps up collaboration effort with acquisition following opening of new UK office

9 years ago

EE Named London’s Best Operator Again, But Rivals Improve

RootMetrics says mobile users can expect a good service no matter which network they use

9 years ago

KC Offers Hull Broadband Discount For SMBs

KC becomes latest ISP to step in after super connected city voucher scheme suspension, but wants more government funding allocated

9 years ago

Vodafone Uses Wi-Fi Spectrum To Boost 4G In LAA Trial

Vodafone believes unlicensed spectrum can improve 4G coverage without disturbing Wi-Fi

9 years ago

Huawei And Telefonica Join Forces For 5G Development

Partners will work together on a number of 5G technologies after agreeing deal at Huawei MBBF 2015

9 years ago

Gigaclear Offers 5Gbps Broadband In Rural Areas

Gigaclear is trialling 5Gbps and will launch nationwide from early 2016

9 years ago

Ericsson Predicts 150m 5G Subscriptions By 2021

Ericsson report predicts sixfold increase in mobile data consumption and rapid adoption of 5G when it launches in 2020

9 years ago

55,000 SMBs Get Government Grants For Superfast Broadband

Latest figures for suspended super connected city voucher scheme are revealed, but no indication more money will be allocated for…

9 years ago

BT Openreach CEO Joe Garner To Leave In 2016

Openreach chief to depart after two years in charge of BT network division

9 years ago

Average Openreach Fibre User Consumes 190GB A Month

BT reveals Openreach figures for the summer... but not a lot of them

9 years ago

Bluetooth Gets Speed And Range Upgrade In IoT Push

Bluetooth will get 100 percent faster, four times longer range and support Mesh networking

9 years ago

ISPs: Snooper’s Charter Will Mean Higher Broadband Bills

Snooper's Charter underestimates the cost and challenge of monitoring users, ISPA and Gigaclear tell MPs, while Sophos expresses security concerns

9 years ago

BDUK Connects 3.3m Homes And Businesses To Fibre

New government figures show BDUK is making more gains as coverage target edges nearer

9 years ago

UN Allocates Bandwidth For Global Satellite Flight Tracking System

WRC-15 paves the way fopr satellite flight tracking system following MH370 disappearance

9 years ago

EE Wants Three To Drop ‘Undisputed’ Reliability Claim

EE tells Advertising Standards Authority that Three's claim to be the 'undisputed' most reliable network in the UK cannot be…

9 years ago

Li-Fi Could Connect And Power SmartWatches And IoT

Researchers want to commercialise integrated solar panel technology that uses visible spectrum to power devices and transmit data

9 years ago

TfL Adds 100 More Stations To London Tube Wi-Fi

Almost every station on the tube can get Wi-Fi... but not Tottenham Court Road or Bond Street

9 years ago

Vodafone Arrives At ‘Turning Point’ As It Reaches 5.3m UK 4G Users

Vodafone CEO praises £19bn investment programme in global networks as recovery, and UK 4G growth, continues

9 years ago

Vodafone Frustrated At Lack Of NB-IoT Standardisation

Vodafone R&D director says without NB-IoT progress, mobile industry could miss out on M2M oppoprtunity

9 years ago

Government Promises 10Mbps Broadband For Anyone Who Wants It

Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to reveal how 10Mbps will be made available to the entire UK by 2020

9 years ago

Virgin Media Has 4.6m Broadband Users As Expansion Continues

More than two fifths of Virgin Media customers take 100Mbps as firm increases top speed to 200Mbps

9 years ago

Gigaclear Presses Ahead With Rural FTTP In Berkshire And Cotswolds

Work on delivering fibre to 18,000 homes in two BDUK projects gets underway

9 years ago

Virgin Media Business Offers 300Mbps Broadband

Virgin Media Business doubles the speed of its fastest package for companies

9 years ago

Huawei Urges Operators Not To Waste IoT Opportunity

Huawei sets out mobile broadband vision, but says telcos and industry must work together to reap the benefits of IoT

9 years ago

Huawei And HKT Show Off First 1Gbps 4.5G Network

Partners claim 'significant milestone' ahead of commercial launch of 4.5G in 2016

9 years ago

GSMA Repeats Calls For More Mobile Spectrum Ahead Of WRC-15

Acting director general of GSMA says mobile industry needs more bandwdith to help solve future problems

9 years ago

Researchers Predict 1bn VoLTE Connections For 4G Calls By 2018

VoLTE connections to surge to one billion by 2018, with two billion possible by the end of the decade, report…

9 years ago

Virgin Media Offers Free Superfast Broadband Installation To SMBs

Virgin Media calls for the restart of the government's super connected voucher city scheme and will cover installation of up…

9 years ago