Broadband

Superfast Cymru To Connect 40,000 More Premises To Superfast Broadband

BT and Airband to extend superfast broadband coverage to 42,000 more properties in the country

9 years ago

Stornoway Is First Outer Hebrides Town To Get BDUK Fibre

Highlands and Islands connects town on Isle of Lewis to BDUK fibre, with the promise of more connections next year

9 years ago

Government To Stop Using BBC Licence Fee To Pay For Superfast Broadband

BBC's income won't be top-sliced to pay for superfast broadband but corporation will have to pay for over-75s licence fees

9 years ago

Ofcom Spectrum Roadmap Will Deal With ‘Revolutionary’ Mobile Scenarios

Ofcom spectrum director says it plans to ensure there is enough spectrum to cope with unforeseen mobile applications but wants…

9 years ago

ISPA Names Theresa May ‘Internet Villain Of The Year’ Over Surveillance Fears

Industry body ISPA says ISPs must be consulted about revived Snoopers' Charter as issue of surveillance dominates again at the…

9 years ago

Businesses Urged To Invest In Multi-Channel Customer Support

Report claims social media and cross-channel customer support conversations are in high demand from users, especially in emerging markets

9 years ago

Superfast Cornwall Fibre Rollout Generates £186m For Economy And 4,500 Jobs

Independent research praises economic impact of fibre rollout, which has reached 95 percent coverage

9 years ago

Devon & Somerset Turn To Wireless To Bring Superfast Broadband To National Parks

Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) gives BDUK funding to Airband to provide wireless superfast broadband to homes and businesses in…

9 years ago

Gigaclear Wins BDUK Contract To Bring 1Gbps Broadband To Epping Forest

Gigaclear gets BDUK funding from Essex County Council to spread fibre to remote areas of Epping Forest

9 years ago

Network Giants Team Up To Define ‘Adaptive’ 5G NORMA Architecture

EU's 5G group launches new project spearheaded by network firms, operators and academics to create adaptive standard for next gen…

9 years ago

EU To Abolish Roaming From 2017 And Enshrine Net Neutrality In European Law

EU agrees on new roaming and net neutrality laws as part of digital single market

9 years ago

UC San Diego Researchers Break Fibre Transmission Record

Researchers up the maximum power limit for fibre transmissions by reducing channel distortion

9 years ago

Sky Wants BT-Openreach Breakup, Calls On Ofcom For Competition Investigation

Sky says BT and Openreach's dominance is harming consumers, competition and investment and believes latter should be independent

9 years ago

BT Wants Ofcom To Let It Plan For Analogue Phone Switch Off

BT tells TechWeekEurope it has no immediate plans to switch off traditional phone network, but wants regulation to let it…

9 years ago

Government Issues More Than 25,000 Superfast Broadband Vouchers To SMBs

25,000 SMBs receive grants of up to £3,000 to get superfast broadband as government urges more to apply

9 years ago

EE Named London’s Best Mobile Network Once Again

EE retains its crown in the capital as RootMetrics declares the operator the best for calls, texts and data in…

9 years ago

TalkTalk Offers 1Gbps Ultrafast Broadband ‘At No Extra Cost’ To Consumer And SMBs

TalkTalk will launch ultrafast broadband for the same price as superfast, with SMBs able to get 1Gbps for £25 a…

9 years ago

TalkTalk: ‘Affordable’ 1Gbps Ultrafast Can Restore Broadband Competition

TalkTalk Ultrafast head suggests 1Gbps service will be affordable and reiterates calls for Ofcom to break up BT and Openreach

9 years ago

Virgin Media Starts Network Expansion In Manchester

Virgin Media's £3 billion 'Project Lightning' will add 150,000 homes and businesses to its cable network

9 years ago

Broadband ISP Switching Just Got Easy

This weekend new Ofcom rules make it easier to switch broadband provider, but why is Virgin Media excluded?

9 years ago

Hampshire Council: New Homes Should Be Built With Fibre Access

Hampshire County Council wants Westminister to give local authorities power to demand new housing developments include provision for superfast broadband

9 years ago

Baku 2015: Cloud-Based European Games Can Leave Sustainable IT Legacy For Olympics

Baku 2015 Technology Director Adrian Corcoran talks about the technology needed to power the first European Games and what the…

9 years ago

Ofcom Proposes Business Line Price Caps For BT

Ofcom says price controls will promote business broadband competition, but BT says they will discourage investment

9 years ago

Suffering From Slow Broadband Speeds? It’s Time For A Change, Says Ofcom

New Ofcom ruling makes it easier than ever before to dump substandard broadband contracts

9 years ago

Facebook Reportedly Abandons Internet.org Satellites

Is space the final frontier for Facebook? Reports suggest it has abandoned satellite plans for Internet.org

9 years ago

BT/EE Takeover Clears First Government Hurdle

£12.5bn deal gets phase 1 competition approval, bringing takeover one step closer

9 years ago

Vodafone Enters Consumer Broadband Market With ‘Connect’ Fibre Service

Vodafone hopes subsidised fibre and "innovative" router and companion app will win subscribers in crowded market

9 years ago

Glamorgan Cricket Chief: Network Upgrade Gives Us Edge Over Other Counties

Glamorgan Cricket CEO claims network upgrade will better serve media, help it beat other counties for England matches and take…

9 years ago

Qualcomm To Sell 1.4GHz ‘L-Band’ Spectrum To UK Operators

Qualcomm says airwaves can help improve 4G and 3G speeds using SDL technology

9 years ago

Northern Ireland Pledges Additional £1m For Rural Broadband

Government promises more funding to help Northern Irish rural businesses and residents make the most of superfast broadband

9 years ago