BT's popular broadband TV (IPTV) package, otherwise known as BTVision to its UK customer base, has finally added the full BBC iPlayer platform to its service.
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The UK government's crackdown on internet copyright infringement (piracy) is unlikely to solve the problem after a new survey of BE Broadband's ISP customers revealed that half would sooner conceal their identity on file sharing networks than stop using P2P altogether.
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UK ISPs BT and TalkTalk have lost their High Court appeal against an earlier rejection of their Judicial Review, which claimed that the Digital Economy Act (DEA) for tackling internet copyright infringement was not compatible with EU law.
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A UK ISP and expert in internet content filtering, SO Internet, has said that it supports the government's attempts to clamp down on and filter out adult content online.
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The UK government and Rights Holders appear to have moved one step closer to agreeing a new voluntary block of websites that are deemed to "facilitate" internet copyright infringement. A new working paper suggests several solutions to tackle ISP concerns.
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Gigaclear, a dedicated builder of fibre optic broadband networks, has today made a "substantial" new investment in Rutland Telecom (ISP) to aid in its deployment of superfast internet access services around the UK.
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CityFibre Holdings, which is currently trying to deploy a superfast fibre optic broadband service in the English (UK) seaside town of Bournemouth, has shunned plans by its competitors ( BT and Virgin Media ) to deploy similar ISP solutions in the town.
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A new report has revealed that the communications provider for Hull and East Riding (Yorkshire) in the UK, KC (KCOM), generated an estimated £150 million for the regions local economy last year.
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Satellite ISP Avanti Communications has told the UK government that its new 10Mbps HYLAS1 service can bring broadband to rural communities for less, thus helping to solve the funding shortfall.
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UK ISP Eclipse Internet has warned businesses of a possible "IT meltdown" and "computer chaos" if they allow workers to live stream the annual Wimbledon Tennis tournament over their offices broadband network.
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Ofcom has given the green light for UK mobile operators to trade their Mobile Broadband compatible radio spectrum in the 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz bands. In addition it has also varied the 2100MHz licences to ensure that 90% of the UK can get a minimum speed of 768Kbps on "a lightly loaded cell" by 30th June 2013.
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Approximately 3500 school children and over 60,000 homes and businesses in the East Sussex towns of Eastbourne and Hastings could benefit after BT announced plans for a major superfast broadband upgrade last week.
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Home broadband provider PlusNet UK has slashed the price of its broadband and phone call bundles in half for the first 9 months of service, but only when taken with their line rental product.
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A UK telecoms firm, aql, claims that the end of KCOM's phone and broadband monopoly over the Hull and East Riding (Yorkshire) area could soon come to an end thanks to its new number porting agreement with the incumbent.
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Approximately 11,000 homes in the Havant UK based town of Leigh Park looks set to get a free wireless (Wi-Fi) broadband internet access service tomorrow when CommunityUK completes its first "self-sustaining" network in the area.
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A new report published by the UK Space Agency today aims to promote the advantages of satellite broadband technology for delivering internet access into remote communities. It also calls upon the government to offer setup subsidies, which would off-set the high kit and installation costs, for such locations.
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The UK governments Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has revealed that around 1500 of Virgin Media's broadband ISP customers have been infected by the bank detail stealing SpyEye Trojan.
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A UK ISP and mobile operator, O2, has announced plans to centralise its six regional contact centres into a single £10m virtual, multi-channel IP contact centre.
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Market intelligence firm iSuppli has warned that Mobile Broadband operators from around the world will need to switch to more restrictive and expensive tiered pricing plans or risk a significant detriment to their revenues.
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The UK government MP for Cambridge, Julian Huppert, has called for a repeal of the Digital Economy Act (DEA) laws that permit disconnection ("suspension") of users from their broadband ISP and thus the internet.
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