UK Broadband News

The recent announcement of BT Broadband provider to roll out fibre based (FTTx) broadband network across the UK in the next four years came just after the UK telecom regulator, Ofcom assured  the ISPs that it will provide favourable regulatory environment for the ISPs to develop new infrastr....
19-07-2008 - More...

The WiMAX broadband pioneer, FREEDOM4 has joined hands with Warwickshire College to expand their wireless broadband services in the Warwick area, according to the report. The wireless ISP will also work in association with Konnex Networks to provide value added services at lowest cost to the indi....
17-07-2008 - More...

Tiscali ISP launched a new broadband package for business users in the UK. The new, super-fast business broadband package, named Annex M, will offer 16 Mbps download speeds and 2.5 Mbps upload speeds, according to the report.

The new business broadband service will be based on ADSL 2+ (AD....
15-07-2008 - More...

The latest research report from T-Mobile broadband provider shows that the number of mobile broadband customers in the UK has been significantly increasing in recent times. The study shows that nearly half of the (44 %) the respondents have expressed their desire to go online from any location in....
11-07-2008 - More...

The UK Mobile Broadband provider, Three (3) has announced that its mobile broadband customers cannot get the international roaming data usage as included in their packages, using non three mobile broadband service, according to a report.

To get roaming data usage when they travel ....
09-07-2008 - More...

The UK broadband provider, O2 and Sierra Wireless have introduced Compass 885 USB Modem for O2 mobile broadband customers.

The new modem comes with microSD memory card slot and offers quad-band GSM/EDGE support and UMTS/HSPA support. This USB modem has compatibility with both Macs and PCs....
07-07-2008 - More...

Ed Richards, CEO of Ofcom has pointed out that the regulator is in favour of creating the right kind of regulatory environment for the next generation of networks and encouraging the broadband providers to make risky investments for the benefit of consumers.

He further assured that if the....
03-07-2008 - More...

Orange, the UK ISP and mobile operator has announced new roaming data bundles for its mobile phone consumers, according to the report.

According to the new tariff, the Travel Data plans with 3MB data usage and 10MB data usage will cost £5.00 and £12 respectively. This will hel....
01-07-2008 - More...

PlusNet has announced half-price discount for three months on its consumer broadband packages (Broadband Your Way) when taken with home phone. This offer is subject to 12 month contract and applies only to the new customers or those who upgrade from PlusNet dial on to BBYW broadband packages.

Mobile broadband will see a huge jump in usage, in next five years, according to the report from Berg Insight. The research shows that the HSPA or LTE enabled laptops will reach a figure of 49 million by the year, 2013 showing a compound annual growth of 34.1 percent.
The report says that....
23-06-2008 - More...

UK Mobile operators O2 and T-Mobile have slashed the roaming charges for their customers who use their services in European Union countries, according to the report. O2 mobile customers who use 1 MB of data will pay £3 which means the new prices will allow the pre-paid customers to save mor....
21-06-2008 - More...

PlusNet is to optimize its traffic management with the help of Arbor Networks, according to a report.

The eSeries optimization methods of Arbor Networks will allow the ISP to deliver its broadband services to provide better customer satisfaction. Currently, PlusNet offers its ‘Broad....
19-06-2008 - More...

Today, Tiscali issued a statement regarding its dialup service which uses the software provided by Onspeed to offer better download speeds to its customers. The deal agreed earlier between the ISP and Onspeed allow the users to download websites and other online contents at much faster rate. The ....
17-06-2008 - More...

The Mobile broadband operator, Vodafone has topped the network test conducted by the Wireless company, the LCC International and was adjudged the most reliable and fastest mobile broadband provider in the UK. The test which was conducted during second quarter of this year has evaluated the perfor....
14-06-2008 - More...

While BT broadband is all set to test its next generation broadband services (fibre optic network) in Ebbsfleet, Ian Fogg, the Jupiter Research Analyst has criticised the ISP for testing much lower speed in a high speed network like fibre optic lines. It is announced that BT could offer starting ....
12-06-2008 - More...

BT has announced that its BT Total broadband customers will get increased monthly usage allowances from next month (1st July, 2008).

Accordingly, the Option 1 package which now offers 5GB per month, will provide 10GB usage allowance while the monthly price remains same i.e., &poun....
10-06-2008 - More...

BT broadband customers who subscribe to its Video On Demand (VoD) service, BT Vision will need to pay £3 per month to access the videos on demand from Channel 4 or BBC.

The TV Replay Pack, as it is called, will provide high quality videos as against the low quality videos that will ....
06-06-2008 - More...

BT, the major UK broadband provider is to launch a new broadband product that will offer 1 Gbps in near future. The new product will be a part of BT Wholesale Ethernet service and will use its 21CN network, according to the report.
 
According to the report, the new broadband s....
04-06-2008 - More...

Plusnet broadband provider has released the results of its quarterly broadband fault handling survey. According to the survey, 75% of customers reported average kind of fault related support experience while majority of the customers (56%) expressed that they were very satisfied with the support ....
02-06-2008 - More...

Ofcom, the UK telecom regulator sets out the first of its consultations that will look into prices of the wholesale access telecoms services offered by BT Openreach to other telecom operators. The review of prices will include Home and business WLR and LLU  (SMPF/MPF) services.

It sh....
31-05-2008 - More...