Broadband

ITU Calls For Global Action On Broadband Inclusion

The International Telecommunication Union says that broadband is a basic civil right, and half the world should have access by…

14 years ago

Pigeon Beats Rural Broadband In File Transfer Challenge

Feathers could be ruffled at some telco providers after a pigeon turned out to be faster than a broadband connected…

14 years ago

Digital Divide Can Only Get Worse, Says Ovum

The government wants to narrow the digital divide between town and country but will its current approach bear fruit when…

14 years ago

Project Canvas Launched As YouView

Canvas, the BBC-backed free-to-air digital TV box will arrive next year under the name YouView

14 years ago

Ericsson Shows PC And Tablet Broadband Modules

Ericsson has launched a 21Mbps mobile broadband module for notebooks and netbooks and demonstrated a 7.2Mbps module for tablets at…

14 years ago

UK Copyright Act Could Put Up Broadband Costs

Home broadband could cost more - as ISPs pass on the cost of the Digital Economy Act

14 years ago

Ofcom Plans To Ease Broadband Migration

Consumers think switching from broadband provider is difficult, but Ofcom plans to spur competition

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BT Defends Broadband Quote For Welsh Village

BT explains the reasons for its high quote to provide a broadband service for a remote Welsh village, as Rutland…

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Virgin Cashes In With Student Broadband Deals

Virgin is offering nine-month contracts for students, to help them save money over the summer period when they are not…

14 years ago

Brits Confused By Broadband Advertising

Misleading broadband advertising is confusing British consumers, a survey has found

14 years ago

ITU Boss Calls For Broadband Development

In the developing world, the price of broadband is holding back economic development, warns the head of the ITU

14 years ago

Lord ‘Digital Britain’ Carter Warns Of Broadband Inaction

The government was wrong to delay universal broadband till 2015, said the former Digital Britain minister Stephen Carter

14 years ago

BT Exceeds 15 Million Broadband Customers

BT has notched up its 15 millionth broadband customer, but problems with nation-wide rollout and below-par speeds are still causing…

14 years ago

BT Rapped Again By ASA Over Broadband Advert

BT has been pinged by the Advertising Standards Authority yet again, following complaints over BT's advertised broadband speeds

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Three Quarters Of Brits Now Online

Ofcom research says 71 percent of Britons are now online, with increasing numbers using mobile devices

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ISPA Slams Government ‘Fibre Tax’ U-Turn

The Internet Service Providers' Association has avowed "disappointment" at the government's fibre broadband plans

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Bournemouth Sewer Fibre Rollout Sinks

Plans to wire up the UK town of Bournemouth using the sewer system have fallen through following 'contractual problems'

14 years ago

Minister Backtracks On Fibre Tax Review

Government minister Ed Vaizey refused to review controversial business rates on fibre, at the launch of a Vtesse fibre network…

14 years ago

Inmarsat Pushes Ahead With Satellite Broadband Plans

Providing broadband via satellite is becoming an increasingly viable way to provide access to remote areas

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Eutelsat Satellite To Bridge Broadband Digital Divide

The KA-SAT satellite is being developed for Eutelsat to provide faster broadband services to the digitally deprived

14 years ago

Lane Fox: Funding Shortfall No Barrier To Online Push

Britain's digital champion has no government funding to get the rest of Britain online, but she's determined to push ahead…

14 years ago

Mobile To Swamp Fixed Broadband, Warn Analysts

The growth of mobile broadband will massively outstrip the growth of fixed broadband by the end of 2015, says analyst…

14 years ago

Europe To Get 100 Million Smart Meters By 2014

The UK, France and Spain will be the next countries to deploy meters in large numbers, according to analysts

14 years ago

Ofcom Slams ISPs For Misleading Broadband Speeds

Copper is not as efficient as fibre when it comes to delivering advertised broadband speeds, the regulator claims

14 years ago

EC Announces €6.4 billion Tech Stimulus Plan

The EC investment plan includes €1.2 billion for IT, and cash for “carbon-free” systems

14 years ago

Culture Secretary Delays 2Mbps Broadband Till 2015

Jeremy Hunt blames funding shortfall for delay to universal broadband - after blocking Labour's broadband tax

14 years ago

Government And BT Haggle At Broadband Summit

At a Broadband Britain summit, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says companies should share networks, but BT says the job requires…

14 years ago

Google Reveals More Details Of Broadband Plan

Google July has launched a Website to keep people in the loop on the company's plans to build ultra-high speed…

14 years ago

Government Appeals For Broadband Access Ideas

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt will ask telecom firms how to tackle the broadband divide in the United Kingdom

14 years ago

Fox And Cameron Announce Bid To Get The Poor Online

Digital champion Martha Lane Fox and Prime Minister David Cameron plan to get the poorer elements of society off expensive…

14 years ago