Cisco's latest Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast has revealed that mobile internet traffic grew by 159% (237 Petabytes per month) between the end of 2009 and the end of 2010, with the world average mobile connection speed doubling to reach 215Kbps.
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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has attacked UK government plans to monitor library users and potentially even disconnect whole services from the internet through its Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA).
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The UK based BT Group has released its latest financial results and revealed that their retail ISP division is now home to 5,529,000 broadband customers.
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Several broadband ISPs in the UK have today given their reaction to news that the last remaining IPv4 internet addresses are finally being allocated to Regional Internet Registries. They also comment on concerns that too few ISPs have its replacement , IPv6 , ready to roll.
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Customers of the O2 UK look set to be stung by a second wave of fixed line broadband ISP and home phone prices rises as the operator pumps new cash into enhancing its network.
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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has announced new measures that will allow mobile operators in the country to trade their valuable wireless network licences in the 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz radio frequency bands.
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A UK based broadband ISP supplier, Entanet, has just completed a major network upgrade that has seen many parts of its national platform improve capacity by 500 Percent.
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ISP BT has announced that, as a result of its 'Race to Infinity' campaign, an additional four UK communities (total of 10) will now benefit from an early superfast broadband upgrade by 2012 at the latest.
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Both Virgin Media and O2 have this week won several awards for their home broadband ISP services in the UK, with PlusNet , BT and Be Broadband also picking up some gongs in other categories.
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BT is negotiating to deploy a public Wi-Fi wireless internet access hotspot to cover the Olympic Park in time for London UK's 2012 Olympic Games.
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New research from Point Topic UK has revealed that households around the world now pay 50% less for their bandwidth than they did two years ago, mostly because of greater market competition.
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UK ISP BT ( PlusNet ) have escaped a huge fine after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) dropped an investigation into the operators failure to properly secure customer details that were passed to a third party (ACS:Law) and promptly leaked online.
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The UK government has called on its communications regulator, Ofcom, to review part of the controversial Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA) that relates to an enforced ISP website blocking proposal for copyright piracy sites. Ofcom has been asked to assess whether such a measure is even feasible.
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The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has today officially allocated the last remaining normal /8 IPv4 internet address blocks to APNIC. But fear not, the world isn't doomed.
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ISPreview.co.uk reviews the new WiBE (Wireless Broadband Enabler) device from Deltenna, which claims to be able to receive Mobile Broadband signals even in the most remote and rural UK areas where other USB Modems (Dongles) cannot. It also claims to offer significant speed boosts.
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UK ISP Virgin Media has announced that its existing 20Mbps XL broadband internet access service is being replaced by a significantly faster 30Mbps package. In addition the cable operator has also revealed a series of new February 2011 price discounts.
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The Cloud UK has today launched a new FREE Wi-Fi initiative that gives Londoners 15 minutes of free wireless broadband internet access per day when within the square mile of London city.
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ISP Entanet has slammed the UK government for forcing ISPs into paying a quarter of the costs associated with enforcement of the controversial anti-internet piracy Digital Economy Act (DEA). Meanwhile Rights Holders have been allowed to intervene in the acts Judicial Review.
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Lancashire in the UK looks set to get a new superfast broadband ISP network by 2014 after the local county council approved the first plans.
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Broadband ISP Andrews & Arnold ( AAISP ) has made IPv6 allocation an automatic feature for new ISP customers in the UK and confirmed that their service will still work just fine with IPv4 too.
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