Telecoms

Plusnet Mobile Offers 4G SIM Only Plans As BT Rebrands LIFE Mobile MVNO

Phones4u launched LIFE Mobile in 2013, EE saved it from bankruptcy in 2014, BT bought EE in 2015, and now…

8 years ago

Isle of Arran Gets White Space Radio Powered Broadband

Nominet and Broadway Partners plan to extend white space broadband to other parts of Scotland and Wales using unused TV…

8 years ago

Telefonica Deutschland CEO Wants Looser Privacy Regulations In Germany

Telefonica Deutschland boss wants to monetise customer data, despite touchy feelings in Germany

8 years ago

BT Openreach Boosts FTTP Speeds From 330Mbps To 1Gbps

BT continues its rollout of FTTP broadband and will let other providers offer businesses up to 1Gbps

8 years ago

SSE Telecom Expands Communications Coverage With Capita Deal

Challenge to BT? New deal will see SSE's Project Edge network double its business postcode coverage

8 years ago

Virgin Media 4G Launches With Free WhatsApp And Mobile Data Rollover

Virgin Media 4G attempts to take custom away from EE, O2, Vodafone and Three with zero rated messaging and LTE…

8 years ago

CenturyLink Sells Data Centre Network For £1.7bn

CenturyLink shifts 57 data centres, including 5 in the UK, to fund acquisition of Level3 Communications

8 years ago

CenturyLink To Acquire Level 3 Communications For £20 Billion

The American telecoms giant looks to expand its fibre reach with Level 3's backbone network

8 years ago

MPs Demand National Roaming Network To Improve Rural Mobile Coverage

Broadband Infrastructure Group (BIG) believes macro not spot targeting for national roaming could help solve rural mobile coverage problems

8 years ago

Vodafone Is Fined £4.6m For Billing And Complaints Failures

Vodafone blames "complex" billing system migration for the biggest fine ever issued by Ofcom for "serious and sustained" breaches of…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Skype And How It Changed Worldwide Communications

It was not the first VoIP package on the market, but global uptake of Skype changed how the world communicated

8 years ago

Sky Mobile Launch Is Imminent But Its Quiet On Broadband Figures

Sky is happy with mobile plans but has no specific broadband numbers and analysts are concerned despite revenue growth

8 years ago

Nokia Achieves Record 65Tbps Transmission On Undersea Cables

Nokia says its technology could improve the capacity of submarine telecommunications networks around the world

8 years ago

Virgin Media To Connect 360,000 Properties in Scotland To Its Cable Network

Virgin Media continues network expansion and will connect one third of Scottish premises targeted by end of 2017

8 years ago

CityFibre Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To Sheffield & South Yorkshire

Businesses in Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster are the latest to benefit from CityFibre's 1Gbps broadband upgrades

8 years ago

London Has Slower, But More Reliable, 4G Than Rest Of The UK

Opensignal research shows disparities between London and the rest of the UK in terms of network performance

8 years ago

Three & TalkTalk Demand Ofcom Stops BT, Vodafone Getting Too Much Spectrum

Regulator is urged to impose a 30 percent cap ahead of spectrum auction next month as Three, TalkTalk voice concerns…

8 years ago

Ofcom Android App To Assess Mobile Network Performance

The app will be used to bolster Ofcom's research into mobile telecoms operators

8 years ago

CityFibre Reaches 40 Cities After £5m Redcentric Fibre Network Purchase

CityFibre acquires 137km of new fibre from Redcentric as its quest to be a BT Openreach rival continues

8 years ago

Cross Channel: HP Printers Reject Unofficial Ink, SMBs Want Local Partners

All the latest from the world of the channel. This week: Oracle, Cloud, HP, and printergate

8 years ago

BT Openreach Picks G.Fast Suppliers As Trials Reach London

BT reveals 12 more G.Fast trials and confirms Huawei and Nokia as equipment suppliers as Openreach continues ultrafast broadband push

8 years ago

New Tests Will Ensure Wi-Fi And 4G LTE-U Can ‘Share’ Unlicensed Spectrum

Mobile operators want unlicensed spectrum to boost 4G, but Wi-Fi relies on these airwaves. Wi-Fi Alliance hopes tests will allow…

8 years ago

Northampton Gets CityFibre 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network

CityFibre makes Northampton its latest gigabit city, delivering 1Gbps fibre broadband to businesses in the area

8 years ago

Network Rail ‘Shelves Plans’ To Sell Fibre Network

Network Rail suspends plans to sell fibre network, form a joint venture, or share capacity despite significant interest to boost…

8 years ago

Motorola Solutions CTO: Public Safety Will Be Transformed By Data-Driven Communications

INTERVIEW: Motorola Solutions CTO Paul Steinberg explains how data and enhanced communications can make cities safer - even if they're…

8 years ago

O2 CEO: Planning Reform Is Needed If UK To Be A 5G Leader

Ronan Dunne will leave O2 after 15 years but says out of the box thinking and better regulation will ensure…

8 years ago

Microsoft To Close Skype’s London Offices And Cut 220 Jobs

Microsoft is planning to shut down its Skype London offices and will make some of its 400 employees redundant

8 years ago

EE Starts Rollout of LTE-A Powered 360Mbps 4G+

EE looks to press home technical advantage with 360Mbps Cat9 LTE-A rollout, starting with Wembley Stadium

8 years ago

FreedomPop Mobile Network Offers Free WhatsApp

FreedomPop says it doesn't fear over the top players like WhatsApp and will embrace them instead

8 years ago

Three Extends Feel At Home Roaming To 24 New Countries

Three Feel at Home extends to 42 countries ahead of EU abolition of roaming in 2017

8 years ago