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British Bankers Association Demands Better Universal Broadband and Mobile

15th June, 2015 (25 Comments)

The British Bankers Association has called on the Government to invest more money into delivering universal broadband and mobile connectivity to plug not-spots and thus allow more customers to take advantage of mobile and Internet banking, which is becoming increasingly popular.

Uptake Surge as 24,000 Small UK Firms Take Superfast Broadband Vouchers

10th June, 2015 (9 Comments)

The national UK Connection Voucher scheme, which offers grants worth up to £3,000 to help SME businesses get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) connection installed, has seen a massive surge in interest with 24,000 businesses now taking one. But the money could run out by the end of 2015.

UK Competition Regulator to “Fast Track” GBP12.5bn BT and EE Merger

9th June, 2015 (6 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority has predictably approved last month’s request by BT for their £12.5bn merger with mobile telecoms giant EE to be “fast-tracked” to a full in-depth phase 2 investigation of the acquisition, which should save a little time.

UPD Vodafone and Virgin Media UK Parent – Liberty Global – Confirm Talks

5th June, 2015 (1 Comment)

British mobile giant Vodafone confirms that they’ve held talks with global cable operator Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media in the United Kingdom, about a “possible” and mutually beneficial “exchange” of some European businesses. But the idea of a huge £100bn+ mega merger appears to be off the table.

UK Mobile Internet Revenues to Overtake Fixed Broadband in 2017

4th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

The latest Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2015-2019 report from PwC has predicted that revenues from Mobile Internet access (Mobile Broadband etc.) are set to overtake fixed line broadband services in 2017, increasing by an annual growth rate of 7.1% to reach £7bn by 2019 (the highest in Western Europe).

Market Analysts Expect Virgin Media to Swap UK MVNO Partner from EE

2nd June, 2015 (1 Comment)

A new research note from Berenberg Bank has estimated that BT’s on-going £12.5bn effort to buy mobile operator EE could in the long-term be good news for investors, but they also predict that it will result in Virgin Media ending their existing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) deal with the UK mobile giant.

Broadband Connection Vouchers Extend Further Outside of UK Cities

26th May, 2015 (17 Comments)

The Government’s Connection Voucher scheme, which offers grants worth up to £3,000 to help SME businesses get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+) connection installed, appears to be extending further outside of its core city focus after the Newcastle project confirmed that it was now available to most of North East England.

Budget ISP Direct Save Telecom Refreshes its UK Branding

26th May, 2015 (0 Comments)

The low cost Internet and phone provider Direct Save Telecom has today given its logo a new lick of paint and refreshed their website to be more mobile friendly, which the ISP hopes will enable them to attract more subscribers and improve the customer experience.

UK Business ISP Timico Gobbles Telecoms Division of Coms Plc

26th May, 2015 (0 Comments)

The telecoms interests of business ISP Coms, which in 2013 merged ADSL24’s old broadband subscriber base into their operations (here), have been scooped up by Timico in a deal worth £2.5 million (a further £1m could also become payable depending on the businesses performance).

Vodafone Moot Monster £120bn Merger with Virgin Media UK Parent

24th May, 2015 (1 Comment)

Some of Vodafone’s most significant shareholders, each with stakes worth billions of pounds, are putting pressure on the mobile giant to enter into a massive £120 billion merger deal with Liberty Global, the world spanning cable operator behind Virgin Media in the United Kingdom.

Business ISP C4L Deploys 10Gbps Fibre Optic Network in Bournemouth

21st May, 2015 (6 Comments)

Internet provider C4L has announced that they’ve begun the deployment of a new 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable fibre optic network across the large seaside town of Bournemouth (Dorset) on the south coast of England, which is intended to benefit local businesses.

Cityfibre Finds Businesses in Scotland Unhappy with their Internet Links

21st May, 2015 (1 Comment)

A new online YouGov poll of 100 IT decision makers in Scotland, which was commissioned by Cityfibre, has reported that 92% of respondents view high quality, fast broadband as important to the success of their company and yet 52% felt as if connectivity in Scotland was worse than other parts of the UK.

BT Tells Regulator its £12.5bn Move to Buy EE Will “Enhance” Competition

18th May, 2015 (10 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has today submitted its official response to the Competition and Markets Authority‘s (CMA) review of their £12.5bn move to buy mobile operator EE. As part of this the operator has said that its acquisition would “enhance” rather than hurt competition in the UK telecoms market.

UK ISP BT Slashes Unlimited Business Broadband, Fibre and Phone Prices

18th May, 2015 (1 Comment)

The cost of domestic grade business connectivity is falling after BT Business slashed the price of their broadband and phone bundles, with some packages reducing by almost half over the usual 24 month contract term and others seeing a more general reduction of -£5 per month off the rental price.

Business Leaders Tell UK Government to Spend More on Broadband

18th May, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Government’s Chancellor is currently preparing a second “emergency” Budget 2015 for 8th July 2015 and as such the Institute of Directors (IoD), which represents 34,500 business leaders and directors, has used that as an opportunity to call for more spending on infrastructure, with broadband connectivity top of the list.

UPDATE2 Ofcom Propose to Open BT Dark Fibre Optic Network to UK Rivals

15th May, 2015 (55 Comments)

In a surprise move Ofcom’s Business Connectivity Market Review (BCMR2016) has done a U-turn on its 2012 policy by proposing that rival ISPs, specifically those that provide Leased Lines, should be granted access to BT’s national Dark Fibre network (i.e. un-lit fibre optic lines that have spare capacity for coping with future demand).

TalkTalk Top 4.28M Broadband Subs as 1Gbps FTTP for York Set to Go Live

14th May, 2015 (2 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has posted their latest results for Q1-2015 (calendar), which revealed that the provider added +47k broadband subscribers in the quarter to total 4,283,000 (sharply up from +15k added in Q4 2014). But there’s bad news for some of the recent off-net (BT based) broadband customer gains from Virgin Media and Tesco.