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UPDATE National Audit Office Scalds 2 Years Late Broadband Delivery UK Project

5th July, 2013 (9 Comments)

The National Audit Office (NAO), which is responsible for scrutinising the value for money of public spending in the United Kingdom, has described the government’s national £1.2bn superfast broadband roll-out scheme as “moving forward late“, lacking “strong competition to protect public value” and being underfunded.

Deloitte Study Finds Big Broadband Speed Divide in North West England

3rd July, 2013 (8 Comments)

A new study from global financial services firm Deloitte has unsurprisingly revealed a big Digital Speed Divide between the performance of broadband internet connections across the North West of England, which it fears could damage business. Speeds were found to vary between a low of 3.94Mbps and a peak of 60Mbps+.

ISP BT Business Quietly Hikes UK Unlimited Broadband Prices by GBP1

2nd July, 2013 (11 Comments)

Customers who take one of the unlimited usage based fixed line BT Business Broadband packages should note that the ISP has quietly increased its monthly prices by £1 (+vat). Similarly the one-off router delivery charge has also been increased from £6 up to £8.

AQL Solar Powered Blue Phone Boxes Boost Leeds UK Fibre Network

29th June, 2013 (0 Comments)

Business telecoms operator Aql has begun to roll-out 24 reconditioned phone boxes to help the deployment of its new metropolitan fibre optic broadband and free wifi network around the West Yorkshire city of Leeds in England.

FTTC is Key Risk for UK ISP TalkTalk as Citigroup and Morgan Stanley Differ

25th June, 2013 (2 Comments)

Global financial services firm Morgan Stanley and banking giant Citigroup (Citi) have both warned that new TV (sport) and broadband offers from BT and Sky Broadband (BSkyB) will put pressure on TalkTalk’s future, yet while one has downgraded its expectations the other has done the opposite.

Business Broadband ISP FastNet Offers new Router for Life Warranty

20th June, 2013 (3 Comments)

Business Internet provider FastNet have today introduced a new Router for Life Warranty, which is valid on all standard routers purchased from FastNet and also includes any purchased in the past by existing customers.

BT Group UK Picks Gavin Patterson to Succeed Ian Livingston as CEO

19th June, 2013 (11 Comments)

BT Group has today selected the current CEO of its BTRetail division, Gavin Patterson, to take over the running of its telecoms and broadband empire from September 2013 after Ian Livingston decided that a role in government as the ‘Minister of State for Trade and Investment’ would apparently be more interesting.

Broadband ISP UKFSN Dissolved But Will Continue to Function

18th June, 2013 (2 Comments)

The UK Free Software Network (UKFSN), a small internet access and web hosting provider that helps to fund free software projects from its profits, has today officially been struck off and dissolved by Companies House (company no. 05292112). But happily the ISP is not dead and will continue to operate.

UK ISP TitanADSL Closes Web Hosting and Preps Broadband Merger

18th June, 2013 (6 Comments)

Internet provider TitanADSL has suddenly discontinued its web hosting and email services because it only had a small number of users and thus wasn’t economically viable. On top of that the ISP has also confirmed that its fixed line broadband services will shortly be merged with another company.

CityFibre to Boost UK Fibre Optic Broadband Capacity via Level 3 Deal

13th June, 2013 (2 Comments)

CityFibre, which builds ultra-fast 100Mbps+ fibre optic (FTTH) broadband networks for big towns and cities around the United Kingdom (e.g. York and Bournemouth), has today announced a new capacity deal with Level 3 Communications that could enable it to launch 1Gbps services “throughout the United Kingdom“.

Liberty Global Completes GBP15bn Takeover of UK Cable ISP Virgin Media

8th June, 2013 (28 Comments)

International cable operator Liberty Global (LGi) has, after clearing all the necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals, officially completed its £15bn (enterprise value) acquisition of broadband, phone and TV giant Virgin Media in the United Kingdom.

A Quarter of Small Businesses Unaware of the UK Broadband Rollout

7th June, 2013 (4 Comments)

A new survey of 500 small and medium sized businesses in the United Kingdom, which was conducted by AXA Business Insurance, has revealed that one in four were unaware of the publicly funded BDUK scheme to help make superfast broadband ISP connections available to 90% of the country by the end of 2015.

ISP XLN Telecom Launch Cheaper Business Broadband and Phone

5th June, 2013 (2 Comments)

Business ISP XLN Telecom has today announced the launch of its new range of ‘Connect‘ packages, which bundle broadband and phone services together for a cheaper price that it hopes will help to attract plenty of new SME customers.

MetroNet UK Brings Hybrid Fibre and Wireless Broadband to Chester

3rd June, 2013 (0 Comments)

As expected ISP Metronet UK has expanded the coverage of its “ultrafast” hybrid fibre optic (Dark Fibre) and carrier grade wireless broadband network to reach businesses in the city of Chester (North West England).

UK ISP PlusNet Revamps its Unlimited Business Broadband Packages

29th May, 2013 (12 Comments)

Internet and phone provider PlusNet Business has today refreshed its range of business focused broadband and phone packages and introduced a new offer of 6 months half price (only applicable with the 24 month contract option). A new superfast up to 76Mbps Business Fibre (FTTC) product has also been added.

BT Openreach Tweaks Unbundled LLU Phone Line Prices for UK ISPs

28th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which looks after BT’s national telecoms network, has once again tweaked some of its future local loop unbundling (LLU) prices for broadband ISPs and phone line providers in order to ensure compliance with Ofcom’s charge controls.

Comms Business Magazine Reveals Best UK ISP 2013 Award Finalists

24th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Comms Business magazine has this week announced the finalists for its annual 2013 Comms Business Awards event, which is due to take place on Thursday 20th June at the Nine Kings Suite in The Lancaster London.