Geo Networks, a UK fibre optic provider, has withdrawn from the governments Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) process over anti-competitive and economic fears that, it claims, could put the national project "at risk of complete failure".
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The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that 41.62 million adults (82.9% of the adult population) in the UK had used the internet by Q3-2011, which is a big improvement over Q2.
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The latest comScore data has revealed that 373.4 million unique visitors went online in the EU during September 2011 and used up an average of 26.4 hours per person. By contrast internet users in the UK spent a massive 36 hours online in the same month.
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The UK Daisy Group has today signed a significant new telecoms and broadband internet supply deal with BT's Wholesale division.
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New research has revealed that broadband ISP internet download speeds in the UK crash by an average of 35% between periods of peak (6.2Mbps - 7pm and 9pm) and off-peak usage (9.6Mbps - 2am to 3am).
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The group responsible for managing access to BT's local UK telecoms infrastructure, BTOpenreach, has today announced the commercial launch of its new cable ducts access product. Significant progress has also been made with its key trial custom, Fujitsu, which aims to reach 5 Million homes in rural areas (before 2016) with an ultrafast fibre optic broadband network that uses the same product.
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Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has launched a series of new time limited broadband, tv and calls bundles that include a £25 M&S voucher, free Sky+ Box or Sky+ HD box and free standard set-up (normally worth £30). The 6 months half price broadband unlimited and calls promotion is also still running.
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UK ISP BT has today announced the exclusive commercial launch of its new 100Mbps "ultrafast" fibre optic ( FTTP ) broadband services to the UK market. Initial coverage will be extremely limited and the related products have been positioned at a premium price point.
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Reputable UK ISP Zen Internet has today launched its own Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) service, which can provide dedicated and symmetrical (same speed both ways) broadband speeds of 10Mbps to most of the UK.
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Internet provider BE Broadband has today released more information about their forthcoming plans for a superfast fibre optic FTTC based service trial, which is due to begin this week and offer internet speeds of up to 40Mbps.
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UK ISP TalkTalk has released its latest quarterly results to 30th September 2011 (Q3) and reported a widening decline in its consumer broadband subscribers of -43,000 (total 4,129,000). However improvements are being made and the provider expects to return to growth during H1-2012. Its plans to launch a TV service are also said to be "on track" for the same period.
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The UK registry of internet domain names, Nominet, will soon finalise a new proposal that could lead to "criminal" website domains being removed from the internet without a court order.
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Visitors, businesses and local people in the UK city of York can now benefit from the launch of a free wireless (Wi-Fi) internet access service, which began its first trials today.
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Internet provider Aquiss has launched a new range of affordable 'Family Unlimited' broadband packages today, which are priced from £20 inc. VAT per month.
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Point Topic claims that the number of alternative network operators in the UK, which are helping to rollout a new generation of superfast fibre-based broadband services, is growing and helping to bring "new money into the business".
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Telecoms firm O2 UK (Telefonica) has today announced the launch of Britain's biggest 4G / LTE superfast Mobile Broadband trial, which will cover 15 square miles of London and deliver internet download speeds of between 25-50Mbps (Megabits per second).
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A survey of 590 people in the United Kingdom by ISPreview.co.uk has discovered that 57% of broadband users are interested in the new generation of internet based TV (IPTV) services but only if the price and content are attractive.
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The UK launch of cloud based video game service OnLive, which allows customers to play the latest games (without having to own them) via a live and remotely controlled broadband internet video stream, appears to have been a huge success after over one million people subscribed.
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Internet auction giant eBay has released its new Mobile Manifesto, which calls upon Ofcom and the UK government to rollout 4G superfast Mobile Broadband services in the country "as quickly as possible". eBay claims that doing so would deliver a £4.5bn boost to Britain’s economy by 2016.
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Internet and mobile provider O2 UK ( Be Broadband ), which is a sibling of Telefonica, has seen its rate of internet access subscriber decline accelerate after the loss of -27,600 customers in the quarter (Q3-2011).
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