Broadband

Ofcom To Make 700MHz Spectrum Available For Mobile Data

Ofcom wants to reassign some spectrum by as early as 2020 but says there will be no switchover needed

10 years ago

Which? Wants More Accurate Broadband Advertising

Consumer watchdog says many 'up to' broadband speeds can only be delivered to 10 percent of customers

10 years ago

BDUK Connects 1.4m Homes And Businesses To Fibre

Government claims BDUK is helping the UK achieve one of the fastest superfast broadband rollouts in the world

10 years ago

Virgin Media Expands Network In Glasgow

Virgin Media expands reach of cable network in Scottish city and will provide digital skills lessons as part of Commonwealth…

10 years ago

TalkTalk Adds More Broadband Customers As B2B, Mobile And TV Demand Grows

TalkTalk says it is well placed to take advantage of 'quad-play' consumer demand and small business growth

10 years ago

Scottish BDUK Project Reaches 150,000 Properties

BT and Scottish Government praise the fastest BDUK rollout in the UK

10 years ago

Virgin Media Mobile Customers Get Free Wi-Fi With The Cloud

Virgin Media mobile users will automatically connect to 22,000 hotspots thanks to 'Wi-Fi Buddy' app

10 years ago

Vodafone To Launch Consumer Broadband Network In 2015

Vodafone makes long-awaited move into consumer broadband as it bids to attract more customers

10 years ago

Vodafone Reveals First Rural Communities To Benefit From Femtocell Scheme

Vodafone lists first 30 communities in Rural Open Sure Signal initiative

10 years ago

Elon Musk Plots Satellite Internet Venture

Tesla and SpaceX CEO could invest in small, cheap satellites capable of providing worldwide Internet access

10 years ago

Businesses Urged To Register Interest In 1Gbps West Yorkshire FTTP Network

CityFibre says rollout of 1Gbps speeds will be influenced by demand

10 years ago

Ofcom To Auction 2.3GHz And 3.4GHz Spectrum

Ofcom announces plans to release more bandwidth for mobile services as early as next year

10 years ago

Virgin Media Says Quad Play Strategy Is Paying Off As Revenues Rise

Virgin Media ads more broadband and mobile customers thanks to new packages and network investment

10 years ago

3.3m Broadband Customers Now Get Fibre From BT Openreach

BT Results reveal increase in pre-tax profit but revenues slide as consumer gains are eroded elsewhere

10 years ago

Brits “Would Choose A House Based On Its Internet Speed”

Forget nice neighbours and good schools, speedy internet is apparently the most important factor when it comes to buying a…

10 years ago

Its Official – Brits Have Abandoned The Landline

The home phone is dead, long live the mobile phone, Relish survey finds

10 years ago

Virgin Media Expands Network In North East England

Virgin Media brings 152Mbps superfast broadband to 5,000 more properties

10 years ago

Fibre Upgrade Work To Start On All Wales BDUK Exchanges By September 2015

Welsh government promises more BDUK progress as it tries to meet its target of 96 percent superfast broadband coverage by…

10 years ago

BT Provides Somerset Village With Microwave Superfast Broadband

BT connects Northlew with a 4km microwave link, providing speeds of 80Mbps

10 years ago

BT Wins Welsh Public-Sector Broadband Contract

BT is to take over from Logicalis in running Wales' public-sector broadband scheme, the Welsh government has confirmed

10 years ago

Argos Offers Free Broadband And Tablets To Help Elderly Get Online

Argos Internet Workshops aim to help educate the 9.5m Britons who still have no access to the Internet

10 years ago

BT And Huawei Achieve 3Tbps Fibre Record

BT says flexgrid compression techniques could squeeze even more bandwidth out of its fibre network

10 years ago

Huawei Says Net Neutrality Is Preventing Development of Internet Services

Huawei says carriers should be able to provide different levels of service to different customers

10 years ago

Hyperoptic To Offer 1Gbps Fibre In Birmingham, Newcastle, Sheffield And Nottingham

Hyperoptic doubles the footprint of its FTTP network to 75,000 premises

10 years ago

UK Cable Broadband “Now Faster Than Fibre”, Says Ofcom

Watchdog survey also finds average UK broadband speed rose over last six months, with Virgin Media offering the fastest service

10 years ago

UK Broadband “Among Best In Europe”, Says Culture Secretary

Although improvement is still needed to take on likes of Japan and South Korea, says Sajid Javid

10 years ago

Black Country Gains Extra Broadband Funding

More funding announced to extend the superfast broadband push in the West Midlands

10 years ago

Huawei Invests £2.4bn In Broadband Research

Huawei plans to help service providers cope with 5G, M2M and 4K video

10 years ago

TalkTalk Aims To Connect 60 Percent Of The UK With 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

TalkTalk discusses plans to connect 10m homes with gigabit fibre as part of national rollout

10 years ago

SMBs In SuperConnected Cities Urged To Apply For Broadband Vouchers

Government issues renewed SuperConnected cities push as March 2015 deadline for superfast broadband vouchers nears

10 years ago