The UK government has been criticised for moving too slowly on its first four superfast broadband pilots, which have yet to have their funding criteria defined and not been put out to tender.
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The UK based open broadband ISP TV (IPTV) service, YouView, has today officially delayed its first product trials until the end of 2011 and will not now launch their consumer services until early 2012.
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Residents covered by the UK East London telephone exchange of Poplar, which was recently upgraded to support BT's latest superfast 40Mbps FTTC broadband ISP technology, have complained that they cannot receive the service.
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UK Satellite ISP Avanti Communications has announced a group of five new contract wins for the sale of HYLAS 1 internet access services in Europe. New contracts have been signed by Buzz Networks and Rural Broadband UK of the UK, Broadband Algarve of Portugal and Globatel in Spain.
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Analysts at IHS iSuppli have predicted that Long Term Evolution ( LTE ) will win the war to become the world's next generation (4G) Mobile Broadband technology of choice. In 2014 LTE will have 303.1 Million subscribers, dwarfing WiMAX on 33.4 Million.
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ISP Be Broadband UK has scrapped its old BE Value internet access package (40GB usage allowance and 8Mbps speeds) and is instead forcing existing users to either upgrade to their newest deal or leave the service.
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A London court has prevented a controversial UK solicitors firm, ACS:Law, from dropping 26 cases of alleged illegal internet copyright P2P file sharing by broadband ISP customers.
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Eurostat has revealed that one third of Europeans with internet access have been hit by a computer virus, which is despite most surfers (84 Percent) using security software to prevent such attacks.
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The troubled UK ISP TalkTalk has recorded its first customer decline after it lost -18000 broadband subscribers over the past quarter due to poor service and customer support quality.
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Today is officially Safer Internet Day 2011, which is celebrated by almost 70 other countries around the world and aims to help educate web users about the dangers of Internet surfing and how to stay safe while online.
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Alcatel-Lucent has revealed its new lightRadio cube's, which could improve mobile internet coverage by effectively shrinking Wireless Masts and Base Stations into a significantly cheaper, low powered and hand sized unit.
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New statistics have revealed that the average broadband internet connection speed in the UK has just hit 5.691Mbps, with average ISP upload performance rising from 0.673Mbps in December 2010 to 0.728Mbps now. Virgin Media is the fastest operator overall, with O2 ( Be Broadband ) and Eclipse Internet battling out for 2nd place.
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Broadband ISP BT Retail UK has revealed its new HomeHub3 router, which features anti-interference Smart Wireless technology for a stable Wi-Fi connection and includes ports for both ADSL and FTTC broadband links.
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Ofcom has confirmed that it plans to publish its Code of Practice for tackling UK internet copyright infringement, which will be forced upon broadband ISPs, within the next six weeks. This is despite significant and building criticisms of the act.
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The controversial UK internet copyright infringement solicitors firm ACS:Law (Andrew Crossley) and its intermediary MediaCAT have officially "ceased trading" amid a spectacular failure to sue 27 individual broadband ISP customers.
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The East Yorkshire based broadband provider, KC, has launched a new free music streaming service through its Karoo portal in the UK.
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The head of applications and services at UK ISP Virgin Media Business has told firms not to worry about IPv4 depletion and the fear surrounding a lack of support for its replacement, IPv6.
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Broadband ISP BT Retail UK has revealed plans to launch new internet safety advice booklets for parents. The provider will also offer its free Family Protection parental-control software as part of an automatic install process.
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Credible sources have informed ISPreview.co.uk that Vodafone UK is busy working with BT Wholesale on a new quad play product, which would combine a home phone, broadband ISP, mobile and internet TV (IPTV) service.
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Broadband ISP IDNet UK has introduced its new business Ethernet Direct Leased Line service, which can offer symmetric internet speeds of up to 1000Mbps (1Gbps) for relatively affordable prices.
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