Monthly Archives: August 2008

A report was issued last week by Ofcom which revealed that although the broadband market in the UK continues to grow, this expansion has started to slow considerably. The percentage of UK homes taking up broadband services witnessed a 6% rise from last year’s figures, leaving the current percentage of UK homes supplied with broadband [...]

An Ofcom report released yesterday suggested that mobile broadband usage is experiencing a huge increase, with over 133,000 mobile broadband devices sold in just the last month. In addition, it was reported that sales of 3G USB broadband modems grew by an average of 18% in the last six months.
On top of this, it has [...]

It was revealed yesterday that the US broadband market is mirroring that of the UK, with sharp drops in the rate of growth in the industry. The broadband market analysis firm, Leichtman Research Group Ltd., reported that the growth in broadband connections in the US in the second quarter of this year marked the lowest [...]

A recent report has indicated that WiMAX (or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), the leading wireless technology provider, is set to infiltrate the Indian broadband market in a big way – with a forecast of 27.5 million users by the year 2012.
The study by the WiMAX forum has predicted that about 70% of users will [...]

After last year’s announcement that US broadband speeds lag behind most other developed countries in the world, it was expected that companies would make a concentrated effort to improve service to bring the speed of US broadband up to the level of that of countries such as the UK and Japan. However, in a report [...]

While the broadband regulator has stepped in on a number of occasions to censor firms which are promising broadband speeds that are not available to the masses, there are concerns that this light handed approach is not bringing results. A recent survey has yet again highlighted how far many broadband users are from the [...]

As a recent report from Gartner forecast that UK broadband penetration will top the 60% mark by the year 2012. However, the research note also suggests that the UK may well fall behind other countries around the world as the government have no plans to assist with the building of the UK fibre optic [...]

As the take-up of broadband continues to grow in the UK it seems as though the sector is now suffering from a deluge of scams, hitting many people who are not fully aware of how the industry works. The latest scam, which was identified in the Northwest of the UK, involves a fraudster calling [...]

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced plans for a free broadband service to cover the country. The service will be based upon what are now known as “advanced wireless services” which can include a range of technologies from 3G to the latest broadband delivery system. As has become very common in [...]