Ericsson has demonstrated a next generation LTE Advanced Mobile Broadband service, using commercial hardware, in Sweden that was able to deliver download speeds of up to 1Gbps (Gigabits per second).
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has managed to enrage civil society groups after its latest draft statement on the 'Principles for Internet Policy-Making' called for broadband internet providers (ISP) to effectively take responsibility for policing online content.
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Consumer telecoms operator O2 UK has announced plans to launch a new commercial trial of superfast 'up to' 40Mbps broadband ISP services later this year.
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A UK mobile operator, T-Mobile, looks set to launch a new range of truly unlimited data / internet services in July 2011.
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Europe has announced millions of Euros in funding for 13 photonics research projects, which could boost the maximum capacity of fibre optic broadband ISP networks to deliver speeds of over 1Gbps into homes by 2020.
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Ofcom UK has proposed to slash the battery backup time for fibre optic broadband ISP connections from 4 hours to just 1 hour, which could put lives at risk and do serious harm to smaller businesses that can't afford the necessary network resilience.
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Chris Stening, the UK boss of consumer ISP BE Broadband, has confirmed that the provider hopes to launch an admittedly expensive superfast fibre broadband service before the end of 2011.
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TalkTalk Business has announced a major expansion of its UK Ethernet and Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) based broadband ISP services.
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BT Openzone has signed a new deal with Hilton Worldwide that will allow its Wi-Fi wireless internet hotspot services to be deployed in 100 of the groups UK and Irish Hotels.
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UK ISP Rutland Telecom and fibre specialist Gigaclear have today revealed more details about their plans to deliver a fully independent superfast FTTH broadband network across rural Rutland.
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A UK broadband provider, ADSL24, has today launched two new products (Phone Line Rental and Mobile Broadband) alongside its existing ISP services.
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A UK High Court case tomorrow could allow the Film Industry to force broadband internet access providers (ISP) into blocking any websites that they deem to be facilitating "illegal" internet copyright infringement (piracy).
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Microsoft has teamed up with several UK ISPs, including BT and Sky Broadband (BSkyB), to help it conduct a Cambridge based trial of new white space wireless broadband technology. This makes use of the frequencies that exist between digital terrestrial TV channels.
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Business ISP Griffin Internet has, for the second year running, walked away with the annual Comms Business Awards 2011 gong for Best UK Internet Service Provider (ISP) of the Year.
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UK ISP BT Retail are offering their anytime phone calls package alongside an up to 20Mbps broadband service for free over the first 3 months of service, after which it will return to just GBP16 per month.
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The OECD has revealed that wireless broadband internet access services have seen significant growth (10%) during the past year (500 million subscriptions) and appear to be overtaking fixed line ISP alternatives (305 million subscriptions), which saw a huge slowdown in uptake (6%).
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Business ISP Easynet Connect has appointed a new General Manager, Andy Horn, to handle the deployment of its new superfast fibre-based broadband and Ethernet products in the London UK area.
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BT has launched a new fault checking service in the UK that should make it possible for ISPs to detect and locate broadband performance problems that have been caused by a High Resistance (HR) fault, such as water damage.
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An Apple Mac friendly internet provider, MacAce, has today launched a new range of up to 40Mbps superfast broadband packages for the UK market.
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The UK Shetland Islands (Scotland) look set to benefit after a new Digital Strategy was adopted that should see 90 Percent of island residents gaining access to a superfast broadband service by March 2016.
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