News Archive - November 2011

Tuesday, November 8th 2011

A new report has claimed mobile broadband data usage will increase significantly between now and 2016. Mobile broadband data traffic is set to grow tenfold over the next five years, according to Ericsson...

Monday, November 7th 2011

More Derbyshire residents are being urged to back a scheme to deliver faster broadband across the county. Hundreds of Derbyshire residents have lent their support to the county council's super-fast broa...

Monday, November 7th 2011

The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee declared the mobile networks have failed to cooperate with Ofcom's 4G spectrum auction plans. Ofcom's attempts to organise the UK's 4G mobile broadband spectrum auction have been hampere...

Friday, November 4th 2011

Penrith and the Border MP Rory Stewart has welcomed BT's decision to speed up its fibre broadband rollout. BT's announcement that its fibre optic broadband rollout programme will be accelerated has been ...

Thursday, November 3rd 2011

Bath could collaborate with Bristol and South Gloucestershire on a joint broadband strategy. Bath council chiefs are mulling over whether to develop a broadband plan in collaboration with Brist...

Thursday, November 3rd 2011

Network operator Vodafone is looking for 12 rural communities to take part in a trial designed to boost 3G coverage. Vodafone has announced plans for a pilot scheme to test femtocell-based technology designed to boost...

Wednesday, November 2nd 2011

Mobile data usage now accounts for 97 per cent of traffic on the 3 Mobile network. Network operator 3 Mobile has revealed 97 per cent of traffic on its network now comprises data cons...

Wednesday, November 2nd 2011

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a map detailing the UK's mobile broadband coverage. A map detailing levels of outdoor mobile broadband availability across the UK has been published by ...

Tuesday, November 1st 2011

Fibre optic broadband could be deployed to every home and business in York. Universal super-fast broadband access could become a reality in York under new plans from the city c...

Tuesday, November 1st 2011

John Lamont has hailed news that Kelso will receive access to faster broadband. Kelso MSP John Lamont has welcomed news that faster broadband is coming to the town of Kelso, but st...