Monthly Archives: September 2009

As many people suspected, the European Union is more determined than ever before to become an integral part of the European broadband market and introduce yet more regulations. On one hand the EU is looking to encourage competition in the broadband sector while on the other it is also looking to ensure that some of [...]

In what some are calling a second privatisation of British Telecom, Ofcom has revealed that pricing restrictions which have held back British Telecom for some time are to be removed. The company has not been able to subsidise landline facilities to make their bundles more attractive, putting the company on a less competitive footing compared [...]

In an attempt to increase the take-up of broadband in rural areas of the UK, 10 different “not spots” have been identified and will receive assistance from BT with a new broadband enabling technology. As part of the UK government’s attempt to make broadband more accessible to more rural areas of the UK, British Telecom [...]

There was a significant outage for UK mobile broadband provider Orange on Thursday with customers unable to access the Internet and Blackberry users unable to access their e-mail is on the move. While the problem has since been solved there is concern that the issue dragged on for a number of hours which left many [...]

Despite plans by Lord Mandelson, the government’s business secretary, to suspend all broadband accounts where the users have been found to have downloaded copyrighted material there is a distinct split within the UK music industry. While many of the well-known names in the industry including Billy Bragg and Annie Lennox are against this draconian measure, [...]

Orange UK and T-Mobile UK are currently in talks regarding a possible merger after T-mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom revealed that the operation was for sale. The two companies are currently in exclusive talks about a 50-50 merger which would see the creation of a multibillion pound company in the UK made up of two [...]

While every day seems to bring about a new top speed in the UK broadband sector, new broadband packages and developments in broadband technology there is a feeling that not everybody is benefiting at the same rate. The fact that the average UK broadband speed is but a fraction of the high-speeds being quoted in [...]

It has been revealed that the take-up of worldwide broadband is continuing to rise despite the ongoing worldwide recession and the credit crunch currently being experienced by consumers and businesses around the globe. Figures released today show that 12.9 million new broadband lines were connected in the second quarter of 2009 making a worldwide total [...]

The sale of T-Mobile UK by German parent company Deutsche Telecom is well and truly underway with rumours that both O2 and Vodafone have bids of £3.5 billion on the table. While T-Mobile is currently the fourth largest operator in the UK with a market share of around 15%, the acquisition of the business by [...]

As the broadband industry in the UK continues to mushroom a warning has been released by O2 in relation to one of the company’s wireless broadband routers which may have a potential security flaw. It is alleged that the O2 wireless box III ASDL router has a design fault which could allow potential hackers to [...]