UK ISP Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has, for the past six months, been hinting in its quarterly financial results about plans to migrate its shared unbundled/BT platform onto a more cost effective fully unbundled service. This would give Sky full control over its telephone line and broadband services.

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British broadcaster and ISP BSkyB ( Sky Broadband ) has struck a new content deal with Microsoft that will see live football, TV and film content delivered to owners of the software giant’s popular XBox 360 games console. Details about what content will be shared and how much it will cost have not been revealed, although an autumn launch is on the cards.

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The latest research from analyst firm Berg Insight has revealed that HSPA Mobile Broadband technology (up to 14.4Mbps) accounted for 11.6% of total broadband connections in Europe at the end of 2008. The number of related Mobile Broadband subscribers (connected PCs) grew by 74% year-on-year in 2008 to reach 14.6 million and is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30% to 70 million in 2014.

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The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP), a government advisor, has published the results of two recently commissioned literature reviews into intellectual property and the behaviours of Digital Consumers in the online world. The studies reveal that approximately 7 million people in the UK are involved with illegal downloads, accounting for over half of the country's total Internet traffic.

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Time Warner has confirmed plans to proceed with the complete legal and structural separation of AOL (aka - America Online). Following the proposed transaction, AOL would be an independent, publicly traded company. Presently AOL UK's Internet access customers are already owned by The Carphone Warehouse ( TalkTalk ), though until now its content has remained under the control of Time Warner.

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Comparison site BroadbandGenie has conducted an interesting test of Mobile Broadband operators by taking their services on a two day, 350 mile, train trip from Cambridge to London, then London to Bournemouth, and back again. Virgin Media came top overall, followed closely by Vodafone . The following USB Modems (Dongles) were used in the tests: Huawei E160 x3 ( O2 , Orange , Vodafone ), Huawei E169G ( Three (3) ), Huawei E170 ( T-Mobile ), Huawei E172 ( Vodafone ).

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ISP Tiscali UK has announced a new content partnership with Yell.com, the online business directory from Yellow Pages. The deal will see Yell.com take the position of integrated local business listings search provider on Tiscali's portal.

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Business ISP Easynet Connect, which recently launched a range of new no minimum term (i.e. penalty free 30-day notice period) broadband packages (news), has extended the availability of this offer following a high level of customer interest. The promotion had previously been due to end last month.

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