A UK subscription-free broadband ISP based video-on-demand and catch-up TV ( IPTV ) service, YouView (Project Canvas), has been joined by one of firms that recently tried to have it killed off - BSkyB.
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This year's UK Budget 2011 announcement caused office workers to race online, triggering a surge in business broadband internet traffic of over 18 Percent above normal levels.
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UK ISP Demon Internet has abandoned its free Fax to Email service from DFax after broadband customers began suffering problems with intermittent availability. No replacement will be offered.
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The Communications Workers Union has called upon the UK government to use any proceeds extracted from its auction of 4G Mobile Broadband spectrum to help deploy faster next generation broadband around the country.
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Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has called on the UK advertising watchdog to pull Virgin Media's 'Stop the Broadband Con' campaign, which the ISP claims has been setup with the intention to "dishonestly deceive consumers".
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The UK Open Rights Group has posted a video summary from day one of the Digital Economy Act's (DEA) Judicial Review process.
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The latest Point Topic statistics have revealed that the world is now home to a total of 523,066,022 broadband ISP subscribers, with 56 million being added over the past year for a steady annual growth rate of 12%.
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The UK government has announced the launch of 21 predominantly urban locations around the country that will become Enterprise Zones and thus benefit from superfast broadband internet access, tax breaks and simplified planning rules.
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has succeeded in developing a new and completely automated system that could, in the near future, automatically force mobile devices into picking nearby public Wi-Fi Hotspots over 3G/4G Mobile Broadband connections.
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BT has succeeded in forcing several law firms and their intermediaries to delete private customer details that had been collected through questionable Norwich Pharmacal Order's (NPO) following accusations of P2P internet copyright infringement (piracy).
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Mozilla has released its latest Firefox 4.0 website browsing software, which is a heavily simplified and much faster browser than previous releases. In addition it will also work on older operating systems, unlike IE9.
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Rights Holders and UK ISPs are reportedly working on a new Voluntary Code of Practice that could see 100 or more websites, those that have been deemed to "facilitate" internet copyright infringement, being blocked. This would include several popular cyberlocker (file storage) websites and P2P / Newsgroup indexes, such as The Pirate Day.
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The controversial Broadband Enabling Technology (BET), which can deliver fixed line DSL broadband ISP speeds of up to 2Mbps into rural UK homes that would normally reside too far away to receive a connection, has been launched by The Kenton Group.
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A new Eurostat study has revealed that 43% of the UK's older population (those aged 55-74) make frequent use of the Internet, which is considerably above the EU average of just 28% but a few points behind many of the Scandinavian countries.
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The UK national telecoms operator, BT, has announced a series of dramatic telephone line rental and phone call price hikes, which will hit the pockets of consumers hard at a time of worsening financial conditions.
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The UK government has been forced to admit that its controversial anti-Piracy Digital Economy Act (DEA), which seeks to tackle internet copyright infringement by imposing tough new restrictions upon broadband ISPs, will have to be delayed until the spring of next year and possibly even longer.
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Ofcom has today detailed how it intends to conduct the auctions for 800MHz and 2.6GHz radio spectrum bands in the UK, which will be used to deploy superfast Mobile Broadband services via either LTE or WiMAX technology.
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A UK satellite ISP, Broadband Wherever, has today become the first such operator to announce the launch of 10Mbps capable internet access packages that have been based off Eutelsat's new KA-SAT spacecraft.
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BT has launched a series of cheaper broadband, phone and TV bundles into the UK market this month, including several that offer '3 Months FREE Broadband' and others with an included Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate worth £25.
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Sky (BSkyB) has launched a special promotion for new sky broadband, satellite tv and phone customers that includes a free £100 voucher for use in Marks and Spencer's shops around the UK. New customers will also benefit from a free Sky+ box and setup.
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