broadband

BT Agrees To Legally Separate Openreach

BT will make Openreach a separate company with own brand, staff, board, budget and strategy - but it won't be…

8 years ago

British Airways Confirmed As Launch Partner For New In-Flight Wi-Fi Network

In-flight Wi-Fi on British Airways moves a step closer with new deal with Inmarsat's European Aviation Network

8 years ago

Virgin Media Plans 38,000 New Edinburgh Broadband Connections

Ten percent of the new Scottish connections in Virgin Media's Project Lightning will be in Edinburgh

8 years ago

London Hosts First UK 5G Fixed Wireless Trial As Samsung & Nokia Work On Interoperability

Arqiva and Samsung will trial 5G on 28GHz in fixed wireless access tests as latter works with Nokia to ensure…

8 years ago

House Of Lords Demands 30Mbps USO In Digital Economy Bill Defeat

Not fast enough. Lords sends Digital Economy Bill back to the Commons after universal service obligation defeat for broadband

8 years ago

Newcastle Now Has 1Gbps FTTP Broadband From Hyperoptic

The broadband company moves closer to reaching its 500,000 properties target in 2019

8 years ago

Battersea Power Station Development Gets 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

Hyperoptic is picked to build a new network at massive regeneration project at iconic Battersea Power Station

8 years ago

How Vodafone Is Improving 4G At Sports Stadiums

Vodafone has been testing all manner of techniques to make it easier to cope with a fivefold increase in traffic…

8 years ago

Free Inverness Wi-Fi Goes Live As Hebrides Project Gets 30Mbps Broadband Boost

Free Wi-Fi hopes to aid businesses in Inverness while island of Tiree community broadband project gets £91,000 upgrade to 30Mbps…

8 years ago

Three Buys Relish Operator UK Broadband In £250m 3.4GHz Spectrum Grab

Three buys fixed wireless broadband operator UK Broadband, which delivers services over 3.4GHz

8 years ago

European In-Flight Wi-Fi Moves A Step Closer After Inmarsat Test

Using Wi-Fi on British Airways and other carriers in Europe will soon be a possibility after Inmarsat completes latest test

8 years ago

Former Union Boss Joins BT Openreach Board Amid Breakup Pressure

New appointees for BT Openreach board to guide organisation amid intense seperation pressure

8 years ago

TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding To Step Down

Harding will step down in May after overseeing TalkTalk transformation but criticised for cybersecurity issues

8 years ago

BT Blames Wales Broadband Delays On Access Problems

BT says access and digging permission are what's stopping it from connecting another 400,000 premises in rural Wales

8 years ago

Australia Prepares For 5G With Launch Of 1Gbps 4G

Telstra and its network partners gear up for 5G launch with gigabit LTE in major Australian cities

8 years ago

IT Life: Colin Lees, BT Business & Public Sector CIO

Colin Lees talks BT-EE integration, the cloud services and his love of Spotify

8 years ago

Hyperoptic Targets New Builds In 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Expansion

Hyperoptic connects first new build development to its broadband service and wants more to sign up

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi has its origins in the telecom market, and arguably its popularity neutred the absolute power of telecom giants

8 years ago

BT Profits Crash Amid Italian Accounting Scandal And Slowing Business Demand

BT's consumer business continues to perform but profits plunge by 37 percent due to Italian writedown and company predicts business…

8 years ago

New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Likely to Overturn Predecessors Initiatives

ANALYSIS: Despite warnings of calamity from some circles, Ajit Pai has a long history of bipartisan consensus building and of…

8 years ago

Vodafone Scraps Separate Line Rental Charge For Business Broadband

Vodafone promises greater clarity for SMB broadband customers by bringing unit in line with consumer division

8 years ago

Avaya Bankruptcy Sends Clear Message to Legacy IT Makers

ANALYSIS: Avaya's bankruptcy is major news because it involves the world's largest and most widely installed legacy on-premises communications systems…

8 years ago

Ofcom Could ‘Liberalise’ Spectrum Allocation For Satellite Broadband

Easier access to spectrum, with provision of additional spectrum among watchdog promises for satellite broadband

8 years ago

Stirling Council And Local Businesses To Get 1Gbps Broadband Boost

CityFibe will build another gigabit FTTP broadband network, this time in the ancient capital of Scotland

8 years ago

Jersey FTTP Broadband Rollout Now At 70 Percent

Jersey claims to have most FTTP connections as a percentage of total broadband links in the world

8 years ago

Symantec Norton Core Wi-Fi Router Promises To Secure Smart Home And Office

Automatic updates, packet inspection and high performance Wi-Fi are promised by new Symantec router

8 years ago

£440m Government Windfall To Extend Superfast Broadband Coverage

Government finds £440m cash down the back of sofa to connect extra 600,000 premises to superfast broadband

8 years ago

Sky Offers Cheapest Fibre Broadband, But Only If TV Is Included

Virgin Media and BT Infinity will need to up their game

8 years ago

BT And Plusnet Top Ofcom’s Most Complained About List Over Broadband Woes

Telecoms providers still can't make people happy over broadband services

8 years ago

UK Digital Divide Drops But Universal Broadband Still Lacking

Good progress has been made in the UK's telecoms and wireless networks in 2016

8 years ago