Category: Internet Service Providers

Zen is investing money to help expand its Ethernet service options, which are aimed at businesses who want certainty in how their traffic is handled in the backhaul network.

There may be a tear or two shed today by the loyal customers of Be as they learn that they have been sold to BSkyB.

O2 has not arrested its slide in customer numbers shedding another 19,400 in the last quarter.

The next batch of 99 exchange areas that will see upgrades to offer FTTC services has been announced by BT.

The agreement between Liberty Global and Virgin Media is now fact and is subject to shareholder approval.

CNBC is reporting that the boards of both companies have reached agreement on the takeover.

Sky already offers free McAfee parental control software to customers, but is to implement a network based system so that any device from a TV to a smart phone can have controls applied.

TalkTalk is firmly on the path now of becoming a triple play provider as sales of its YouView box drive retention and may have helped in the total broadband customer base growing.

The UK broadband scene looked stable with just rumours about the sale of O2, but today the news that Virgin Media may receive a bid for its purchase may upset the apple cart.

Consumer grade broad is cheap because of the contended nature, but uncontended services are often too expensive for smaller businesses, Zen is trying to address this gap.