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Total Ltd Sues UK YouView Broadband IPTV Service Over Brand Dispute

26th Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

The subscription-free YouView broadband ISP based TV (IPTV) service, which recently lost a High Court battle with online billing firm YourView (Total Ltd.) over the rights to retain its name, is now officially being sued for trade mark infringement by Total Ltd.

AAISP UK Offers Special Christmas Broadband Usage Allowances

26th Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) look set to benefit from additional internet data usage flexibility after the provider announced a number of special changes and rates for the forthcoming Christmas holiday period.

Should Broadband ISPs Improve their Signup Process? Our survey says..

26th Nov, 2012 (3 Comments)

The results from 552 respondents to ISPreview.co.uk’s latest reader poll found that over a third (39.8%) would like to see their broadband ISP improve its registration system, which is despite the fact that 78.4% claimed the sign-up process itself was “Easy“.

3 Mobile UK Brings FREE Mobile Broadband to Scottish Highland Communities

26th Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has announced that it is giving away 20 free Mobile Broadband modems (dongles) to community hubs in the isolated Highlands and Islands villages of Melvich and Durness in Scotland. The port town of Invergordon further south will also get similar treatment.

UPD Botched BT Telegraph Pole Install Cuts Fibre Broadband for Lancashire

24th Nov, 2012 (16 Comments)

Several Lancashire based broadband ISPs, including LonsdaleNET, B4RN, TalkTalk and others, suffered a serious loss of internet connectivity that lasted for over 10 hours between Tuesday and Wednesday after BTOpenreach engineers accidentally cut through a vital GEO fibre optic cable.

Ofcom Says UK ISPs Must Decide Who is a Subscriber for its Piracy Code

24th Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has told a Westminster Media Forum event that it will be the responsibility of each broadband ISP to decide which of their customers are officially defined as “subscribers” and thus susceptible to the new copyright infringement rules, which are designed to clampdown on “illegal” internet piracy.

UK Business ISP Claranet Gobbles Managed Provider Star for GBP55m

23rd Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

Business internet and telecoms provider Claranet UK has acquired STH Limited and its managed technology services subsidiary, Star (Star Technology Services), for the sizeable sum of £55 million.

ISP JT Launch YouView Broadband TV Service to the Channel Islands

23rd Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

JT Global has this afternoon become the fourth ISP to launch a subscription-free broadband TV service based off the YouView (IPTV) platform, which is available to its customers on the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.

Hull ISP KC Launches YouView Based Broadband TV Services

23rd Nov, 2012 (8 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull and East Riding in Yorkshire (England), KC, has this week become the third UK ISP after BT and TalkTalk to launch its own broadband TV service based off the YouView (IPTV) platform called KCTV.

Europe Releases Study of Retail Broadband Internet Access Costs in 2012

23rd Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

The EU has released data on retail prices for fixed broadband ISP services, which reveals a pattern of price reduction over the last three years for bundled offers. It also finds that price competition is mainly taking place in the market for download speeds of above 4Mbps (Megabits per second).

Gigaclear Secure Cash to Substantially Boost Rural Fibre Broadband Roll Out

23rd Nov, 2012 (8 Comments)

UK ISP Gigaclear (Rutland Telecom) has successfully secured enough equity financing to “substantially accelerate” the roll-out of its ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) based broadband networks into more rural communities.

O2, PlusNet and BT Dominate Annual 2012 CC Broadband ISP Awards

23rd Nov, 2012 (6 Comments)

The annual Customer Satisfaction Awards 2012 from ConsumerChoices.co.uk, which are based on feedback from more than 11,000 UK people, has seen broadband ISPs O2, PlusNet and BT dominant most of the categories with O2 picking up the gong for Overall Winner.

Study Claims EU Needs 92 Years to Switch from Copper to Fibre Broadband

23rd Nov, 2012 (13 Comments)

The latest research from consultancy firm Ventura Team and finance group Portland Advisors has estimated that at the current “snail’s pace” it could take Europe 92 years and £211bn to completely switch from existing copper-based telephone and broadband ISP infrastructure to a fully fibre optic (FTTH) service.

Ofcom Details UK Framework to Support White Space Wireless Broadband

22nd Nov, 2012 (0 Comments)

Ofcom UK has today proposed a new framework to support the future use of White Space (IEEE 802.22) based wireless broadband technology on a licence exempt basis. The new service harnesses unused radio spectrum, which exists between Digital TV channels (470MHz to 790MHz), to deliver wifi style connectivity over a wide area.

MS3 Signs Compass Infrastructure UK to Help Build Fibre Network in Hull

22nd Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

MS3 Communications has entered into a new partnership with another telecommunications developer, Compass Infrastructure UK (CI-UK), which will work alongside MS3 to help them build out their independent ultra-fast fibre optic broadband ISP network around Hull in Yorkshire (England).

UK ISPs Welcome Broadband Funding Approval But Seek More Competition

22nd Nov, 2012 (9 Comments)

Internet service providers have today given a broad welcome to the European Commission’s (EC) recent decision to grant final approval for the release of State Aid funding to help 90% of UK people gain access to superfast broadband ISP services by spring 2015. But privately many continued to express competition concerns.

Delayed GBP20m Hampshire UK Superfast Broadband Project Put to Tender

22nd Nov, 2012 (2 Comments)

The Hampshire County Council (HCC) has officially started the formal tender process to appoint a commercial ISP partner for its Hampshire Broadband Programme, which is estimated to be worth close to £20m and will aim to make superfast broadband (25Mbps+) speeds available to almost everybody by around the middle of 2016.