UK government considers whether to require a common charging cable for devices, mirroring EU law that took 13 years to implement
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Police Arrest Four Over BT Cable Theft In North Yorkshire
Police make arrests after Openreach confirms to Silicon UK that a cable theft left 200 homes without telephone or broadband for several days
Ofcom Rules To Ease Switching On Different Broadband Networks
New rules to make it simpler to switch broadband supplier in as little as a day, under Ofcom's “One Touch Switch” process
TeleGeography’s Updated Subsea Cable Map Shows Tech Influence
Updated map of world's undersea cables by TeleGeography shows growing engineering infrastructure capabilities of tech firms
Facebook, Google Reveal Apricot Undersea Cable For Asia
New undersea cable from Facebook and Google to connect Japan with south east Asia, to increase capacity, redundancy and reliability
Vodafone Ends Shareholder Tussle Over 2013 Kabel Acquisition
Seven year itch. British mobile operator to buy remaining shares in Kabel for £1.9 billion ($2.6 billion) to halt legal action
EU Investigates Chinese Fibre Optic Cable Imports
Official investigation to see if imports of fibre optic cables from China are being sold in Europe at artificially low prices
US Government To Reject Pacific Undersea Cable – Report
Undersea cable funded by Google and Facebook, connecting Los Angeles to Hong Kong, is to be blocked by US over national security concerns
Google Offline After Multiple Fibre Cables Cut At Same Time
Simultaneous cutting of fibre optic cables disrupts Internet access across Eastern Europe, Iran and Turkey
Pacific Undersea Cable Faces National Security Concerns
Undersea cable funded by Google and Facebook faces DoJ national security concerns over a Chinese investor
Google Transatlantic Cable Transmits 250TB/s Of Data
More speed vicar? Google Cloud customers in European to gain boost from undersea cable to US capable of carrying 250TB per second
New Fibre Breaks Petabit-Per-Second Data Barrier
The fibre, developed in Australia and Japan, is slightly narrower than standard fibre-optic cable but has 12 times the capacity
Telefonica Deutschland Calls For Vodafone’s Liberty Purchase Block
Opposition grows to Vodafone's European purchases as Telefonica Deutschland demands acquisition block
Vodafone Buys European Cable Assets Of Liberty Global
Owner of Virgin Media sells most of its European assets to British mobile operator Vodafone
Facebook, Amazon Pump Cash Into NTT’s Trans Pacific Cable
Jupiter cable to stretch 8,700 miles between Asia and US and will carry 60Tbps of data per second
Reading Receives 30km Of CityFibre’s High-Speed Network
Reading becomes the UK's latest Gigabit City with access to ultrafast broadband
Virgin Media Joins Forces With Redrow To Bring Ultrafast Broadband To 13,000 Homes
The partnership will help the spread of ultrafast broadband to new areas in the UK
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
Virgin Media Invites Rural Areas To Apply For 200Mbps Broadband
Communities in 18 counties can apply to be covered by Virgin Media's £3bn cable expansion
Broadband ISP Switching Just Got Easy
This weekend new Ofcom rules make it easier to switch broadband provider, but why is Virgin Media excluded?
Virgin Media To Connect 4m More Homes And Businesses To Cable
Virgin Media cable network is to reach 17m homes over the next five years in a £3 billion investment
UK Cable Broadband “Now Faster Than Fibre”, Says Ofcom
Watchdog survey also finds average UK broadband speed rose over last six months, with Virgin Media offering the fastest service
Google Mulls Underwater Cable Investment – Report
Google is reportedly looking to make an investment in a new subsea cable in the Pacific Ocean
Vodafone Bids £5.8bn For Spanish Cable Company Ono – Report
Vodafone reportedly looks to boost European fixed line network with another acquisition
Sky Customers Cut Off As Failed Copper Thieves Steal BT Fibre
At least the dimwitted criminals didn’t make any money
Vodafone Wins Shareholder Support For Kabel Acquisition
Vodafone got enough shareholder approval for its acquisition of Germany’s largest cable operator
Virgin Brand Continues As Liberty Global Buys Virgin Media
Liberty Global swallows Virgin Media to tackle Murdoch's BSkyB
BRICS To Cable The Southern Hemisphere
A 34,000 km submarine cable network linking five developing countries? Easy, says Andrew Mthembu of i3Africa
New Submarine Fibre Optic Cable To Link BRICS Countries
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will get superfast connection to each other and the United States
BT Fights Copper Thieves With RABIT
Telecoms giant BT introduces a new alarm system to fight metal theft and keep its network running