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Mayor of London Plans Tube 4G Mobile Coverage By 2019Mayor of London Plans Tube 4G Mobile Coverage By 2019

Mayor of London Plans Tube 4G Mobile Coverage By 2019

Mayor wants tube 4G coverage by 2019, a team of notspot specialists and for local authorities to do more to…

8 years ago
KCOM Hit With £900,000 Fine For 999 Call FailuresKCOM Hit With £900,000 Fine For 999 Call Failures

KCOM Hit With £900,000 Fine For 999 Call Failures

KCOM had a single point of failure in the way it handles emergency calls, Ofcom finds

8 years ago
Virgin Media Project Lightning ‘Back On Track’ As It Reaches 5m Broadband CustomersVirgin Media Project Lightning ‘Back On Track’ As It Reaches 5m Broadband Customers

Virgin Media Project Lightning ‘Back On Track’ As It Reaches 5m Broadband Customers

Virgin Media adds 127,000 new properties to its network during Q2 and says the management issues that affected rollout have…

8 years ago
Average UK Broadband Speed Of 16.51Mbps Is ’31st Fastest’ In The WorldAverage UK Broadband Speed Of 16.51Mbps Is ’31st Fastest’ In The World

Average UK Broadband Speed Of 16.51Mbps Is ’31st Fastest’ In The World

UK compares well to the rest of the world in terms of broadband, but experts say more FTTP is needed…

8 years ago
Businesses Face Fines If Cyberattack Causes ‘Essential’ Service OutageBusinesses Face Fines If Cyberattack Causes ‘Essential’ Service Outage

Businesses Face Fines If Cyberattack Causes ‘Essential’ Service Outage

'Essential' infrastructure operators could be fined £17 million or 4 percent of global turnover if they suffer an outage because…

8 years ago
Newcastle Council Brings 1Gbps Broadband To Social Housing EstatesNewcastle Council Brings 1Gbps Broadband To Social Housing Estates

Newcastle Council Brings 1Gbps Broadband To Social Housing Estates

Newcastle aims to promote digital inclusion with 1Gbps broadband coverage from Hyperoptic

8 years ago
Post Office Hopes Community Focus & Fuel Broadband Acquisition Will Grow Telecoms UnitPost Office Hopes Community Focus & Fuel Broadband Acquisition Will Grow Telecoms Unit

Post Office Hopes Community Focus & Fuel Broadband Acquisition Will Grow Telecoms Unit

Post Office says its serious about its telecoms business as it acquires 60,000 Fuel Broadband subscribers and invests in UK…

8 years ago
Broadbad 2.0: MPs’ ‘Unhelpful’ Report Is Slammed By Broadband IndustryBroadbad 2.0: MPs’ ‘Unhelpful’ Report Is Slammed By Broadband Industry

Broadbad 2.0: MPs’ ‘Unhelpful’ Report Is Slammed By Broadband Industry

British Infrastructure Group (BIG) report has the backing of 57 MPs but the broadband industry and experts accuse it of…

8 years ago
USO: BT Offers To Fund And Build 10Mbps Broadband For EveryoneUSO: BT Offers To Fund And Build 10Mbps Broadband For Everyone

USO: BT Offers To Fund And Build 10Mbps Broadband For Everyone

Government launches consultation for universal service obligation for broadband but it might not be needed if BT alternative is accepted

8 years ago
Hyperoptic Wants To Bring 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To 5m Premises By 2025Hyperoptic Wants To Bring 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To 5m Premises By 2025

Hyperoptic Wants To Bring 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To 5m Premises By 2025

Hyperoptic raises £100 million and wants to expand its fibre broadband coverage

8 years ago
BT To Integrate EE Into Consumer Unit As BT Italy Payouts Hit ProfitsBT To Integrate EE Into Consumer Unit As BT Italy Payouts Hit Profits

BT To Integrate EE Into Consumer Unit As BT Italy Payouts Hit Profits

EE CEO Marc Allera to head up expanded consumer unit as challenging business markets and BT Italy fallout hit profits

