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IT Life: Getting Britain’s Businesses TalkTalking
TalkTalk Business's Duncan Gooding explains why he loves SONOS, his smartphone but is not a fan of Microsfot
UPC Ireland Rebrands As Virgin Media
Liberty Global brings its UK and Ireland operations closer with Virgin Media refresh
Quiz Of The Week: UK Mobile Operators
What do you know about the UK's mobile operators and MVNOs? Find out with our quiz!
Rural FTTP Network To Connect 6,500 Properties In Cotswolds
Gigaclear to build 1Gbps FTTP network as part of Fastershire BDUK project covering Gloucestershire and Herefordshire
Scottish Government Offers £9m For Community Broadband Projects
Scottish government wants more communities to take matters into their own hands with new fund
Vodafone And Three Buy L-Band Spectrum From Qualcomm
Qualcomm sells 40MHz of airwaves in the 1452-1492 L-Band to UK operators
Will Three Still ‘Make It Right’ After O2 Merger?
BLOG: Three says its customer offers are paying dividends, but will it have the same desire if it merges with O2 and becomes UK's largest operator?
Three Reaches 4.5m 4G Users, Says O2 Merger Will Help It Grow
More than half of Three customers are using 4G, consuming 4.6GB a month as coverage reaches 63 percent
Three Customers ‘Save’ £1.3bn In Roaming Costs
Three claims customers are using more data than ever before since Feel At Home launched 2 years ago
BT Offers 330Mbps Speeds In Cambridgeshire As G.Fast Trial Goes Live
First G.Fast trial goes live in Huntingdon, with BT seeing how copper technology performs ahead of nationwide rollout
Mobile Industry Body GSMA Names Tele2 CEO As New Director General
Tele2 CEO Mats Granryd will succeed Anne Bouverot from 1 January
Labour: Openreach Should Be Separated From BT
Shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant says Ofcom should split up BT and Openreach if the UK is to meet its broadband targets
Government Advistory Board To Review Open Internet Code Of Practice
Government's broadband advisory board will see whether industry self-regulation needs updating to comply with EU open Internet legislation
O2 1800MHz Spectrum And Wi-Fi Offloading Will Boost Urban 4G Capacity
O2 details plans to re-farm spectrum, upgrade Wi-Fi network, rollout VoWi-Fi and VoLTE and improve rural 4G
Churches Step In To Deliver Superfast Broadband To Rural Somerset
Diocese of Bath and Wells is concerned rural communities will be excluded from BDUK and wants to help
Mobile-First Bozza Wants To Be Africa’s iTunes, Netflix And Spotify
Bozza hopes mobile-first approach, feature phone support and data compression technology can help it become a Pan-African content giant
Virgin Media ‘To Turn’ Street Cabinets Into Wi-Fi Hotspots
Reports suggest Virgin Media wants to create a Wi-Fi network to rival that of BT
Hyperoptic Nottingham 1Gbps FTTP Network Goes Live
First properties in Nottingham are connected to Hyperoptic network, with promise of city-wide coverage by end of 2015
Openreach: Connecting Last 1-2 Percent Of UK To Fibre Is ‘Really Difficult’
Openreach CEO Joe Garner denies it is unwilling to invest and maintains his unit is better off as part of BT
Ofcom Raises No Significant Concerns About BT-EE Merger
Ofcom admits to CMA inquiry it has some issues with potential access to mobile backhaul and MVNO, but appears to give its blessing to £12.5 billion deal
Mobile Operators ‘Should’ Protect Customers From Roaming Bill Shock
Citizens Advice says more should be done to protect consumers from high roaming costs and bill shock with more warnings, safeguards and compassion
Monster Scottish Broadband Expansion Brings Fibre To Loch Ness
Expect more blurry photos of mythical creatures as Loch Ness, and 73,000 properties in Scotland, are added to superfast broadband plans
Rutland: England’s Smallest County Has UK’s Highest Superfast Broadband Adoption Rate
BT and Rutland County Council to expand fibre even further after high takeup rate
Huawei Marine Gives UK-South Africa Subsea Cable A 100Gbps Upgrade
Huawei Marine upgrades two sections of West Africa Cable System (WACS), creating one of the longest 100Gbps submarine links in the world
Vodafone Connect Home Broadband Now Available To All UK Customers
All current Vodafone mobile subscribers can sign up for discounted home broadband with Vodafone Connect following regional trial
Local Authorities Start Planning How To Spend £129m BT BDUK Refund
A number of BDUK projects are starting to get money back from BT and are planning for further fibre expansion
BDUK Connects Three Million Properties To Superfast Broadband
New figures from DCMS show BDUK rollout is gaining momentum, two years before 95 percent coverage deadline
What Does Ofcom Communications Report Mean For Business, Government And Operators?
NEWS ANALYSIS: The growth of 4G, ubiquity of mobile and increasing demands for connectivity is having a major impact on technology industry
Hutchison To Tell EU Three-O2 Merger Is Only Way To Compete With BT, Vodafone
Three owner to argue Three and O2 would be ill-equipped to compete with a BT-owned EE and Vodafone if merger doesn't go ahead