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09th Jun, 2011 09:25 AM
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has been heavily criticised today after one of its former bosses was jailed for almost three years after defrauding the public body of GBP522k by circumventing its "robust" financial controls.

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09th Jun, 2011 09:04 AM
Icomera has expanded its UK range of vehicle based internet connectivity solutions to include free wireless (Wi-Fi) broadband services on both National Express's Stansted Airport Coaches and the First Hull Trains service.

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09th Jun, 2011 08:04 AM
The UK government's HomeOffice has released a new report (Prevent Strategy) that suggests a major expansion of internet filtering (website blocking) by ISPs to include any website that they deem to be "unlawful".

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09th Jun, 2011 07:28 AM
The OECD, which represents 34 countries around the world, has warned that the high cost of mobile internet data roaming must be addressed through new consumer protection rules. At present the average cost for a single MegaByte (1MB) is 9.48 US Dollars.

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09th Jun, 2011 06:34 AM
Internet providers in Wales look set to benefit after the former head of broadcasting and telecommunications at Ofcom UK started a new Wales Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) in the country, which will focus on getting better broadband for the Welsh.

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08th Jun, 2011 11:56 AM
Rural residents and businesses in the East of Suffolk (UK) could soon benefit from a new superfast fibre optic and wireless broadband ISP network after the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) awarded a related grant worth GBP250,000.

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08th Jun, 2011 09:03 AM
A UK business ISP, Fluidata, has today heralded the start of World Ipv6 Day and pointed towards some of the many benefits that would be gained by switching to the internet's latest addressing standard.

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08th Jun, 2011 07:37 AM
The holding company for the UK based i3 Group Limited, Earlstown Technology, has been placed into administration following residual creditor pressure and a related investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). i3 had originally been a pioneer of superfast fibre optic broadband ISP service deployments in several UK city's.

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08th Jun, 2011 06:53 AM
The boss of a notorious UK law firm (ACS:Law) that pursued thousands of broadband ISP customers with big cash demands over dubious allegations of internet copyright infringement (piracy), Andrew Crossley, has been declared bankrupt and can no longer practice law.

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08th Jun, 2011 06:13 AM
ISP PlusNet has begun offering a GBP30 Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate to any new UK customers who subscribe to its broadband internet access services or bundles.

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07th Jun, 2011 12:25 PM
The UK Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA) has recorded the first ever decline in cheaper unbundled (LLU) telephone and broadband lines. This could signal the start of a new swing towards superfast broadband solutions, which are being delivered almost exclusively by BT and Virgin Media .

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07th Jun, 2011 11:30 AM
UK ISP Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has launched a new promotion that offers 6 months of half price unlimited broadband service (i.e. GBP5 a month), but only when taken alongside their Sky Talk Freetime (free Evening and weekend UK landline calls) and Sky Line Rental services.

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07th Jun, 2011 09:55 AM
Telecoms analyst Point Topic UK has reported that residential consumer broadband prices per Megabit (Mb) have continued to fall in 2011, driven down by competition from faster internet access technologies and services.

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07th Jun, 2011 06:25 AM
Billion UK claims to have become one of the world's first manufacturers of broadband ISP routers and networking kit to be "ready and compliant with the new IP address naming structure, IPv6".

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07th Jun, 2011 05:59 AM
The rural village of Shap in Cumbria (United Kingdom) will soon be able to get faster broadband internet access via electricity cables. The effort is all thanks to Gridline Communications, a USA based firm, and its implementation of Broadband over Power Line (Power Communications) technology.

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06th Jun, 2011 10:57 AM
A new UK review into the sexualisation of children has called for broadband internet providers (ISP) to restrict access to related adult content.

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06th Jun, 2011 06:31 AM
The boss of an outspoken UK internet provider, AAISP, has slammed the national telecoms operator (BT) for "failing to understand the basics of IP networking" after it allegedly could not cope with a complaint about random packet loss on one of the ISPs broadband lines.

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05th Jun, 2011 23:09 PM
A group of UK ISPs have called upon BT Openreach to offer more information and clarity alongside their rollout of superfast 40Mbps FTTC broadband services. At present BT only reveals when a telephone exchange has been upgraded and not when the areas street cabinets are due to follow suit.

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04th Jun, 2011 00:06 AM
UK ISP Virgin Media has cut the price of its triple-play broadband, phone and television bundles by GBP100, which is on top of its existing free installation and set-top-box promotions.

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03rd Jun, 2011 11:30 AM
UK ISP Timico has acquired one of its rivals in the internet provision industry, Powernet (Power Internet Limited), in what appears to have been a fairly friendly acquisition.

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