Archive for February, 2009
Laptop trials end at major airports
Laptop trials that were being carried out at two of the UK's major airports have now ended, and officials will be evaluating the results. Recently two major airports in the UK were involved in trials involving laptops, whereby passengers passing through the airports were allowed to leave their laptops in their ...
Challenge for government with regards to 2Mbps pledge
Experts have recently stated that the government faces a real challenge with regards to living up to its pledge to bring UK broadband up to a minimum of 2Mbps. According to some industry experts the UK's government is set to face a real challenge when it comes to bringing UK broadband ...
A decade of broadband celebrated in the UK
The innovative technology that many of us take for granted these days, which is broadband, is now celebrating its tenth birthday in the UK. Just a decade ago many people had never heard of broadband, and a vast number of households had no access to the Internet at all. However, broadband ...
The UKs next-gen broadband is being threatened by BTs 21CN
According to a TalkTalk senior executive, the leisurely attitude towards ironing out regulatory problems and the pace of BT 21CN could be putting the future broadband networks at risk. Chairman of the broadband and home phone company, Neil McArthur said, whilst talking at the CMA annual conference recently held in London, ...
Discussion on Digital Britain
A new online discussion site has been created by the government in order to encourage more debate on the vision it has for a society and economy that is completely digital in the UK. Links to a variety of relevant blogs regarding Digital Britain that have appeared on Twitter, Write to ...
32 Mbps broadband speed will be provided to 90 percent of the UK by 2019
A report that charts how internet access for customers in the UK has evolved in the last ten years was provided by the research company Point Topic, who are making the claims. With claims that broadband might be driven to area that might have otherwise missed out, the Universal Service Commitment ...
HP laptops being offered by Orange
Communications giant Orange has announced that it will be offering HP laptops with Orange broadband services, with a choice of laptops. The offer of a free laptop with broadband services and mobile broadband packages has become a commonplace offer over recent months, with many providers offering a variety of laptop makes ...
Digital Britain report welcomed by DHL
The publication of Lord Carter's Digital Britain report has recently been welcomed by the UK courier and delivery firm, DHL. Officials from the UK courier and home delivery firm, DHL, have said that the firm has welcomed the Digital Britain report by Lord Carter, and feels that universal access to broadband ...
2.6 million households to be offered 10Mbps access by Virgin Media
Millions of households will soon benefit from a big upgrade to the minimum broadband connection speed offered by the largest cable broadband provider in the UK. The lowest speed broadband connections of 2.6 million homes are being upgraded to 10Mbps by cable group, Virgin Media, which will set a brand new ...
Industry and regulators need to settle differences over broadband future
A senior official from mobile giant O2 has recently stated that if the industry and regulators do not settle disputes over the future of broadband then the UK could be left serious lagging behind. Whilst it is common knowledge amongst industry officials, regulators, and consumers that the UK has a long ...
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