Broadband

Number Of Global 4G Users Reaches Half A Billion

GSA says 4G is growing faster 3G by 21 percent

10 years ago

4G Users Would Switch Operator For Inclusive Wi-Fi

New research suggests faster and more reliable 4G isn't reducing demand for Wi-Fi

10 years ago

Ofcom To Hold First Major Communications Review In Ten Years

Ofcom seeks a balance between competition, consumer choice and incentive to invest

10 years ago

Government-Funded LTE To Boost Superfast Broadband Coverage In Swindon

Swindon council recommends LTE-powered 'fixed wireless' to plug gaps in town's superfast broadband coverage

10 years ago

Worst UK Broadband Street ‘135 Times Slower’ Than Fastest

Research hints at huge disparities in service and suggests the north is better than the south for broadband

10 years ago

Met Police Says Tablets Save Officers One Hour Every Shift

Met Police wants to expand trial of Vodafone 4G-enabled tablets after success in the field

10 years ago

BT Brings IP Telephony To All With ‘Plug And Play’ Cloud Phone

BT Cloud Phone offered to SMBs as company announces 1,000 new apprenticeships and graduate jobs

10 years ago

Virgin Media’s East London Expansion Reaches 50,000 Properties

Virgin Media's major expansion in the east end gets to the halfway stage

10 years ago

MWC 2015 – Cisco Provides EE With Small Cells, Touts Cloud Network Analysis Platform

EE will use Cisco small cells to boost indoor coverage, while Mobility IQ will provide visual information on 3G, 4G…

10 years ago

HP Acquires Aruba Networks For £1.95 Billion

Biggest splash of cash since Autonomy purchase, Aruba will bolster HP's sliding networking hardware division

10 years ago

MWC 2015 – Nokia Predicts 2020 Launch For 5G After Reaching 1Gbps On 70GHz

Nokia and NTT DoCoMO 'committed' to 2020 launch after successful millimetre wave tests

10 years ago

BT Says EU Should Let Governments Fund Urban Broadband – Rivals Disagree

BT says BDUK should be allowed to help cities, but rivals say private sector should solve issues

10 years ago

TalkTalk Admits Customer Account Data Breach

TalkTalk says small but significant number of customers are affected but stresses no payment details have been stolen

10 years ago

How To Explain Net Neutrality To A Five-Year-Old

The definitive definition of net neutrality by the experts for the kids (and adults, too)

10 years ago

America’s FCC Votes In Favour Of Net Neutrality Regulation

In a close 3-2 vote, the FCC awarded itself more power over broadband providers than ever before

10 years ago

Ofcom: 32% Of Broadband Connections Are Superfast, But Urban-Rural Divide Is Widening

Ofcom says rural and suburban broadband speeds did not rise in the six months leading up to November 2014 and…

10 years ago

Three Thanks Customer-Centric Approach For 478,000 New Customers

Three says 4G at no extra cost, cheaper roaming and customer service investments are bringing users to its network

10 years ago

Scottish Superfast Broadband Rollout Reaches 1.5m Homes And Businesses

BT and BDUK projects reach milestone as fibre rollout accelerates

10 years ago

4.5G Set To Break 1Gbps Barrier For Mobile Networks In 2016

Huawei says 4.5G will offer faster speeds, greater capacity and lower latency than LTE, powering the IoT, virtual reality and…

10 years ago

Government Dismisses House of Lords’ London Broadband Concerns

Ed Vaizey says the situation in the capital is much better than the House of Lords thinks

10 years ago

Welsh Government Offers £3m To Boost Business Broadband

Welsh Government issues tender for contracts to improve broadband coverage in the country

10 years ago

Treat Broadband Like A Utility, Says House of Lords

House of Lords says presence of broadband notspots in rural areas is "unacceptable"

10 years ago

Wi-Fi Helps Scandinavian Airlines Save On Roaming And Fuel

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) deploys iPass for electronic manuals and cheaper communications

10 years ago

Gigaclear Earmarks 6,000 More Rural Properties For 1Gbps Broadband

Gigaclear secures £6.5m in funding to continue rural gigabit rollout

10 years ago

Virgin Media To Connect 4m More Homes And Businesses To Cable

Virgin Media cable network is to reach 17m homes over the next five years in a £3 billion investment

10 years ago

Government Pledges £50m For Train Wi-Fi From 2017

Government invites four operators to apply for funding and will make train Wi-Fi a condition of any future franchise bid

10 years ago

EE Invests £1.5bn In Faster 4G And Rural Coverage

EE announces major investment programme as it presses ahead with the second phase of its 4G rollout

10 years ago

EE Named Best UK Mobile Network Again, But Three Closes Gap

RootMetrics data reveals all four operators are improving, but EE and Three are moving ahead of O2 and Vodafone

10 years ago

Hyperoptic FTTP Network Brings 1Gbps Broadband To 100,000 Properties

Hyperoptic fibre network now reaches 100,000 homes and businesses across 1,000 sites

10 years ago

Facebook Brings Internet.org To India With Reliance Communications Partnership

Android mobile app in rural areas to give users job listings and healthcare info alongside Facebook access

10 years ago