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Vodafone UK Deploy LTE Advanced for “ultra-fast” 4G Mobile Broadband

15th Oct 2014 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has joined EE to become the second 4G based Mobile Broadband provider to make use of the latest Carrier Aggregation (LTE-Advanced) technology, which from this month should deliver a significant Internet speed and modest coverage boost for customers in Birmingham, Manchester and London (assuming the user owns supporting hardware).

JT Gets Sure Advert Banned for Misleading “UNLIMITED” Data Claim

15th Oct 2014 (4 Comments)

The Jersey (Channel Islands) based telecoms operator JT has managed to get a website and press advert for rival Sure Ltd. banned after the provider misleadingly promoted their pay monthly mobile tariffs as offering both “UNLIMITED” data and txt messages, which was despite the operator applying restrictions in its Fair Usage Policy (FUP).

BT and Sky Get Virgin Media Ads Banned for Misleading Price Claims

15th Oct 2014 (15 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has once again banned several adverts for Virgin Media’s various broadband, phone and TV bundles after BT and Sky Broadband (BSkyB) complained that the operator misrepresented the pricing and potential savings of its packages.

SHOCK As Study Finds Naff Mobile Broadband Coverage on UK Trains

14th Oct 2014 (11 Comments)

A new study from Global Wireless Solutions has discovered what most UK rail commuters already knew, that Mobile Broadband connectivity on the train is more often than not a pile of poop. Indeed 30.3% of mobile Internet tasks and 1 in 7 voice calls attempted on commuter train routes failed during testing. But Vodafone and EE put in the best performance.

Argos and TalkTalk Gift Free Broadband and Tablets to Get People Online

14th Oct 2014 (1 Comment)

High street retail giant Argos has joined forces with Go ON UK and ISP TalkTalk in order to make 10,000 free tablet computers and one year’s worth of free broadband connectivity available to those who take part in a workshop at one of over 120 participating stores, costing £20 per person (ah.. so it’s not completely free then).

Gloucester UK Moot City Centre FREE WiFi Hotspots via CCTV Network

14th Oct 2014 (0 Comments)

The Gloucester City Council is currently developing a plan to upgrade their existing CCTV infrastructure, which will include support for supplying a free public WiFi wireless Internet network in the city centre.

Vodafone UK Expands 4G Mobile Broadband Roaming to 23 Countries

14th Oct 2014 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that customers of their ‘Red’ 4G (LTE) based mobile voice and Internet services in the United Kingdom will now also be able to make use of the same connectivity in 23 destinations worldwide.

Devon UK Village Gets 80Mbps Broadband via BT’s 4km Microwave Radio Link

14th Oct 2014 (4 Comments)

The joint £94m BT and Connecting Devon and Somerset project in England has successfully used a “pioneering new” 4 kilometre microwave radio link to help supply capacity for an FTTC (up to 80Mbps) equipped Street Cabinet in the remote Devon village of Northlew, which would have otherwise required the installation of an expensive fibre optic cable.

Digital Scotland Confirm Next 67 Locations for Fibre Broadband Upgrades

14th Oct 2014 (1 Comment)

The Digital Scotland project has today announced the next 67 locations (80,000 homes and businesses), including 15 new communities in the Highlands and Islands region, that will benefit from the £410m scheme which aims to make BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 85% of premises in Scotland by the end of 2015 and rising to 95% by the end of 2017.

UK ISP BT Business Cuts Superfast “Fibre Broadband” Prices

14th Oct 2014 (0 Comments)

The war over domestic grade business broadband prices continues as BT Business have today launched their own offer, which cuts the price of their superfast “Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) packages for new customers by £5 +vat per month on their 24 month contract options.

Banksy Painting Spotted on a BT Openreach Street Cabinet

14th Oct 2014 (1 Comment)

One of BT’s off-duty business improvement coaches, Martin Jones, claims to have spotted an Openreach Street Cabinet in the Gloucester city centre area that has apparently been painted by the well-known graffiti artist, Banksy, whose work can often sell for a small fortune. Uh oh.

ITS Saves Digital Teesdale’s Local Wireless Broadband Network

13th Oct 2014 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group has promised to continue support for the long-running Digital Teesdale service, which supplies wireless broadband Internet access to premises in rural parts of the Teesdale valley that resides on the east side of the Pennines in England.

EE Pledge to Improve Mobile Internet and Voice Coverage in Shropshire

13th Oct 2014 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has apologised to some of Shropshire’s residents after many locals, especially those in rural areas, complained of worsening coverage following the merger between T-Mobile and Orange UK several years ago.

Samsung Claims 4.6Gbps Speed on New 60GHz 802.11ad WiFi Technology

13th Oct 2014 (5 Comments)

Samsung are next year aiming to become one of the first companies to commercialise the potential of last year’s officially approved 802.11ad standard for WiFi wireless networking, which could eventually deliver speeds of up to 7 Gigabits per second (Gbps) using the unlicensed 60GHz (57-66GHz) radio spectrum band.

LINX Launch First Dedicated Internet Exchange Point in Wales – IXCardiff

13th Oct 2014 (1 Comment)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which acts as a central hub for most of the Internet traffic that passes through and around the United Kingdom, have announced that Wales has now joined Scotland by launching their own dedicated Internet Exchange Point (IXP).

UK ISPs Propose Principles to Limit Government Internet Snooping

13th Oct 2014 (4 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today set out the five principles that it hopes will be used by the Government as part of on-going plans to reform state surveillance laws and related regulations, which some fear could result in a broadening of powers and more unnecessary snooping on innocent individuals.

Survey Finds UK Consumer BT Mobile Service May Face Uphill Battle

13th Oct 2014 (4 Comments)

The latest ISPreview.co.uk survey has found that BT’s forthcoming move to re-enter the United Kingdom’s already stagnated mobile communications market with the launch of a new service for domestic consumers, which might conceivably be followed by a similar proposition from Sky Broadband, could prove attractive to some but it won’t be an easy sell.