News - May - 2011
12th May, 2011 08:35 AM
The world telecoms market looks set for a return to "sustainable growth" after Ovum reported it to be worth a total of USD1.85 trillion at the end of last year.
12th May, 2011 08:07 AM
A dispute over the visual impact of BT's new street side FTTC cabinets in Bromley has caused the Labour MP for Lewisham West and Penge, Jim Dowd, to accuse the local council of deliberately delaying the rollout of superfast broadband services to the London UK borough.
12th May, 2011 07:45 AM
Cable giant Virgin Media has announced the UK expansion of its 'GBP50 off your first bill' discount to dual-play broadband and phone bundles and standalone internet access packages.
12th May, 2011 06:00 AM
BT, the national UK telecoms operator, has revealed that it is now home to a total of 5,691,000 retail broadband ISP subscribers and plans to push the maximum speed of its superfast fibre optic (FTTC) internet access services from 40Mbps to 80Mbps in 2012 and possibly even 100Mbps in the future.
11th May, 2011 12:28 PM
ISP Orange UK has launched a new "No Tricks Just Treats" advertising campaign that seeks to boost the image of its own fixed line Home Broadband service by belittling the bad practices used by some of its rivals, such as hidden usage charges and heavy setup fees.
11th May, 2011 11:48 AM
Ofcom has announced the forthcoming adoption of tough new consumer protection rules against broadband internet and phone providers in the UK. For example, those that abuse its rules could now face a penalty fine regardless of whether or not the underlying problem has been resolved.
11th May, 2011 07:49 AM
Be Broadband , a UK internet provider , has accidentally leaked the private email details of 302 former customers due to a mistake in one of its newsletters.
11th May, 2011 06:49 AM
The boss of ACS:Law (Andrew Crossley), a UK solicitors law firm that controversially pursued broadband ISP customers whom it alleged to have shared "illegal" copyright files with others over the internet, has been hit by a measly GBP1000 fine for leaking the private details of 6,000 people online.
11th May, 2011 06:20 AM
The UK Internet Service Providers Association has today revealed its finalists for their 2011 ISPA Internet Industry Awards, which sees KC ( Karoo ), Be Broadband, O2 , PlusNet and Virgin Media being shortlisted for the 'Best Consumer Fixed Broadband ISP' gong.
10th May, 2011 12:42 PM
University of California scientists have developed a new form of graphene-based optical modulators that could lead to a new generation of extremely fast broadband internet access services called 'Extremeband'.
10th May, 2011 11:48 AM
Ofcom has open an investigation into the UK telecoms industry after it found that some consumers still received higher than expected mobile, landline and or broadband ISP bills (i.e. Bill Shocks).
10th May, 2011 06:15 AM
The UK government has warned that the effects of Climate Change could also have a serious and damaging impact upon the country's wireless (Wi-Fi) and copper/fibre optic cable based telecommunications and internet access infrastructure.
09th May, 2011 23:18 PM
TalkTalk, a UK internet and phone provider with a habit of attracting service problems, is now trying to entice new customers by offering 12 months of broadband for half the usual monthly price.
09th May, 2011 12:35 PM
Inkspotwifi has proposed a new plan that would see wireless (Wi-Fi) broadband internet access points being installed on street lights in the UK county of Lincolnshire.
09th May, 2011 11:51 AM
Vispa, a UK based internet provider, has launched its new Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) service for businesses that have outgrown traditional broadband. The product is available to almost all of the country.
09th May, 2011 10:16 AM
TalkTalk, a UK based consumer broadband ISP, has launched a new internet security product called HomeSafe that acts as a network level security service to keep all of your online devices safe from bad websites. However the service has also caused anger among privacy campaigners for its stalking of users website visits.
09th May, 2011 09:29 AM
UK ISP O2 has launched a new range of business broadband packages for those with fixed home telephone lines. Existing mobile customers will also benefit from a 5 pound discount on the monthly price.
09th May, 2011 07:20 AM
The latest ISPreview.co.uk survey has discovered that most UK consumers' are aware of the standard migration process for changing broadband ISP, yet the majority of them (63 Percent) are being discouraged from using it because of penalty charges (exit fees) and the fear of service downtime.
09th May, 2011 06:12 AM
A community interest company (CIC), NextGenUs (Fibrestream), has today revealed plans to invest GBP10 Million in rolling out superfast fibre optic broadband internet access services to 10,000 homes and businesses in remote rural communities around the UK.
06th May, 2011 11:19 AM
A federal judge in the USA has prevented Rights Holders from using unreliable Internet Protocol (IP) address based evidence in an "illegal" file sharing case against a broadband ISP.
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