News Archive - January 2012

Tuesday, January 24th 2012

The Open Rights Group has claimed some mobile broadband providers are preventing customers from accessing the online anonymity website Tor. Mobile broadband operators O2, Vodafone and 3 Mobile have been accused of preventing some customers ...

Tuesday, January 24th 2012

Some £6 million of Herefordshire Council's 2012-13 budget could be allocated to a major broadband project. Herefordshire Council is set to allocate £6 million of its 2012-13 budget to support a large-s...

Monday, January 23rd 2012

Silver surfers are supporting an initiative that aims to significantly improve broadband connectivity in Norfolk. Older internet users in Norfolk have given their backing to a campaign that aims to significantly bo...

Monday, January 23rd 2012

Plans to deliver 4G technology to 98 per cent of the population have been backed by MPs. Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames has praised Ofcom's proposals to deliver super-fast mobile broadba...

Friday, January 20th 2012

Outdated IT networks could hold back 4G mobile broadband services. The full potential of super-fast 4G mobile broadband will not be realised unless "legacy intern...

Friday, January 20th 2012

Premier Inn has chosen Spectrum Interactive as its exclusive Wi-Fi provider. Spectrum Interactive (SI) has secured a contract to roll out wireless broadband to all 600 Premier I...

Thursday, January 19th 2012

Norfolk's Holkham Estate is aiming to attract new businesses, but is being held back by slow broadband. The owners of Norfolk's Holkham Estate, the former home of the Earls of Leicester, have said the...

Thursday, January 19th 2012

BT has rolled out nearly 320,000 wireless access points across Scotland. Almost 320,000 BT wireless broadband hotspots are now available in public spaces and private propert...

Wednesday, January 18th 2012

Business Minister Mark Prisk has claimed SMEs are not more vulnerable to online crime as a result of faster broadband connectivity. Super-fast broadband access does not increase the chances of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME...

Wednesday, January 18th 2012

Residents at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire are set to gain access to a fast wireless broadband service. A community broadband initiative is set to deliver faster internet speeds to hundreds of residents a...