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EE Admits To Security Flaw In Brightbox Routers
EE says it is working on fix to security flaw that could expose customers' personal information
Sky And Vodafone Discuss Possible Alliance To Combat BT – Report
Fearing challenges to their TV and mobile businesses, Sky and Vodafone could team up
39,000 Scottish Homes And Businesses Set To Receive BDUK Boost
Digital Scotland reveals the next Scottish BDUK locations
BT Awards £26.9m Contracts For Scottish Highlands And Islands Subsea Fibre Rollout
BT is to work with three companies on laying 250 miles of fibre-optic cables off the west coast of Scotland
O2, Virgin Media And Sky Top Ofcom Customer Service Charts
Ofcom research reveals pay TV and mobile users are happier than landline and broadband consumers
Ofcom Tells BT To Repair And Install Fixed Lines Faster Or Risk Fines
Ofcom seeks to shortern the time telephone and broadband line repairs, as well as finish new installations
Government Boasts Of 200,000 BDUK Premises As Rollout Accelerates
The government celebrates ‘Super Switch-on Day’, promising 25,000 homes and businesses will be added each week from spring 2014
BT And Eight Local Councils Team Up For £15m BDUK Manchester Deal
An additional 39,000 premises to receive fibre by March 2016 as part of BDUK Manchester project
BT Forces Customers To Make Parental Controls Choice
BT will offer network level parental controls to customers - and there's no sitting on the fence
BT Complaints Rise Following BT Sport Launch
Complaints about BT's landline, broadband and pay TV service increase, according to Ofcom
Sky Customers Cut Off As Failed Copper Thieves Steal BT Fibre
At least the dimwitted criminals didn’t make any money
Another 31 Communities In Devon And Somerset To Get Fibre Broadband
Local councils plan to have 91 percent superfast connectivity by 2016
Labour Telecoms Proposals Call For Reduced BT Line Rental Charges
Shadow Communications Minister Helen Goodman publishes proposals to protect consumers from fixed line and mobile operators
TalkTalk Business Pitches Cheap Ethernet Over FTTC Service
TalkTalk Business offers a symmetric Ethernet service without laying fibre to your door
BT Openreach CEO Liv Garfield Leaves For Severn Trent
Garfield will leave in the spring after overseeing BT fibre deployment
Rural Broadband Questions, As Two Altnet Schemes Lose Council Support
Support for alternative rural broadband projects has been dropped by two English councils, raising more concerns
CityFibre To Invest £30m In Peterborough Gigabit Fibre Network
CityFibre makes Peterborough its latest gigabit city, and will start delivering services in spring
Virgin Media To Increase Broadband Speeds – And Prices
Virgin Media is to raise broadband and television prices by an average of 6.7 percent, as it prepares to launch a 152Mbps fibre-optic offering
BT Openreach CEO ‘Frustrated’ At Constant BDUK Criticism
Openreach CEO Liv Garfield says BDUK is on track and suggests it could use more government funding
Superfast Cornwall Reaches 82 Percent Fibre Coverage
Cornwall becomes the best connected rural region in Europe as better connections save and create jobs in the county
No UK City Has Superfast Broadband Claims uSwitch
uSwitch research contradicts Ofcom findings, but BT says to believe the official figures
BT Adds 195,000 To Its Fibre Network In Record Quarter For Openreach
BT adds 195,00 new and existing broadband subscribers to fibre as BT Sport secures 2m sign-ups
Ofcom Allows Consumers And SMBs To Exit Mobile And Broadband Deals If Prices Rise
Ofcom says service providers must make customers aware of mid-contract price hikes and their right to cancel
BT To Trial Huawei G.FAST FTTdp Copper Broadband Technology
1Gbps broadband on the way with G.FAST and FTTdp, say Huawei and BT
EE Set To Replace Vodafone As BT’s Mobile Partner
With BT's MVNO agreement with Vodafone rumming out, EE will be the new BT mobile partner for business customers and BT employees
Tim Berners-Lee Launches Alliance For Affordable Internet
The new non-profit will campaign for open and competitive broadband markets in the developing world
Berkshire And BT Sign £8m BDUK Broadband Deal
Around 18.000 premises are set to benefit from BDUK cash
PAC: BT And Government Are Killing Broadband Competition
DCMS advised to stop throwing money at BT until it comes up with a more competitive framework
TalkTalk Offers Basic Broadband for £2.50 Per Month
There's still £15.40 to pay for the line rental, obviously