Archive for September, 2009

Mobile broadband will require a practical approach for it to succeed

Sep 30 2009 / No Comments

It has been found that, compared to the mature markets, mobile broadband in emerging market is a totally different proposition according to a new report from Ovum, a global advisory and consulting firm. The recent report called "Operator strategies for mobile broadband in emerging markets" found that an opportunity for mobile ...

New offer from T-Mobile for mobile broadband customers

Sep 30 2009 / No Comments

Mobile communications giant T-Mobile has recently launched a new special offer for customers that take out mobile broadband service according to a recent report. Mobile broadband has become increasingly popular over recent times, and with the market becoming more and more competitive mobile broadband providers have looked at various ways to ...

BPI accuses BT of failing to act on file sharing information

Sep 30 2009 / No Comments

Officials from the British Phonographic Industry have recently accused broadband and communications giant BT of failing to act on information regarding BT broadband users that are illegally file sharing. The topic of illegal file sharing amongst broadband users has been the subject of heated controversy of late, with industry groups in ...

Advertising online overtakes advertising on TV in terms of spending

Sep 30 2009 / No Comments

According to a recent report the amount of money being spent on advertising via the Internet has overtaken the money being spent on advertising via television for the first time. With the rising number of consumers that now regularly use fixed line and mobile broadband the Internet has become a viable ...

One in five households worldwide to have fixed line broadband by year end

Sep 29 2009 / No Comments

According to a recently released report around one in five households worldwide will have a fixed line broadband connection by the end of this year, equating to over four hundred and twenty million households. A market analyst group has recently carried out a survey which indicated that the number of fixed ...

Many consumers let down by reliability of broadband

Sep 29 2009 / No Comments

It has been reported that many consumers in the UK feel let down by the reliability of their broadband service, with reliability being the most important factor for many broadband users. Everyone that takes out a broadband service wants the service to be not only affordable but also reliable, as otherwise ...

Illegal file-sharing sees broadband getting cinema style classifications

Sep 29 2009 / No Comments

According to the head of one of the biggest broadband providers in the UK parent will soon be able to stop their children from looking at pornographic websites or accessing illegal file-sharing by applying cinema style classifications to broadband services. The CEO of Carphone Warehouse, which runs the TalkTalk broadband network, ...

BT launches campaign to protect phone and broadband customers

Sep 29 2009 / No Comments

It has been announced that the communications giant BT has launched a new campaign aimed at getting the communications regulator, Ofcom, to provide increased protection for telephone and broadband customers in the UK. Communications and broadband giant BT has recently announced that it has launched a new campaign, which is being ...

New incentive on offer from Be Broadband

Sep 28 2009 / No Comments

Internet Service Provider Be Broadband is now offering another new incentive to new customers that decide to sign up for one of the new nine month contracts that it offers. With broadband services being part of a highly competitive market many internet service providers have used a range of incentives and ...

Installation fees from Tiscali slashed by two thirds

Sep 28 2009 / No Comments

It has been announced recently that broadband provider Tiscali, which is now part of Talk Talk, is slashing the cost of installation on its two broadband, television, and home phone bundles by two thirds. Many people these days decide to take out a bundle package with an Internet Service Provider rather ...