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 the future of Tiscali, and in particular the company’s UK broadband division, comes under closer scrutiny many are asking if the UK division can survive. Share trading in Tiscali was suspended some time ago after the banks demanded the production of a repayment program to cover their debts. The company is currently under a [...]

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 [...]

The Broadband Forum has today announced a significant increase in IPTV viewing figures around the world. While IPTV has not really caught on in the UK as yet, there has been a significant increase in many areas of the world. Of particular interest is the North American IPTV market which more than doubled in 2008 [...]

While the broadband industry as a whole has performed very well during these difficult economic times we are starting to see signs of consumer unrest with regards to long-term contracts which lock-in customers for anything up to 12 months and beyond. Many of the major players in the broadband industry are reporting increased popularity for [...]

A Which? magazine survey has confirmed the worst fears of many broadband customers in the UK, that on the whole they are being charged excessive amounts of money for technical telephone assistance. The magazine found that 32 of the 45 technology companies which were surveyed used varying charges to increase their income with companies such [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]