O2 UK has begun trials of its new 'O2 Connect' service, which allows mobile phone users to make normal calls and send text messages over internet connected Wi-Fi (wireless) networks.
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It's been announced that the last analogue TV signals will be completely switched off in the UK on 24th October 2012, thus making way for a new generation of superfast Mobile Broadband services in the 800MHz band.
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Sky has launched a new promotion that offers its Sky Broadband Unlimited service at half price for the first 6 months of service, but only when taken as a bundle.
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UK ISP TalkTalk is in trouble with the communications regulator, Ofcom, yet again and this time over claims that it "persistently misused an electronic communications network" to make silent calls.
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The Cloud has won a five year extension to its contract with the City of London, which will allow it to continue offering a free wireless internet access (WiFi Hotspot) service across the Square Mile.
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Small UK ISP 'So Internet' has said that the government's new code of practice to help block adult websites has got its fully support.
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Scottish customers of cable operator Virgin Media UK were left without a broadband, phone and TV service earlier this week after rats nibbled through some vital fibre optic cable, which is apparently delicious.
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Several UK Internet Service Providers (ISP) have reported a huge surge in broadband traffic has consumers from across the country and around the world logged on to download Apple's latest iOS5 software update for their iPhone and iPad devices.
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Several experts in the internet industry have heavily criticised the UK and Welsh government approaches to rolling out a new generation of superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services.
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National UK internet and phone provider BT has today clarified precisely what the governments new crackdown on adult internet content actually means and it's not as sinister as some have reported.
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The UK government has refused to repeal legislation that could force broadband ISPs into blocking websites that facilitate piracy, which is despite the plan being shelved after an accepted review by the communications regulator found that such measures would not be effective.
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NextGenUs, a Community Interest Company (CIC) that helps local people in isolated rural UK towns and villages to build their own superfast broadband ISP networks, has today expanded their deployment ambitions from a few niche locations and onto a national scale.
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Orange UK has today announced the launch of free online security and parental control software for their fixed line home broadband ISP customers.
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The Cloud, a WiFi Hotspot operator, has suggested that it is quietly pleased with the UK regulators delay of 4G mobile broadband services as that will benefit its own solutions.
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The European Commission (EC) has warned multiple EU member states and two mobile Satellite service operators (Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile) that they must either deliver on their deployment promises or face having the necessary 2GHz spectrum removed.
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Several of the UK's biggest broadband Internet Service Providers (ISP) have today agreed to offer parents an option to block adult web content when they first subscribe.
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Akamai's latest State of the Internet Q2 2011 report reveals that the average global broadband ISP download speed has risen to 2.6Mbps (up from 2.1Mbps in Q1-2011). By contrast the UK achieved 5.0Mbps, which ranks it 25th fastest in the world.
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Two UK mobile phone network operators, Orange and T-Mobile (Everything Everywhere), have announced that they are now able to share their mutual 3G / Mobile Broadband service coverage with customers.
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The latest ISPreview.co.uk survey has discovered that 33% of UK internet users have experienced a loss of internet connectivity due to bad weather conditions (snow, thunderstorms etc.), although 22% claimed that such problems were very rare (i.e. once a year).
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Ofcom has officially delayed its auction of next generation (4G) Mobile Broadband spectrum in the UK from Q1-2012 to Q4-2012, although this isn't expected to delay the introduction of consumer services.
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