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UK Police Jail Two People for Stealing BT Copper Broadband Cable

12th Feb, 2013 (17 Comments)

The Metropolitan Police have jailed two adult men for stealing a “large quantity” of BT’s copper telephone cable while they posed as local workmen, which resulted in a total loss of fixed line broadband ISP and phone services to hundreds of premises in Teddington and Sussex (England) during May 2012.

BT Confirm the Final 99 UK Locations for its Superfast Broadband Rollout

12th Feb, 2013 (63 Comments)

National UK telecoms operator BT has today announced a final list of 99 telephone exchanges that will soon be able to receive its latest 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) or “ultra-fast” 330Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based superfast broadband ISP products through their commercial roll-out.

UK Police Warn of Fake Doorstep Broadband ISP Sales Representatives

12th Feb, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Royal Wootton Bassett & Cricklade Police force in Wiltshire (England) has warned people to be on the lookout for bogus door-to-door sales representatives that attempt to sell broadband packages without giving any form of ID or saying which ISP you’d be connected to.

New at800.tv Website to Help UK Freeview TV and 4G Interference Woes

11th Feb, 2013 (13 Comments)

The Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (DMSL) group, which was created to help some of the 2 million+ UK homes that could suffer a loss of Digital Terrestrial TV (Freeview) when the new 4G based Mobile Broadband services go live via the 800MHz band, has setup a new website to help inform and advise those affected.

Superfast Cornwall Expands BT Fibre Broadband to Half of all Premises

11th Feb, 2013 (4 Comments)

The £132m Superfast Cornwall scheme, which aims to roll-out fibre optic based broadband (FTTC etc.) ISP services to “at least” 80% of homes and businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by the end of 2014, has achieved a “major milestone” after it became available to around 125,000 Cornish premises (i.e. 50% coverage).

Santander Name Top 74 UK Towns and Cities for Broadband Connectivity

11th Feb, 2013 (3 Comments)

Banking giant Santander has released its annual ranking of the top 74 UK towns and cities by the competitiveness of their respective business environments. One of the key categories is Connectivity, which revealed that Edinburgh (Scotland) is one of the best places for broadband speed and uptake. Meanwhile Milton Keynes is one of the worst.

Online Guide to Help UK Communities Build FTTH Broadband Networks

11th Feb, 2013 (4 Comments)

Sweden-based Rala, which helps to build fibre optic networks around Europe, will next week launch “the world’s first” online guide to help communities in the United Kingdom with the planning and delivery of Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) based ultra-fast broadband ISP networks.

Online Video to Push Mobile Broadband Traffic to 134 Exabytes by 2017

11th Feb, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cisco’s latest forecast has predicted that online video services will represent 66% of global Mobile Broadband traffic by 2017 (up from 51% in 2012), which will help to push total mobile data use from 0.9 Exabytes per month (i.e. 885 Petabytes) now to 11.2 EB in just five years’ time and outpace global fixed data traffic.

UPDATE3 Funding for EU Digital Agenda Broadband Projects Gets Wiped Out

9th Feb, 2013 (9 Comments)

Last night’s decision to cut the European Union’s seven-year 2014 to 2020 budget by 3% to around £768bn has taken a significant casualty. The European Commission’s (EC) plan to boost funding for future superfast broadband projects through its €9.2bn (£7.78bn) Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has effectively been wiped out.

Halifax Study Claims Good Broadband Access Boosts UK House Values

8th Feb, 2013 (7 Comments)

A new survey of just over 2,000 UK adults conducted by ICM for the Halifax (Lloyds Banking Group) has claimed that 20% would pay more for “good broadband” (defined as speeds greater than 2Mbps) and two thirds (67%) of those were prepared to pay up to 3% more (22% would pay between 4% to 10% more).

EE Release New UK 4G Mobile Broadband Rollout Update for June 2013

8th Feb, 2013 (3 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE has announced the next stage of its urban focused 4G roll-out across the United Kingdom, which will see a further 27 towns being enabled to support the new superfast Mobile Broadband technology by June 2013 (i.e. 65 UK towns and cities in total).

OECD Ranks UK 9th for Fixed Broadband Penetration out of 34 Countries

8th Feb, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which engages with 34 countries that claim to support a market economy and democracy, has ranked the United Kingdom 9th in its latest fixed line broadband penetration tables to June 2012 (down from 8th a year earlier). But we do poorly in other areas, such as fibre optic uptake.

Digital Region Picks New Operator to Run its South Yorkshire UK Network

7th Feb, 2013 (4 Comments)

The troubled Digital Region (DRL) broadband network, which currently reaches 80% of homes and businesses in South Yorkshire (England), has this afternoon selected Bouygues Energies and Services (ETDE SA) as its “preferred bidder” to take over the running of their business.

Private Equity Firms Target UK 4G Mobile Operator EE with GBP10bn Bid

7th Feb, 2013 (0 Comments)

A group of several familiar private equity firms, including KKR, Apax Partners, Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners, are once again reported to be preparing another colossal £10bn takeover bid for the 4G offering UK mobile network operator EE (Everything Everywhere).

BPI Claims 7 Million UK People Use Illegal Internet Piracy Services

7th Feb, 2013 (3 Comments)

The British Phonographic Industry, which represents the United Kingdom’s music industry and recently reported “strong growth” from digital music sales in 2012, has claimed that 345m tracks were downloaded “illegally” over P2P (BitTorrent) during H1-2012 (compared with 239m legal tracks) and around 7m individuals use at least one service “where content is hosted illegally” every month.

SSE Pledges to Pay UK Subscribers 20 Quid if their Customer Service Sucks

7th Feb, 2013 (1 Comment)

Utility provider SSE (Scottish & Southern Energy), which offers a range of broadband, phone, gas and electricity services to customers in the United Kingdom, has launched a new £20 Customer Service Guarantee that will see the operator cough up money if their support quality fails to satisfy a new customer charter.

Fibre Optic Helps Global Broadband Revenues Reach GBP120bn in 2012

7th Feb, 2013 (0 Comments)

ABI Research estimates that the global fixed broadband ISP market (i.e. DSL, cable and fibre optic services) managed to grow by 7% last year to generate a total service revenue of around £120 billion ($188bn), which was helped by a strong growth in ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) connectivity.