8 years ago
Rivals Close 4G Gap On EE As Operators Make Gains In NationsRivals Close 4G Gap On EE As Operators Make Gains In Nations

Rivals Close 4G Gap On EE As Operators Make Gains In Nations

EE still tops Rootmetrics' rankings but the best network might depend on whether you live in England, Scotland, Wales or…

8 years ago
O2 Has 25.1m Users And 97 Percent Outdoor 4G CoverageO2 Has 25.1m Users And 97 Percent Outdoor 4G Coverage

O2 Has 25.1m Users And 97 Percent Outdoor 4G Coverage

O2 says customer service and 4G network investments are paying off

8 years ago
Businesses In Southend And Berkshire Get 1Gbps Broadband BoostBusinesses In Southend And Berkshire Get 1Gbps Broadband Boost

Businesses In Southend And Berkshire Get 1Gbps Broadband Boost

Alternative broadband network infrastructure providers press ahead with plans for FTTP as bigger players turn their attention towards pure fibre

8 years ago
Samsung & Arqiva London 5G Trial Hopes To Establish Fixed Wireless Alternative To FibreSamsung & Arqiva London 5G Trial Hopes To Establish Fixed Wireless Alternative To Fibre

Samsung & Arqiva London 5G Trial Hopes To Establish Fixed Wireless Alternative To Fibre

5G arrives in London and could be used to power ultrafast broadband services from next year

8 years ago

O2 To Track Music Fans’ Movements & Behaviour At Academy Venues

O2 extends agreement to sponsor Academy Venues, getting more Priority Tickets and to install tech that will monitor gigs and…

8 years ago

Vodafone’s UK Misery Continues But Investments & Fixed Growth Suggest Revival Is Near

Vodafone revenues fall in the UK but growth in home broadband service coupled with network investments give rise to optimism

8 years ago

Vodafone Adds Alexa AI Customer Service Improvements To Boost 4G Enhancements

Vodafone improves social media customer service, offers voice-authenticated Alexa AI support and enhances chatbot

8 years ago

Openreach FTTP Broadband Consultation Invites Others To Invest In ‘Large Scale’ Rollout

Openreach broadband consultation invites government and other providers to look at new investment and funding models for FTTP

8 years ago

San Marino Set To Become Europe’s First 5G Nation

Italian operator TIM is set to upgrade mobile networks in San Marino to 5G starting later this year

8 years ago

Ofcom Sets Up BT Openreach Monitoring Unit

Ofcom outlines how it plans to make sure Openreach is acting independently of BT

8 years ago

Openreach Starts Removing BT From Its Brand

Openreach will remove BT from its logo, vehicles and equipment by 2021 as part of phased rebranding

8 years ago

Virgin Media Outage Takes London Borough Councils Offline

Virgin Media fixes problems in London after difficult week

8 years ago

Severed Fibre Cables Cause BT, TalkTalk And Sky Broadband Outage

Openreach works to fix severed cables that have affected customers of several broadband providers in East Sussex

8 years ago

Hull FTTP Rollout To Deliver 1Gbps Broadband To 10,000 More Premises

Hull FTTP broadband gathers pace with 75 percent set to be covered by KCOM by the end of 2017

8 years ago

Vodafone And BT Get Most Complaints For Mobile And Broadband

List of shame....Vodafone, BT, TalkTalk top complaint table, as Sky remains the goody two shoes

8 years ago

Scottish Regions Rank Worst In Broadband Speed Study

Orkney, Shetland and Highland have come in at the bottom of Which? rankings for average broadband speeds in local council…

8 years ago

Vodafone Deploys Europe’s First Massive MIMO Base Station In 4G Coverage & Capacity Drive

Vodafone is using Massive MIMO to improve capacity and pressing ahead with coverage improvements ahead of 4.5G and 5G

8 years ago

BT Offers Free BT Sport To Business Broadband Customers

BT looks to sweeten the deal for business subscribers by giving them free BT Sport. Productivity issues ahoy?

8 years ago

EE 4G Smart Tent Brings Smart Home Tech To Glastonbury

EE is making 'glamping' smarter as it continues 4G partnership with Glastonbury

8 years ago