Category: Broadband
Progress being made on Superfast broadband in Cornwall
Plans to provide super-fast broadband to Cornwall are progressing, with pilot areas seeing fibre-to-the-cabinet connections live.
CWU call for spectrum auction profits to be invested in broadband
The CWU suggest that the 900MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum auction announced by Ofcom could be used to help fund investment in to UK broadband.
World Broadband subscribers reach 523 million at end of 2010
Asia is seeing continued surges in broadband growth and will likely soon take over as the country with highest penetration in IPTV.
Sky call for an end to Virgin’s ‘stop the broadband con’ campaign
Sky have approached the ASA over Virgin Media's campaign against broadband speed marketing which it deems as an "unjustified denigratory attack on Sky".
BT release update on data provided to anti-piracy companies
BT detail work it has undertaken with regards to customer data released to anti-piracy companies
Enterprise Zones to deliver super-fast broadband for businesses
Announced in the budget were 'Enterprise Zones' to be set up which will bring tax relief to businesses with a promise of the areas to be enabled for super-fast broadband
BT call charges to go up by 9% from April
BT are to increase the standard line rental charge by 30p from 28th April 2011
Enquiry into Welsh broadband services launched
An enquiry by the Welsh Affairs Committee will look at various aspects of broadband such as coverage and next-generation access to ensure that Wales isn't slipping behind the rest of the UK.
Better broadband promised to Suffolk
Jeremy Hunt has visited rural areas of Suffolk and promised they will get better access to broadband through the governments £530m of funding for broadband in this parliament.