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BT Openreach CEO Liv Garfield to Exit in Spring 2014 for Water Utility Firm

18th November, 2013 (14 Comments)

Liv Garfield has confirmed that she will step down from her role as the boss of BTOpenreach during spring 2014 and will instead become the new CEO of water company Severn Trent. Openreach is responsible for maintaining and providing access to BT’s national telecoms and broadband ISP network across the United Kingdom.

UPD2 UK Government and ISPs Launch £25 Million Internet Safety Campaign

16th November, 2013 (13 Comments)

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has confirmed the launch of a new £25m Internet Safety Campaign with the country’s largest broadband ISPs that aims to help educate parents about how best to keep their children safe from adult Internet content. The move is expected to precede the re-announcement of new Internet filtering measures.

Virgin Media UK Adds Free Calls to the Philippines for November

16th November, 2013 (25 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has advised Home Phone customers with friends, family or businesses in the Typhoon battered Philippines that they can now make free calls to the country until the end of November 2013.

Ofcom Moot Code Powers for 4 Samey UK Wireless 4G Network Builders

15th November, 2013 (4 Comments)

Ofcom has proposed to grant Code Powers (i.e. approval for street works) to four almost identical companies that all exist at the same address and which all plan to expand their existing wireless masts / towers in order to facilitate the roll-out of 4G based Mobile Broadband services by Mobile Network Operators (MNO).

Sky Begin Advanced Migration Notifications to Selected BE Broadband Users

15th November, 2013 (4 Comments)

Selected customers of BE Broadband have over the past couple of weeks started to receive the first advanced migration notification letters from Sky Broadband (BSkyB) and most have only been given one month to decide whether or not they wish to leave.

O2 UK Introduce 4G Mobile Broadband Options with Small Data Caps

15th November, 2013 (9 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 UK has joined EE by becoming the second provider to introduce a new range of dedicated 4G (LTE at 800MHz) based Mobile Broadband packages, which are designed for use with Tablets, Laptops or special USB Dongles (Modems). But don’t expect a big data allowance.

UK ISP Sky Broadband Launch Network Level Internet Filtering Service

14th November, 2013 (9 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today joined TalkTalk to become the latest of the big Internet providers to introduce their own network level filtering (censorship) service at the behest of Government demands. The new solution is a free addition and has been designed to block (censor) websites that contain “adult content“.

Cardiff Council and BT to Deploy Free Public WiFi Across City Centre

14th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cardiff Council has today announced plans to roll-out an “initially” free wireless Internet (wifi) hotspot service across the city centre, which BT will build by installing access points on the areas existing lamp posts and other street furniture.

UPD New Crindledyke Farm Homes in Cumbria to Get 1Gb Fibre Broadband

14th November, 2013 (8 Comments)

A development of 850 new 3-4 bedroom homes near the M6 and Carlisle city centre in Cumbria (England) – Crindledyke Farm – looks set to receive a huge boost after local ISP Solway Communications and Triple Connect began rolling out a new dedicated 1000Mbps capable fibre optic connection to premises in the area.

Report Claims UK Superfast Broadband Worth GBP20 for Every GBP1 Spent

14th November, 2013 (15 Comments)

The economic benefits of rolling out superfast broadband around the United Kingdom are often complex to understand but a new study commissioned by the government claims that it’s “excellent value for taxpayer money” and will deliver a net return of £20 for every £1 spent by 2024.

UK ISP Zen Internet to Significantly Boost Broadband Usage Allowances

13th November, 2013 (4 Comments)

Customers of popular ISP Zen Internet, specifically those on the standard broadband (ADSL2+) packages, will be pleased to learn that their monthly data usage allowances are about to receive a significant boost and all at no extra cost. Happy Christmas.

Big UK ISPs Set to Block SolarMovie and Tubeplus Piracy Websites

13th November, 2013 (9 Comments)

The EMEA division of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has successfully won fresh court orders from the High Court in London that will require all of the United Kingdom’s six biggest broadband ISPs to block their customers from accessing the SolarMovie and Tubeplus websites over “illegal” Internet streaming content.

UPDATE NAO Praise UK Broadband Prices in Infrastructure Investment Report

13th November, 2013 (1 Comment)

The National Audit Office (NAO) has published an interesting new report into the impact of infrastructure investment on consumer bills. The focus is centred on the hot-topic of energy and water prices but it also gives a brief mention to telecoms services.

UPDATE Marketing Fail – 6G Broadband Network Goes Live in Blackburn UK

13th November, 2013 (17 Comments)

Sometimes marketing can be misleading (e.g. calling FTTC or cable lines “fibre optic”) and the same could perhaps be said of 6G Internet, which has just launched a new wireless broadband network in Blackburn (Lancashire, England) and for added confusion fun they’re calling the technology “Air Fibre” (they’re not the first to use that).

UK ISP PlusNet Cuts Unlimited Broadband and Calls Price to GBP2.75

13th November, 2013 (3 Comments)

PlusNet has cut the cost of its ‘up to’ 16Mbps unlimited standard broadband and free weekend calls package to just £2.75 a month for the first 12 months of service (£9.99 thereafter) and their Unlimited Fibre Broadband (up to 76Mbps) has also dropped to £12.75 for the first 4 months (£19.99 thereafter).

CityFibre Confirm Ultrafast Fibre Optic Rollout Timetable for Peterborough UK

13th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

CityFibre has confirmed that its recently announced £30 million project to deploy a new ultrafast metro fibre optic broadband and telecoms network around the city of Peterborough (East of England) will begin during Spring 2014.

ONS Reports 7.0 Million UK Adults Have Never Used the Internet

13th November, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Office for National Statistics has published their latest Internet Access Quarterly Update Q3-2013, which reveals that the number of adults in the United Kingdom that have never gone online has shrunk from 7.1 million six months ago (Q1) to 7 million now (14% of the population).