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Northumberland UK Win GBP2.74m from EU for Better Business Broadband

10th April, 2013 (9 Comments)

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) appears to have awarded a grant worth £2.74 million to help over 2,600 small and medium sized businesses in Northumberland (North East England) gain access to superfast and ultrafast broadband ISP connectivity via a “range of incentives“.

Surrey and Hampshire Setup £200k Broadband Fund for Rural Businesses

4th April, 2013 (1 Comment)

Enterprise M3, a public-private partnership that seeks to support businesses in the M3 area of west Surrey and Hampshire, has setup a new £200,000 fund to help make superfast broadband available to firms in the last 10% or so of the regions rural areas.

BT Openreach Publishes Cheaper Ethernet Leased Line Prices for the UK

3rd April, 2013 (4 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which manages access to BT’s national broadband and phone network in the United Kingdom, has published “substantial price reductions” of up to 50% for its 100Mbps to 10Gbps capable Ethernet and Leased Line services to business customers, ISPs and mobile operators.

EU Gives Ofcom Green Light for Cheaper BT Leased Line Prices in the UK

28th March, 2013 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, confirms that the European Commission (EC) “did not raise any concerns” about its plans to slash the price that ISPs, mobile operators and businesses must pay to BT for 1Gbps+ wholesale Leased Line (Ethernet) services in all parts of the UK except Hull and London.

O2 Wholesale UK Tells ISP Partners to Stop Worrying About the BSkyB Sale

26th March, 2013 (3 Comments)

O2 Wholesale, which supplies business clients with internet connectivity solutions, has told their ISP partners that it’s “business as usual” at the firm. The comment follows O2 and BE Broadband’s (Telefonica) £180m sale of its fixed line home broadband and phone business to Sky Broadband (BSkyB) earlier this month.

Belkin Completes Acquisition of Linksys as Cisco Quits the Home Market

19th March, 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.

UPD Outgoing Virgin Media CEO Gets GBP58m Payday via Liberty Global Sale

11th March, 2013 (5 Comments)

A regulatory filing has revealed that the boss of UK cable operator Virgin Media, Neil Berkett, will leave the business with the equivalent of £58 million ($86.8m) in his pocket after Liberty Global completes its £15bn acquisition (here) of the group.

Lord Alan Sugar Leaves Non Executive Chairman Role at YouView UK

2nd March, 2013 (5 Comments)

YouView YourView, the broadband ISP based video-on-demand and catch-up TV (IPTV) service, have announced that Lord Alan Sugar, whom is perhaps best known as the man who founded Amstrad and says “Your’re fired!” a lot on a certain TV show, has decided to leave his role as Non-Executive Chairman.

UPDATE8 ISP O2 UK and BE Sell Home Broadband and Phone Service to Sky

1st March, 2013 (51 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (BE Broadband), which is owned by Spanish multinational Telefonica, has today confirmed that their struggling fixed line Home Broadband and Home Phone service is to be taken over by arch rival BSkyB (Sky Broadband) for a consideration of £180 million.

UPD Ofcom Advises EU of Intent to Slash BT Leased Line Prices in the UK

25th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

The communications regulator, Ofcom, has today issued a Draft Statement that formally notifies the European Commission (EC) of their proposal to cut the price that ISPs, mobile operators and businesses pay to BT for wholesale Leased Line services at speeds of above 1Gbps in all parts of the UK except London and Hull.

ISP TalkTalk Business Migrates UK SMEs to Residential Broadband Package

25th February, 2013 (11 Comments)

TalkTalk Business, which back in 2011 warned SME’s that “domestic grade broadband is not designed to cope with the demands of running a business“, appears to have changed its tune. A large number of their customers have now received letters which confirm that they’ll soon be migrated to the ISPs residential TalkTalk Plus package.

IoD Study Criticises BT and Says Faster Broadband Delivers More Jobs

15th February, 2013 (15 Comments)

The Institute of Directors, an organisation for EU business leaders, polled 1,147 of its members to reveal that faster broadband could improve productivity at 83% of companies, encourage 31% to invest more in their business and cause 15% of firms to hire more staff. But it also criticised BTOpenreach in the UK for low service satisfaction levels.

AAISP Warns UK Firms to Think of Broadband Before Culling FAX Lines

15th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

The boss of business ISP Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) has warned companies to think of their broadband connection before ceasing an old fax line (facsimile). The warning comes after the internet provider noticed a trend where some firms would cancel fax services without realising that the same line was also being used for broadband.

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

7th February, 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).

Fibre Optic Helps Global Broadband Revenues Reach GBP120bn in 2012

7th February, 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.

Virgin Media UK Tops 4.46M Broadband Users and Sells to LGi for GBP15bn

6th February, 2013 (9 Comments)

Cable provider Virgin Media UK has today released its latest results (Q4-2012), which saw subscribers to their broadband ISP climb to total 4,465,000 (up by +51,600). But the big news is that international cable operator Liberty Global (LGi) has officially agreed to buy VM (merger) for an enterprise value of approximately $23.3 billion (£14.88bn).

UK ISP Zen Internet Launch NGA Ethernet Service via FTTC and FTTP

31st January, 2013 (0 Comments)

Zen Internet has today launched a new symmetric 10Mbps (Megabits per second) capable NGA Ethernet service for businesses in the United Kingdom. The new product is based off two of the latest Next Generation Access (NGA) technologies, Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) and Fibre to the Premises (FTTP).