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The Country Land and Business Association, which represents thousands of landowners across England and Wales, has given BT a bit of unexpected support by warning Ofcom not to split the telco from control of their national network (Openreach) as it would create too much of a “distraction“.
Chinese firm Huawei and Japanese telecoms giant NTT DOCOMO have conducted the world’s first large-scale field trial of next generation 5Gmobile broadband technology using the sub-6GHz band, which has been able to achieve an impressive peak speed of 3.6Gbps (Gigabits per second).
The price of BT’s top ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable unlimited BTInfinity 2 (FTTC) superfast broadband package has quietly been reduced from £30 to £25 per month for new customers, at least until 14th October 2015. A £100 Sainsbury’s gift card is also accompanying the new deal.
A fix introduced earlier this morning means that customers of Sky Broadband should finally be able to access the PlayStation 4 based online multiplayer video game called ‘Rocket League’, which has been largely inaccessible since the end of last month
BT will today make a few small adjustments to the prices of their 4G based consumer mobile phone service (BTMobile), which will see some SIM-only tariffs go up in price and others being reduced.
Sharon White, the CEO of Ofcom, told an event at the LSE’s Hong Kong Theatre last night that she wants to drive more “competition” into the market and rejects greater “consolidation“. White also raised concern about rising prices and said that too many people still suffer “poor or no access” to modern mobile and broadband.