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UPDATE2 Ofcom UK Find BT in Breach of its 2005 Regulatory Undertakings

21st Mar, 2013 (2 Comments)

Ofcom has warned that a delay with moving Customer Side Records (CSR) to separated computer systems means that BT is now in breach of its 2005 Undertakings, which committed the operator to a “functional separation” of systems and processes to support the development of “effective competition” in the UK telecoms market.

UK ISP PlusNet Demands More Women in the Technology Industry

20th Mar, 2013 (2 Comments)

Internet provider PlusNet has today claimed that jobs in the UK technology industry “stereotypically speaking … attract hairy, geeky blokes (sorry guys!)” (yeah thanks) and that it would like to see more women getting involved in the I.T. sector.

Sparse News for Broadband in the UK Governments Budget 2013

20th Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Chancellor of the UK government, George Osborne, today set out his annual Budget 2013 report but unfortunately anybody expecting to hear about new funding or pledges for broadband and related projects will be left to feel very disappointed. But there were still a few small bits and pieces of information.

The Cloud UK Brings FREE WiFi to 900 High Street Superdrug Stores

20th Mar, 2013 (1 Comment)

The Cloud (BSkyB) has once again expanded the reach of its public wifi hotspot network in the United Kingdom by signing a new deal to roll-out free wireless internet across 900 Superdrug stores, which typically sell health and beauty products on the high street.

Fibre Optic ISP Hyperoptic UK Recruits Former BT Vision and PlusNet TV Head

20th Mar, 2013 (5 Comments)

Urban focused ISP Hyperoptic, which supplies ultrafast 1000Mbps (Megabits) capable fibre optic broadband (FTTB) services to thousands of homes around London (England), has recruited BTVision’s (IPTV) former Head of Propositions, Darren Shenkin, to potentially help develop its own TV products.

BT Start BDUK Rollout of Fibre Broadband in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire

20th Mar, 2013 (6 Comments)

The Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) has announced the first areas to benefit from its state aid supported project with neighbouring Herefordshire, which aims to make superfast broadband (25Mbps+) services available 90% of homes and businesses in both English (UK) counties by the end of 2016 and 100% by 2018.

Denwa Expand Fibre to the Mast Wireless Broadband to Lancashire UK

19th Mar, 2013 (3 Comments)

Barrowford-based ISP Denwa UK has announced the expansion of its Fibre to the Mast (FTTM) technology, which offers internet download speeds of up to 100Mbps (10Mbps upload) to local businesses from only £49 +vat per month, to reach more locations in Lancashire (England).

BT Starts Delayed Deployment of Superfast Broadband in Lancashire UK

19th Mar, 2013 (1 Comment)

The Lancashire County Council (LCC) has confirmed that its state aid supported project with BT, which aims to roll-out superfast broadband (30Mbps+) ISP services to 97% of local homes and businesses, has finally got underway with the first areas being announced. Sadly the end date has also been put back by around one year.

Virgin Media Tells UK Government to Put City Broadband Cash Toward Skills

19th Mar, 2013 (3 Comments)

The CEO of cable operator Virgin Media, Neil Berkett, has written an open letter to the Chancellor of the UK government, George Osborne. The letter calls on Osborne to ensure that a minimum of 50% of the £150m destined for improving broadband connectivity in cities is instead used to boost business training and digital capability.

Belkin Completes Acquisition of Linksys as Cisco Quits the Home Market

19th Mar, 2013 (2 Comments)

Belkin, a global manufacturer of home networking and entertainment devices (e.g. broadband routers), has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of Linksys after Cisco decided to give up on the home networking business.

Binfield Heath UK Locals Raise £60k to Help BT Install FTTC Broadband

18th Mar, 2013 (31 Comments)

Residents of the isolated Binfield Heath village in Oxfordshire (England) have clubbed together to raise £60,000 in order to help cover some of BT’s costs for rolling out superfast broadband (FTTC) technology in the area, which currently suffers from internet download speeds of just 1Mbps or less.

UPD Northamptonshire and BT Sign GBP16.26m Superfast Broadband Contract

18th Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) has today signed a new £16.26 million contract with BT that will provide “world class fibre broadband speeds” to 53,000 local homes and businesses. Sadly the final time-scales, speeds and targets seem to be unclear.

Kent and Medway UK Award GBP40m Superfast Broadband Contract to BT

18th Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Kent County Council (KCC) in England has this morning awarded a £39.47 million contract, which will ensure that 91% of local homes and businesses gain access to superfast broadband ISP speeds of 25Mbps+ by the end of 2015, to BT.

Ofcom UK 4G Mobile Broadband Auction Could Have Raised GBP5.2bn

18th Mar, 2013 (2 Comments)

Ofcom’s publication of a final set of information about the recent 4G (LTE) spectrum auction (800MHz and 2.6GHz) at the end of last week has revealed that Mobile Networks Operators (MNO) made total “theoretical” bids of roughly £5.2 billion or around £3bn more than the actual total of £2.368bn.

ITU Secretary General Wants World to Get 20Mbps Broadband by 2020

18th Mar, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, Dr Hamadoun Touré, has told the 7th Meeting of the Broadband Commission in Mexico City that he’d like to “dream big” and set a new goal to ensure that everybody in the world can access broadband internet speeds of 20Mbps for $20 a month (£13.25) by 2020.

UPD2 Fujitsu Withdraw from all Remaining Broadband Delivery UK Procurements

15th Mar, 2013 (32 Comments)

Japanese technology firm Fujitsu UK has, according to the FT, now completely withdrawn from the government’s £530m national broadband scheme (Broadband Delivery UK) and thus left BT as the only remaining bidder in the process. So much for the “competitive tender“.

Providers of the Top 20 Most SPAM Spreading Internet Networks

15th Mar, 2013 (1 Comment)

A new report from researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands has revealed that just 20 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) out of over 42,000 are responsible for nearly half of all the internet addresses that send SPAM (e.g. junk marketing email) and similar malicious content (viruses, phishing etc.).