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Businesses In Malvern First To Benefit From Worcestershire BDUK Project
56 businesses on Enigma Business Park in Malvern are first to benefit from Superfast Worcestershire rollout
UK Above EU Broadband Averages, But EC Warns About SMBs And Rural Coverage
EU Broadband figures show improved adoption and coverage but the European Commission says more must be done
Hyperoptic Plans 1Gbps FTTP Networks For Manchester, Liverpool And Leeds
Businesses and apartments in three northern cities could soon have access to 1Gbps fibre services
īEC Directive Aims To Boost Fast Broadband
A new European Commission directive has gone into effect aiming to slash the costs of rolling out high-speed broadband, a contentious issue in the UK
EE Banned from Making ‘Best Broadband In Britain’ Claims In Adverts
Advertising Standards Agency agrees with BT that bold claims about reliability cannot be substantiated
EE Announces Rural 4G Push, More Double Speed Cities And In-Car Wi-Fi
EE talks about network expansion, new mobile Wi-Fi devices and the UK's "most affordable tablet" as it seeks to make 4G more accessible
Ofcom Won’t Regulate BT Openreach Fibre Access Costs
Ofcom plans for cheaper, more flexible fibre contracts but won't regulate cost of Openreach fibre access like it does for copper
BDUK Fibre Rollout Reaches 508,000 Properties
BDUK reaches half a million milestone as government-funded initiative accelerates rollout
BT To Recruit 1,600 Engineers, Targets Armed Forces And Women
BT wants more Openreach engineers to rollout fibre and fix faults
TalkTalk TV And B2B Units Boost Revenues As Fibre Demand Remains ‘Modest’
TalkTalk got 134,000 fibre customers during financial year, less than BT adds in Q4, but outlines plans for BT independence
Isle Of Wight BDUK Project Reveals First Fibre Locations
Isle of Wight BDUK project to benefit first communities by September
Virgin Media And Sky Sign New TV Deal To Fend Off BT
Virgin Media signs deals to add more Sky Sports channels to TV and online platforms as communications battle intensifies
Quiz Of The Week: Virgin Media
What do you know about the UK's biggest cable company?
BT Says Sport Investment Is Boosting Broadband Business
BT Sport is contributing to the company's growing broadband base as revenue increases in Q4
O2 Extends Fixed-Line Deal With BT, Adds Ethernet
O2 customers can buy BT's fibre and Ethernet services, as the two former stable-mates extend their partnership
ASA Raps BT For Inaccurate Speed Estimates
BT broadband availability checker gives inaccurate results rules advertising watchdog
Virgin Media Adds 189,000 Customers To Superfast Broadband Network
More than three quarters of all Virgin Media broadband users now have superfast speeds of 30Mbps+
Virgin Media Seeks To Press Home ‘Quad-Play’ Advantage With New Bundles
Virgin Media offers new landline, broadband, television and mobile bundles to customers to gain the edge over BT, Sky and others
Commuters Turn To Tube Wi-Fi As London Strike Causes Travel Chaos
Virgin Media reports an increase in London Tube Wi-Fi registrations but says number of devices falls by a third during strike
EE Wants Six Million 4G Customers By End Of The Year
EE 4G user base reaches 2.9 million, and operator says it's on track to double this number by the end of 2014
Virgin Media Adds Six More Stations To Tube Wi-Fi Network
Tube Wi-Fi network expands to 137 stations, with iOS devices being popular underground and BlackBerry traffic doubling
Just 15 Percent Of UK Homes Have 30Mbps Superfast Broadband
New research names Britain's 50 slowest broadband streets. Meanwhile, even those who have the option of superfast broadband are slow to adopt it
Netflix Says Comcast Time Warner Cable Merger Harms Net Neutrality
Netflix mulls price increase: its revenue and subscribers are increasing US ISPs are charging it for bandwidth
Virgin Media Fixes Email Issue After Users Complain Of Excessive Spam
Virgin Media customers with a 'virgin.net' address complain of receiving hundreds of messages after a service email lets anyone reply to the group
TalkTalk And Sky Challenge BT With York Fibre Network
TalkTalk, Sky And CityFibre join forces to offer FTTP services in York and model is set to expand to other cities
MPs Say BDUK Has Given BT A Rural Broadband Monopoly
Public Accounts Committee say DCMS and BT must be more transparent and publish detailed BDUK mapping
BT And Orange Named Ofcom’s Most Complained About Service Providers
BT narrowly takes title ahead of EE in broadband, while EE-owned Orange and T-Mobile struggle in the mobile division
Which? Calls On ISPs To Deliver Advertised Speeds And Better Customer Service
Which? launches better broadband campaign, after research finds UK customers get super slow service, not super fast network connections
Virgin Media Launches Cloud Storage Service
Virgin Media Cloud offers up to 50GB free storage per household, with increasing amounts for those willing to pay