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Vodafone Hasn’t Really Abolished Line Rental But It Has Made A Statement
ANALYSIS: Vodafone isn't really getting rid of line rental but by combining charges and offering cheap fibre, it shows it is committed to fixed broadband
Virgin Media Connects 85,000 Premises, Adds 42,000 Broadband Customers
Virgin Media says new builds are helping it attract more customers as £3bn Project Lightning network expansion continues
Sky Fixes Fibre Broadband After Network Upgrade Causes Outage
After BT broadband and EE roaming outages, Sky is the latest to suffer as fibre service goes down
EE 4G Roaming Problem Leaves Travellers Unable To Call Or Text Home
EE confirms issue with text, calls and data services abroad and confirms it is working on a fix for roaming problems
Ofcom Proposals To Ease Broadband, Pay TV Switching Concerns
New proposals to help switch between BT, Virgin Media, KCOM, and Sky to avoid double payments and loss of service
Sky Claims TV Gains But Looks To Mobile As Broadband Growth Slows
Sky added just 60,000 broadband customers in the second half of its financial year compared to 277,000 in the first. It is now looking to mobile.
Analysts Unsurprised At Ofcom Decision Not To Split BT Openreach
ANALYSIS: Telecoms experts say it was never likely Ofcom would liberate Openreach but warn its last chance saloon for BT and rivals might not benefit
BT Openreach To Become Separate Company With Independent CEO
Ofcom orders Openreach to be a legally separate company with its own board, CEO and budgets but won't separate it from BT just yet
ViaSat Brings Satellite Broadband To Air Force One
ViaSat promises US President will have the same level of connectivity on Air Force One as they do in the White House
BT Chairman: We’re Prepared To Create Independent Openreach Board
BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake accepts more must be done about Openreach transparency and service levels but warns formal separation would be disruptive
Bristol Network Partners Connect First Users To 10Gbps FTTP Broadband
Bristol Network uses council-owned ducts to provide 10Gbps capacity for wholesale ISPs
What Was Wrong With BT Broadband This Week?
ANALYSIS: Was your connection down this week? BT broadband suffered from two separate data centre outages in two consecutive days. Here's what happened
BT Broadband Suffers Second Day Of Outages After Telehouse Data Centre Power Failure
UPDATED: A second data centre power failure in as many days, this time at Telehouse North, causes disruption for BT broadband services
TalkTalk Loses More Broadband Customers But Makes Fibre Gains
TalkTalk's cyberattack hangover continues but revenues largely flat and company is optimistic about York FTTP pilot
Virgin Media Brings Cable To 450,000 London Premises And FTTP To Barnet
Virgin Media has already connected 100,000 premises to superfast broadband as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion. Now it targets 350,000 more by 2018
BT Broadband Outage Affects Customers Across UK
UPDATE: BT says it has fixed a power issue that caused broadband problems for 10 percent of customers
Vodafone Offers Smart Router And Fibre Broadband To SMBs
Vodafone offers fibre to small businesses across the UK as it expands further into fixed line communications
Virgin Media To Connect Business Parks To 300Mbps Broadband
Virgin Media will connect thousands of firms to its network as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion
Hyperoptic Gets £21m EU Loan To Expand 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network
Hyperoptic receives biggest ever UK internet loan from European Investment Bank (EIB) as it looks to expand its FTTP footprint
MPs Tell BT To Up Broadband Investment Or Face Openreach Separation
DCMS select committee says BT is not spending enough on broadband infrastructure and Openreach service levels are suffering
BT Openreach Repairs And Installations At Are ‘Best Ever’ Level
Openreach CEO praises staff and network investments as BT tries to fend off calls for Ofcom to make the open access division independent
Matthew Hancock Replaces Sacked Ed Vaizey As Digital Economy Minister
Cabinet reshuffle claims another victim as Ed Vaizey leaves government after six years and Matthew Hancock takes over broadband and tech policy
Prime Minister May ‘Should’ Replace Ed Vaizey As Broadband Minister
ISP Entanet wants Ed Vaizey to be replaced with Baroness Joanna Shields or a new ministry for communications to be created
Virgin Media Names Next 30 Villages To Be Connected To 300Mbps Broadband
Virgin Media will bring 300Mbps to SMBs in 30 more villages as part of its rural network expansion plans
EE 4G Customers Get Free BT Sport
EE 4G customers receive first benefits from the BT takeover in the form of free BT Sport for six months
BT Trials Openreach Fibre Ducts And Poles Access With 5 Broadband Providers
BT presses ahead with Ofcom demand to make it easier for other providers to access Openreach's ducts and poles to lay their own fibre cables
Digital Economy Bill Has First Reading In Parliament
Digital Economy Bill promises 10Mbps broadband for all, reformed planning laws for networks and consumer protections
CityFibre Builds 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network In Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes says CityFibre network will help it come smart city leader and boost education
Peterborough Connects 220 Sites To CityFibre FTTP And Gets Wi-Fi HD CCTV Cameras
Peterborough says it will save time and money while becoming more technically capable thanks to CittyFibre FTTP network