Broadband

Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone Letter Urges Ofcom To Launch Openreach Inquiry

Telcos and Institute of Directors say current structure is harming UK's development and want Competitions and Markets Authority to intervene

9 years ago

Sky: Make Openreach Independent From BT

The war of words about the future of Openreach continues as BT refutes Sky's latest calls for separation

9 years ago

Hyperoptic Switches On 1Gbps FTTP Network In Glasgow

Hyperoptic flicks the fibre switch as local leaders claim better connectivity will boost city's standing in Europe

9 years ago

Ericsson Multi-Device VoWi-Fi And HP Aruba Deal Boost Indoor Coverage

Operators will be ale to offer VoWi-Fi on devices without a SIM card, while Ericsson and HP will combine on…

9 years ago

Government ‘To Offer’ Satellite Broadband Vouchers In Rural Areas

Government steps up plans to connect 'final five percent' with satellite broadband voucher scheme, according to reports

9 years ago

Boeing To Install In-Flight Wi-Fi As Factory Option For New Aircraft

Boeing will allow airlines to order new planes with satellite Wi-Fi installed at the factory with ViaSat deal

9 years ago

5GIC Director: 5G Is So Revolutionary, There Will Be ‘No 6G’

5GIC director says 5G represents such a major change in wireless technology that its successor will be a more iterative…

9 years ago

UK 5G Testbed To Go Live In 2018 At University Of Surrey

A full 5G network will be launched the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) as Huawei demonstrates world's first 4K video transmission…

9 years ago

Google: We Don’t Want To Be The World’s ISP

Google says it will continue to make investments in networking and further projects like Loon and Titan, but it wants…

9 years ago

Three Enables 4G Calls With VoLTE Launch

Three becomes first UK operator to commercially launch Voice over LTE (VoLTE), claiming technology will boost indoor reception and rural…

9 years ago

Hutchison Applies To EU For Three-O2 Merger Approval

Hutchison Whampoa looks to complete £10.25 billion acquisition despite failure of Danish telecoms merger last week

9 years ago

European Commission Opens Telecoms, Broadband Consultations

The EC said it is looking for comment on how to shape the future of telecoms and broadband regulation

9 years ago

Broadband Users ‘Need’ Minimum Speed Of 10Mbps

Ovum report assesses broadband in 30 countries according to network and customer data, finds UK is eighth out of 30

9 years ago

EE Boosts 150Mbps 4G+ With More Spectrum

EE says greater availibility of LTE CAT6 smartphones and data demand is prompting high frequency bandwidth rollout

9 years ago

CityFibre, Virgin Media Oppose Ofcom’s BT Dark Fibre Access Plan

Founding members of Infrastructure Investment Group say Ofcom must encourage broadband investment

9 years ago

How Telcos Can Avoid Being Left Behind By OTT Players

Cloud, video and IoT applications will drive investment in broadband, but how can operators increase revenues and serve customers directly?

9 years ago

Vodafone Rolls Out Native VoWi-Fi To Select Handsets

Vodafone enables calls to be made over a Wi-Fi connection for some users

9 years ago

The IT Challenges Of Launching BT Sport

The launch of BT Sport changed the UK media landscape, but the technical challenges have changed the company too

9 years ago

Vodafone Provides Fibre For Rugby World Cup TV Broadcasts

Vodafone and SIS Live team up to ensure all the action is delivered to ITV and others at all 13…

9 years ago

Plusnet Suffers Major Internet Outage

So much for doing you proud – Plusnet broadband service goes down for several hours

9 years ago

Verizon 5G Testbeds Will Go Live In 2016

Verizon 5G testbeds will take place on the east and west coasts of the US as development of next generation…

9 years ago

Virgin Media Offers Manchester SMBs ‘Affordable’ 100Mbps Broadband

Virgin Media hopes to help power Manchester tech startup hub with cable broadband

9 years ago

Broadband Networks Must Be ‘Reimagined’ For Cloud And Video

Huawei says current networks are built for audio and web and must be simplified, data centre-centric and software defined as…

9 years ago

Huawei: 4K Video And Cloud Will Usher In Era Of Ultrafast Broadband

Huawei says killer applications will encourage telcos to invest in ultrafast and outlines vision for high speed, reliable and available…

9 years ago

Devicescape Can Now Offload iPhone From 4G To Wi-Fi Automatically

Devicescape says operator partners, including Virgin Media, can now offload 95 percent of customers from 3G or 4G to its…

9 years ago

CityFibre To Expand Edinburgh Fibre Network By 100km

CityFibre secures 'largest' ever contract to connect more public buildings in Scottish capital

9 years ago

Slow Broadband Speeds ‘Splitting The UK In Two’

Connectivity gulf between urban and rural areas affecting all areas of life, report warns

9 years ago

Britain’s SMBs Are Finally Getting Faster Broadband

DCMS figures reveal more than 40,000 SMEs have registered for £3000 broadband vouchers to improve their connections

9 years ago

Ericsson Updates Software To Ease Cost, Battery And Coverage Barriers To IoT

Ericsson offers new software to operators, enabling cheaper, longer laster devices and boosting indoor coverage with unlicensed spectrum

9 years ago

Regulatory Fight Brewing At FCC Over LTE-U Access To Wi-Fi Spectrum

BLOG: Carriers, cable companies, standards groups and hardware makers are squaring off to fight over giving mobile phones LTE-U access…

9 years ago