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Ofcom Plan for Future 5G Mobile Broadband and 700MHz Spectrum Release

16th November, 2012 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has today begun to set out plans that will eventually enable the release of new airwaves (UHF radio spectrum), such as the controversial 700MHz and 600MHz band used by Digital TV services, which could be used by a future generation of 5G Mobile Broadband or WiFi style internet solutions. But it will be 2018 before anything happens.

eXwavia Bring 100Mbps Wireless Broadband to Llanrug and Bethel in Wales

14th November, 2012 (3 Comments)

Welshpool-based ISP eXwavia has announced that the large rural communities of Llanrug and Bethel in Gwynedd (Wales) can now benefit from wireless superfast broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps (Megabits per second).

Mansfield Could Become First UK Town to Crowdfund a FREE WiFi Service

14th November, 2012 (1 Comment)

The busy town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire could soon benefit from the installation of a free wireless internet (wifi) service that would cover its retail heart. But unlike most projects this one will be funded by members of the public and local businesses. The model could potentially work for rural broadband too.

BT WiFi Expands Public Wireless Internet to 7.5 Million Global Hotspots

13th November, 2012 (0 Comments)

BT WiFi has announced that its global wifi network is now home to 7.5 million public wireless internet hotspots (4.5m in the UK), which are offered free to the ISPs existing fixed-line broadband ISP customers but everybody else has to pay a small fee.

20Mbps Wireless Broadband Comes to Kettlewell, Starbotton and Buckden

13th November, 2012 (1 Comment)

LN Communications (I Love Broadband) has announced that the North Yorkshire (England, UK) communities of Kettlewell, Starbotton and Buckden can now access faster wireless broadband speeds of more than 20Mbps (Megabits per second).

Radio Spectrum Worth £52bn to the UK But Mobile Broadband to Get Cheaper

6th November, 2012 (0 Comments)

A new Government commissioned report from Analysys Mason has revealed that the total radio spectrum (e.g. wifi, digital tv, 3G etc.) market was worth £52 billion a year to the UK economy in 2011 (up 25% in real terms since 2006) and rising. But Mobile Broadband is going to get cheaper.

Tory MP Wants UK Social Housing Tenants to Have FREE Broadband

5th November, 2012 (26 Comments)

The Conservative MP for Rossendale and Darwen (South East Lancashire), Jake Berry, has called for all social housing tenants (e.g. people in poverty or those with low incomes) to be given either a low cost or even free broadband internet access service.

ISP Virgin Media UK Takes on Skype with Own WiFi Phone Calling Service

5th November, 2012 (2 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has announced customer trials of its new SmartCall service, which allows UK Smartphone users with a Virgin Phone Line to use the unlimited calls from their home phone talk plan on their mobile. But you’ll need to have a wireless internet (wifi) connection to make it work.

FREE WiFI Wireless Internet Comes to Lake District Information Centres

5th November, 2012 (0 Comments)

National park information centres in the Lake District (North West England, UK) are now able to offer free wireless internet access after a new service was installed at the Bowness Bay, Windermere; Moot Hall in Keswick; and Glenridding on Ullswater visitor centres.

ISP Allpay Expands Wireless Broadband to More Herefordshire UK Villages

1st November, 2012 (0 Comments)

Allpay Broadband, a fixed wireless internet provider that specialises in deploying its broadband wifi service into rural areas by placing transmitters at the top of local churches, has announced that its service should soon be going live in the civil parish villages of Peterchurch and Garway; with more planned.

MetroNet UK Fibre and Wireless Broadband Covers all of Greater Manchester

1st November, 2012 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Metronet UK has today announced that its hybrid superfast fibre optic (Dark Fibre) and carrier grade wireless network, which is understood to have cost £3 million to build, has finally achieved “ubiquitous coverage” across the entire Greater Manchester region.

Rural Ewelme Village Secures UK Rural Community Broadband Funding

22nd October, 2012 (1 Comment)

The civil parish village of Ewelme in southern Oxfordshire (England) has won a decade long battle to secure faster broadband connectivity after the UK government’s £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund(RCBF) preliminarily approved plans for a new network.

Rural Kinmuck Village in Scotland Gain Faster Wireless Broadband

22nd October, 2012 (0 Comments)

Residents and businesses in the isolated rural village of Kinmuck in Scotland (Aberdeenshire) can now access broadband internet download speeds of up to 30Mbps (Megabits per second), thanks to a new fixed wireless network.

Virgin Media to Keep FREE WiFi in London UK Tube Stations Until 2013

17th October, 2012 (2 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media UK has announced that its free wireless internet (WiFi) service at 72 London underground tube stations will remain free until the end of 2012. The service had originally been due to adopt a commercial (paid) model after the Olympic Games but this plan has now been delayed.

Isle of Skye in Scotland Gains Faster Wireless Broadband Service

12th October, 2012 (2 Comments)

A collaborative research project called Tegola, which is supported by funding from the £5 million Community Broadband Scotland Initiative (CBSI), has delivered faster broadband connectivity to premises on and around the remote Isle of Skye (Inner Hebrides).

LonsdaleNET Bring 60Mbps Wireless Broadband to Eden Valley in Cumbria UK

11th October, 2012 (1 Comment)

Cumbrian ISP LonsdaleNET, which in April 2012 acquired the network assets of defunct network operator NextGenUs Cumbria from the firms administrator (here), has now begun offering symmetric superfast wireless broadband speeds of 10-60Mbps across the rural Eden Valley and surrounding areas.

ISP TFL Brings 10Mbps Wireless Broadband to St David’s Cathedral in Wales

8th October, 2012 (0 Comments)

Pembrokeshire-based wireless ISP TFL-Group has expanded the coverage of its local WiFi network in the Welsh community of St David’s to serve the local Cathedral, as well as its staff, residents, offices and outbuildings.