The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which is a central network hub for much of the UK and Europe's Internet / broadband ISP traffic, has significantly reduced its membership, 1GigE and 10GigE port fees.

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Broadband ISP TalkTalk has created a new role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) and appointed David Cooper, whom had previously been the Chief Technology & Operations Officer for mobile operator Three (3) . Cooper will oversee the integration of TalkTalk's IT systems with Tiscali UK, the ISP it acquired in May 2009 for £236m.

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Mozilla has just released the latest version of its highly popular free website browsing software - Firefox 3.5. This release boasts the usual bug / security fixes and is also known to be considerably faster than the previous FF3 when it comes to JavaScript rendering; not to mention HTML5 support, location-aware browsing, downloadable fonts and private browsing.

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The European Union's (EU) antitrust authorities have today given final approval for TalkTalk ( The Carphone Warehouse , AOL UK , Opal etc. ) to complete its £236 million acquisition of rival broadband ISP Tiscali UK.

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Ofcom has today confirmed plans to clear the 800MHz band (790-862MHz) of radio spectrum, which is currently being used for the old analogue television (TV) services. The move opens the way for next generation Mobile Broadband services to utilise the frequency, thus delivering faster and cheaper wireless Internet access over an even wider coverage.

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Ofcom's mandatory broadband migration rules (General Condition 22) have done a lot to improve the UK ISP market, yet very little has been done in the years since its inception to make it easier for consumers with bundled services (broadband, line rental and voice packages etc.) to switch providers. Today the Communications Consumer Panel (CCP) is calling for that to change.

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The latest print edition of Which?, a prominent consumer group, has raised fresh concerns about the fallibility of evidence against "suspected" illegal file sharers that is being provided to UK broadband ISPs via organisations like ACS:Law solicitors. So much doubt has been cast that even the UK's Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ) has now raised its concerns.

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Mobile operator Three (3) UK has introduced what appears to be one of the country's lowest priced standard 'per MB' (MegaByte) Mobile Broadband EU data roaming rates - £1.25 per every 1MB. By comparison the EU proposed a wholesale cap of 1Euro (£0.84) per 1MB (related news). Three (3) has also provided a useful price comparison graphic for the UK's five main operators.

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