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How to Make Amazon Echo Work with BT’s Home Hub Routers

30th September, 2016 (8 Comments)

A lot of UK people are buying Amazon Echo, the Internet shopping giants new hands-free speaker and voice-assistant, but apparently not everybody can get it to connect with their home WiFi network and this seems to be especially true of BT’s Broadband customers.

Google Station Tries to Bring Global Public WiFi Networks Together

28th September, 2016 (0 Comments)

Internet giant Google seems to be into almost everything these days and now the operator has decided to enter the market for public WiFi Hotspots by launching a new suit of management tools, which could bring such access points closer together. Mind you, they’re not the first to do that.

UPD Ofcom Asks UK People to Help Map Mobile and WiFi Network Quality

27th September, 2016 (7 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today launched its first “crowdsourced research project“, which asks owners of Android Smartphones’ to download its new Ofcom Mobile Research app, which will help them to build up a more accurate picture of Mobile and WiFi network performance across the United Kingdom.

AT&T Labs Propose AirGig Wireless Powerline Broadband Technology

23rd September, 2016 (9 Comments)

The research and development division of global telecoms giant AT&T has begun to develop a new twist on the old Powerline Communications idea, but instead of sending electrical signals over the national grid’s power cables it would use the cables to “guide” a wireless broadband transmission.

ISP Entanet Joins Metronet UK’s Wholesale Gigabit Wireless Network

22nd September, 2016 (0 Comments)

Communications provider Entanet has today become one of the latest ISPs to sign-up with Metronet UK‘s wholesale ultrafast wireless connectivity platform, which will be used to help connect businesses across various parts of England.

Wireless ISP Relish Offers Same Day Broadband Service in London

21st September, 2016 (2 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP Relish, which uses a variation of 4G technology in the 3.5GHz band to offer Internet download speeds of up to 50Mbps around parts of central London, has launched a new same day delivery service to help customers get online.

BT Wi-Fi Extenders Can Expose Your Wireless Network Password

21st September, 2016 (0 Comments)

The network security gurus at Pen Test Partners have warned owners of BT’s Wi-Fi Extender 300 (Broadband Extender 300 Kit) adapters to update its firmware after they uncovered a string of vulnerabilities that could result in your home WiFi network password being leaked.

ITS Technology Group Raises £2.4 Million of Funding to Boost Network

20th September, 2016 (2 Comments)

The ITS Technology group, which has been busy rolling out a mix of superfast and ultrafast fibre optic and wireless broadband networks around the United Kingdom, has managed to secure a further £2.4 million of investment in order to support future UK network expansion and new urban concession agreements.

Funding Fears for Perthshire Community Wireless Broadband Network

20th September, 2016 (3 Comments)

Fears over a possible misuse of public funding have erupted in the Highlands of Scotland after a community broadband project in rural Perthshire – the Highland Perthshire Communities Partnership (HPCP) – allegedly failed to deliver what was expected.

New Powers Allow Ofcom to Fine Mobile Operators for Poor Coverage

17th September, 2016 (3 Comments)

Tucked deep within the new Digital Economy Bill 2016-17 is a measure that will give Ofcom enough power to impose a financial penalty (worth up to 10% of a company’s gross revenue) on Mobile Network Operators’ (MNO) or Fixed Wireless ISPs that fail to deliver on a coverage obligation.

Court Finds Free Public Wi-Fi Operators NOT Liable for Internet Piracy

15th September, 2016 (1 Comment)

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has today ruled that operators of free (no password required) public WiFi hotspots cannot be held liable for copyright infringements (Internet piracy) committed by users on their networks, but there’s a password-attached catch.

Virgin Media Confirms Deal to Acquire Arqiva’s UK WiFi Network

8th September, 2016 (0 Comments)

Communications infrastructure provider Arqiva has agreed to sell its national network of WiFi Hotspots to Virgin Media, which will support the Liberty Global owned cable operator’s on-going efforts to extend the reach and influence of their own public WiFi infrastructure around the United Kingdom.

Ullapool Communities in Scotland to Build Wireless Broadband Network

1st September, 2016 (1 Comment)

Several rural Scottish Highlands communities around the Ullapool, Lochbroom, Little Lochbroom and Coigach areas have clubbed together in order to form the Highland Community Broadband (HCB), which aims to fund and build its own “superfast” (50Mbps capable) wireless broadband network in the area.

Cityfibre Opens Hull’s Gigabit Fibre Optic Network to Businesses

25th August, 2016 (5 Comments)

Cityfibre, which operates a number of ultrafast Gigabit-capable fibre optic (FTTP) broadband networks across several cities in the United Kingdom, has today opened up their existing 62km long network in Hull (East Yorkshire) for use by local businesses.

Scientists Demo MegaMIMO 2.0 for 3 x Faster WiFi and Mobile Broadband

25th August, 2016 (0 Comments)

Researchers working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a more efficient way of coordinating multiple wireless broadband routers at the same time by using their new MegaMIMO 2.0 technology, which could deliver three times faster WiFi speeds and double the range.

Patients at Three Key Hospitals in Dorset UK Get FREE WiFi

25th August, 2016 (0 Comments)

Patients, visitors and staff at three of Dorset’s (England) most important hospitals in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole should now be able to access a free WiFi wireless Internet service thanks to a joint effort by The Cloud (Sky), the Bournemouth Hospital Charity and Hospedia.

Central Manchester Trials Bus Stops with Free WiFi and USB Chargers

24th August, 2016 (4 Comments)

Public bus transport in Manchester city centre is already quite well covered by free WiFi hotspots, but now Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has gone one further by deploying several “super” bus shelters that also offer free public WiFi connectivity and charging points for Smartphones.