Monthly Archives: February 2009

There is intense speculation that this week will see Ofcom finally give British Telecom the green light for the creation of the U.K.’s first nationwide fibre-optic network. After over two years of industry consultation it looks as though British Telecom has won the battle of wills with Ofcom and its competitors and will be allowed [...]

In line with the likes of Vodafone broadband, it has been announced that O2 broadband will be available on a variety of Samsung laptops as the relationship between mobile broadband providers and laptop manufacturers becomes ever closer. Initially the deal will see O2 mobile broadband available on the Samsung NC10 and two versions of the [...]

Vodafone and O2 are locked in a bitter row the telecoms regulator Ofcom over the proposed division of their 900 Mhz bandwidth which is currently owned by the two leading mobile broadband operators. The row was broken out after the government release plans to provide broadband Internet access to every home in the UK by [...]

It has been revealed that Ofcom, the official regulator of the broadband industry, will not stand in the way of British Telecom’s fibre-optic network project to roll out superfast broadband to 10,000,000 UK homes by 2012. The company is set to spend£1.5 billion on the project although there had been a suggestion it could be [...]

Be broadband is in the rather difficult position of having to upgrade its broadband network in many areas of the UK after becoming “too successful”. A number of customers in the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been experiencing slower speeds than the company had hoped, especially in the peak periods of [...]

The emergence of the mobile broadband market was always on the cards and it seems as though everybody wants a slice of the action in order to position themselves for the future. Target Components, one of the U.K.’s leading IT trade-distribution companies, has announced a deal with 3 mobile which will see the group supply [...]

PlusNet Broadband has announced the activation of a fourth additional 155Mbps segment of central broadband capacity to its network. While there may be some balancing issues in the short term as customers are redirected to the appropriate area of the enlarged network this is very much a case of short-term pain for long-term gain. The [...]

BT broadband has today issued figures which show that group has retained its position at the top of the broadband providers league. The company has 4.7 million broadband subscribers, which include an additional 83,000 new customers from the last quarter of 2008, and there would appear to be little competition on the horizon for the [...]

As the UK government continues to march towards super speed broadband in the UK there are growing concerns among broadband consumers that they have not been canvassed for their opinions. The government has announced a multi-million pound package to increase broadband usage and broadband availability throughout the UK but ultimately it will be UK broadband [...]

There has been a very interesting development in the ongoing modernisation of many secondary schools throughout the UK. The modern schools of today will come equipped with the latest IT equipment, education and accessories and more importantly for those of a computer minded nature, Wi-Fi enabled networks throughout the school premises. This is a major [...]