Telecoms

Local Government: ‘Up To’ Broadband Adverts Are Misleading Rural Users

Broadband adverts are misleading if touted speeds are only available to urban areas, says LGA

8 years ago

EE Is Best 4G Network For London Airports And Railway Stations

EE is named best or joint-best mobile network at six of eight London airports and train stations by RootMetrics

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

Superfast Broadband And 4G Adoption Rises As 15m Brits Take ‘Digital Detox’

Superfast broadband and 4G takeup grows, but millions undertake “digital detox” after spending a day a week online

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

EE Outrage Shows Roaming Is No Longer An Optional Luxury

ANALYSIS: Few can travel without a smartphone in 2016, which is why EE roaming outage was such an issue for…

8 years ago

EE Says Roaming Problems Are Now Fixed

EE says customers should be able to make calls, send texts and access data abroad. If not, turn it on…

8 years ago

BT Security CEO: We’ve Learned The Lessons From TalkTalk Hack

INTERVIEW: BT Security chief Mark Hughes explains how BT protects itself against attacks, how Brexit impacts skills gap and why…

8 years ago

Three ‘Takes Legal Action’ Against EU Over Failed £10.25bn O2 Merger

CK Hutchison, parent company of Three, confirms it has appealed the EC ruling amid reports it has taken legal action…

8 years ago

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.…

8 years ago

BT Gets EE Boost, Now Has 4.3m Fibre Broadband And 16.7m 4G Subscribers

BT gets boost from EE's mobile and SMB businesses as it snaps up 79 percent of all new broadband connections…

8 years ago

UK Telecoms Industry Disappointed BT Gets To Keep Openreach

ANALYSIS: Rival broadband providers and mobile operators welcome moves to make Openreach independent but aren't convinced it will solve underlying…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

Huawei Posts 40 Percent Revenue Growth

H1 sales on steady growth as company expects £57 billion revenue for 2016

8 years ago

Bristol Network Partners Connect First Users To 10Gbps FTTP Broadband

Bristol Network uses council-owned ducts to provide 10Gbps capacity for wholesale ISPs

8 years ago

EE Builds Temporary 4G Network For America’s Cup Sailing In Portsmouth

EE will boost its 4G network for spectators and race organisers this weekend for the America's Cup World Series event…

8 years ago

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.…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

Vodafone Achieves 20Gbps In 5G Tests With Huawei

Vodafone and Huawei test out 70GHz spectrum as race to develop 5G by 2020 continues

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

AT&T Offers Simple NFV To Businesses With ‘Network On Demand’ Expansion

AT&T looks to attract more businesses to NFV by promising rapid router and firewall rollout and simpler management

8 years ago

O2 CEO Ronan Dunne Steps Down After Failed Three Merger

O2 CEO decides its time for a change as Telefonica abandons plans to leave the UK market and appoints CFO…

8 years ago

EE And Vodafone Are The Best Mobile Networks At Wimbledon 2016

EE and Vodafone deliver mobile coverage aces at Wimbledon, but O2 is outplayed at SW19, says RootMetrics

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

Facebook’s OpenCellular Platform Enables Open Source Mobile Networks

OpenCellular platform looks to make it cheaper and easier to deliver mobile connectivity using open hardware and software

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

Digital Economy Bill Has First Reading In Parliament

Digital Economy Bill promises 10Mbps broadband for all, reformed planning laws for networks and consumer protections

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

Nationwide 30Mbps Satellite Broadband Service Goes Live

Avanti and Avonline offer 30Mbps service to everyone in the UK, claiming rural communities will benefit from affordable superfast broadband

8 years ago