Broadband Business

In a move which could see broadband speeds of between 1 GB and 10 GB per second hit the UK over the next few years, the UK government has confirmed a £1 million development fund has been set up. The money is being used to fund up to 13 different projects which are looking to [...]

As the UK broadband market becomes ever more competitive there is a serious dispute raging between BT and Carphone Warehouse. The battle is over who is the U.K.’s leading broadband provider with Carphone Warehouse now suggesting, after the recent acquisition of the Tiscali UK broadband operation, that it has more residential broadband customers than BT. [...]

As we covered in one of our posts some time ago, the development of the Virgin Media fibre-optic broadband network could prove to be something of a regulatory headache in the medium to longer term. Much like British Telecom is forced to allow competitors to use its own broadband network, and the future fibre-optic broadband [...]

In what was most certainly a well timed and audacious bid from Carphone Warehouse, the company has managed to secure the acquisition of Tiscali’s UK broadband division which has been up for sale sometime. While there were concerns that the longer the operation was starved of funding, because of the financial status of Tiscali itself, [...]

In a move which had been expected for some time it has been revealed that Carphone Warehouse is to separate its broadband business and its mobile phone business. The TalkTalk operation, which includes fixed line and broadband operations, will be spun off into a separate company both of which will be listed on the UK [...]

It has been revealed that accountants Ernst & Young are refusing to sign off the 2008 report accounts for UK broadband operator Tiscali. With debts approaching £450 million and the proposed £600 million disposal of the UK division in tatters, there is growing concern for the short term future of the group. Shares in the [...]

While there is no doubt that Carphone Warehouse, the owner of the TalkTalk Broadband operation, has been very successful over the last few years, the broadband division has perhaps underperformed in the eyes of many. Under significant pressure from BT, Sky and Virgin Media the TalkTalk brand is set for a relaunch and a significantly [...]

Prodigy Internet customers are today reeling from news that BT Wholesale has effectively closed down the business after suspending the company’s Internet service agreement. This is not the first time the Prodigy Internet has been in the news with communications regulator Ofcom fining the company £30,000 in 2007 and £30,000 in 2008 after failing to [...]

It has been reported that Vodafone and Telefonica are looking at the possibility of acquiring Telecom Italia’s German broadband Internet business. The Hansenet division is also attracting the attention of other possible suitors although it is only Telefonica and Vodafone that have been asked to submit non-binding offers. The offers need to be in by [...]

As an Internet revolution continues to roll around the world many businesses are looking towards their Internet services and wondering exactly how they would survive without it. Over the last few years our dependence upon the World Wide Web has continued to grow with more and more businesses moving “online” to reduce their costs as [...]