The broadband industry has been dominated by the ongoing investment into high-speed fibre-optic networks throughout the UK which will see the UK broadband industry move to the next level. However, the high degree of investment required to improve current networks and current services has prompted some people to consider whether this will kill or at [...]

Despite the fact that the headlines in the UK are dominated by the ongoing creation of a UK wide fibre-optic broadband network, there are few applications at the moment which demand the type of speeds we will see in the future. However, it is believed that media companies across the world are working flat out [...]

The £1.5 billion fibre-optic network investment plan announced by British Telecom some months ago was officially given the go-ahead by Ofcom earlier this week. Despite suggestions that Ofcom would severely limit the potential return on investment for BT it appears as though the recession will see a relatively lax regime with regards to the creation [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]