Monthly Archives: February 2009

It has been revealed by two independent market research organisations (EITO and GSMA) that the UK mobile broadband market is leading Europe forward with above average growth expected in the short to medium term. While the rest of the world is engulfed by the ongoing worldwide recession, it appears that mobile broadband providers are at [...]

As the Tiscali empire continues to be broken up, the management have expressed a wish to conclude the sale of the Tiscali UK broadband business by the end of March 2009. The company has already sold off the International Network division leaving the way clear for a complete sale of the UK operation. So who [...]

Even as the recession continues to spread around the world, UK broadband providers are rolling out some of the most attractive broadband offers we have seen to date. It seems as though even in these most difficult of business environments the broadband industry, both fixed line and mobile broadband, is performing well ahead of many [...]

While the UK government continues to roll out a variety of broadband initiatives for the future, with the intention that all of the UK will at some point in the future have access to super speed broadband, is this the way forward?
While estimates vary regarding the cost of introducing a fibre-optic network to the UK, [...]

Whilst many people in the UK still question the value of the Internet and in particular broadband going forward, the recent adverse weather conditions in the UK will surely have made sceptics think again?
As much of the UK was exposed to significant snowfall earlier this month there were reports of substantial spikes in the use [...]

A quick look around the UK broadband sector confirms the surprising situation which sees TalkTalk broadband and Sky broadband as the only two companies in the sector which have no exposure to the mobile broadband market. While there is no specific reason why the companies have no exposure to the sector, with Carphone Warehouse (the [...]

As we approach this year’s Comic Relief appeal, BT broadband has stolen a march on many competitors by sponsoring a celebrity climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. The BT Red Nose Climb will see the company cover the cost of the celebrity climb and BT broadband has also committed itself to paying £65 for each and every [...]

In a further sign of things to come in the future broadband market it has been revealed that Orange broadband has tied up with HP Compaq and Toshiba to offer connectivity services for two laptops in their range. The company has also invested substantial amounts of money in creating a new mobile broadband dongle manufactured [...]

While Gordon Brown has taken many of the headlines in relation to the UK broadband network it would appear that work is well underway in Scotland to ensure that broadband (and eventually super broadband) will be more widely available across the country. Finance secretary John Swinney has this week revealed that 4000 extra homes and [...]