Archive for January, 2009
Universal broadband in the UK will be reliant on mobile operators
In order to deliver Lord Carters recent commitment to provide 2Mbps broadband connections to every home in the UK by 2012 the government will be turning to mobile operators. The specifics of the functioning of a new Universal Service Commitment appear to be limited in the recently published Interim Digital Britain ...
NGN in the UK left open for public funding
A market led deployment of a next generation network is to be assessed by the government as it lays out a universal broadband service commitment in the UK. The driving force for the coverage of a next-generation network (NGN) in the future could still be funded by the public according to ...
Officials say laptops becoming more affordable
Industry officials have recently reported that laptops are becoming more affordable and even higher spec models are now available at lower prices. In the past having a laptop has been seen as something of a luxury other than for those that have them for business use. However, according to some industry ...
Spending plans will not be hit by unit problems says BT
The chief executive of BT has recently announced that its ambitious plans for investment at the telecoms company will not be affected by problems with BT Group’s Global Services business. The better-than-expected results within the rest of the BT group would be far outweighed by charges of £340 million ($480 million) ...
Next generation broadband in the UK is led by Birmingham
According to BT the Black Country and Birmingham are leading the UK when it comes to the development of the next generation of broadband communication in both businesses and homes. Exchanges in Birmingham are now enabled for ‘next generation broadband’ services on more than 77 percent of its broadband and phone ...
Latest independent mobile broadband tests put T-Mobile at the top
Recent independent performed testing by one of the major network testing companies has once again found that mobile broadband provider T-Mobile to offer the fastest download speeds over mobile broadband in the UK. For the second quarter in a row mobile telecoms provider T-Mobile has hit the top of the table ...
Return to mobile communications being considered by BT
Telecoms service provider BT looks to be returning to the mobile network sector with discussions currently ongoing between BT and two other major mobile telecom providers with regards to 3G services in the UK. It is understood that there are currently plans underway for the UKs dominant telecoms provider BT to ...
Public to play an important role in the future of UK broadband
The latest claim from an advisory group in a recent forum is that the future of super-fast broadband connections is in the hands of the public and that they will strong affect the broadband network infrastructure that will be created throughout the country. The future of the UKs high-speed broadband network ...
Plans for legal P2P scrapped by Virgin
Demands were made recently by a number of record labels that non-subscribers and subscribers of its planned legal music download service were prevented from sharing music. The decision made by Virgin Media, the UK ISP, to scrap its tentatively named "Virgin Music Unlimited" plan has been report to have come after ...
UK Broadband for all subject to further delays
It has been suggested that the high-speed fibre optic broadband rollout proposed by the Communications Minister, Lord Carter has had to be revised, which has led to the release of his highly anticipated Digital Britain report that was scheduled for last week being delayed until sometime this week. In order to ...
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