News Archive - December 2011

Tuesday, December 13th 2011

Spectrum that can be used to improve mobile broadband services is being released by the public sector. The government is making "real progress" on identifying publicly-held spectrum that can be...

Tuesday, December 13th 2011

Smartphones, tablets and other wireless gadgets are putting increasing pressure on spectrum. Pressure is being placed on wireless broadband services by the growing prevalence of enabled devices...

Monday, December 12th 2011

Postwick is the latest village to gain access to Wispire high-speed wireless broadband. High-speed wireless broadband has been rolled out to the Norfolk village of Postwick as part of the ...

Monday, December 12th 2011

The majority of Brits are keen to access a faster internet connection. More than half of British consumers want faster broadband but a third are unaware of the speeds they...

Friday, December 9th 2011

Small firms are being put off trading online by a lack of high-speed broadband access. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the government to guarantee universal broadband a...

Friday, December 9th 2011

The Countryside Alliance has argued it is taking too long to deploy super-fast broadband in rural areas. Plans to roll out super-fast broadband to rural communities have stalled, the Countryside Alliance h...

Thursday, December 8th 2011

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has praised the decision to give Belfast a chunk of the £100 million urban broadband funding package. News that Belfast is set to benefit from improved broadband as part of a £100 million scheme a...

Thursday, December 8th 2011

A new fibre optic network operator is set to enter the market in Hull. MS3 Communications has pledged to roll out the first fibre optic broadband network in Hull that is n...

Wednesday, December 7th 2011

Demand from wireless broadband subscribers is contributing to growth in high-speed broadband services. Growth in high-speed internet connectivity in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development...

Wednesday, December 7th 2011

Internet access is now available in the vast majority of British households. Three-quarters of UK households now have access to some form of internet connection, according to ne...