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Scottish Borders Council reveals budget plans for the coming financial year
The Scottish government has big plans for broadband. This much they made clear when they announced Scotland's Digital Future, which is basically a blueprint that speed up the current broadband connections by as much as five times. The Infrastructure Action Plan was unveiled by Secretary Alex Neil, who said: "There is no doubt ...
Councils instructed to improve broadband or miss out on funding
In a bid to push for better broadband infrastructure and faster connections, the government has set up Broadband Delivery UK. One goal of the program is to bring superfast broadband services with speeds of at least 2Mbps to the entire country. Another was to push for next-generation broadband to at ...
O2 patches bug that caused mobile phone number leaks
Networks and operators can expect a huge backlash if they don't put measures into place that will sufficiently protect their users data. And it was a huge backlash indeed that O2 got when users found out that it had been sending their mobile numbers to websites that they visited while ...
Superfast broadband coming soon to East Cleveland villages
Broadband has become such a huge and integral part in our culture nowadays. It has changed how we communicate with others and with how businesses go about their operations. In fact, poor Internet connections and broadband notspots have been found to affect businesses negatively, especially the tourism industry. Broadband has many ...
Ofcom wants new wholesale charge controls set for Openreach
Ofcom has made it known that it wants to implement a new set of controls for BT's Openreach division. Openreach was established back in 2006 as BT's infrastructure division that will allow the provider to implement certain projects alongside Ofcom. In line with this, Openreach will ensure that rival networks ...
Google brings ‘Juice Bars’ to Wales to help boost online businesses
Broadband has become an increasingly important part of businesses. Most establishments conduct a lot of their transactions online, as it is a more convenient way of handling documents and handling communications versus regular mail, fax, and other methods. Aside from that, it's generally available at cheaper rates. There are a lot ...
Plans behind Scotland’s Digital Future unveiled
The future of Scotland's broadband industry looks bright, thanks to the new plan that was recently unveiled called Scotland's Digital Future. Among other things, the plan hopes to bring broadband speeds that are five times faster than they currently are by 2015. The Infrastructure Action Plan was unveiled by Secretary Alex Neil, who ...
BSkyB’s net profits rise in the first half
Many firms are vying for the top spot in the Internet television and video streaming services sector in the UK. One of these is BSkyB, which is pitted against LoveFilm and Netflix to try to wedge out a majority portion of the market. In fact, the firm just recently announced ...
Faster broadband services to come with Scotland’s Digital Future
Scotland's broadband is set to receive a boost with the announcement of the launch of their government's blueprint called Scotland's Digital Future: Infrastructure Action Plan. Under this plan, broadband Internet connections in the country could get a boost of up to five times its current speed. The blueprint drawn up ...
BSkyB to launch their own internet TV service
Some people prefer Internet TV compared to cable television for many reasons. One of these is that there's usually a wider variety of channels to choose from with the former. Aside from that, it's entertainment on the go because all you need is Internet access, a laptop, and a digital ...
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- Scottish Borders Council reveals budget plans for the coming financial year
- Councils instructed to improve broadband or miss out on funding
- O2 patches bug that caused mobile phone number leaks
- Superfast broadband coming soon to East Cleveland villages
- Ofcom wants new wholesale charge controls set for Openreach