News Archive - October 2010

Monday, October 11th 2010

An MSP has called on the coalition government to confirm reports that north Scotland will benefit from a high-speed broadband trial. Policymakers have been urged to move quickly to bring faster broadband to the north of Scotland.The ...

Monday, October 11th 2010

Cullen International has reportedly said the UK's fibre optic broadband plans are only the seventh most ambitious in Europe. The UK will reportedly be lagging behind a number of its European counterparts in terms of its fibre...

Monday, October 11th 2010

Ian Watt of Enders Analysis has claimed Virgin Media will be the only company likely to benefit from the use of BT's ducts and telegraph poles. An analyst has argued that Virgin Media is likely to be the biggest beneficiary of Ofcom's rulin...

Friday, October 8th 2010

XLN Telecom has revealed that 67 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises believe business broadband is essential. Business broadband is more important to the UK's smaller firms than a number of other utilities....

Friday, October 8th 2010

John Adey of Star has revealed that employees' lunchtime browsing habits are costing small businesses £23 million per year. Business broadband customers are losing millions of pounds each year as a result of their employees&...

Thursday, October 7th 2010

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has said its new fibre optic broadband regulations should encourage competition. Ofcom has published what it has described as a "clear regulatory framework" to encourage i...

Thursday, October 7th 2010

Llandrindod Wells residents have been urged to vote in BT's Race to Infinity survey. Campaigners in a central Wales community are urging local residents and businesses to get involved i...

Thursday, October 7th 2010

Consumers can get the cheapest broadband in the country without having to commit to a bundle deal by signing up with Plusnet, it has been claimed. Plusnet has launched a new promotion in which it claims to offer the cheapest standalone broadband i...

Wednesday, October 6th 2010

The i3 Group has announced it will trial a high-speed broadband solution in north Wales. North Wales has been chosen as the location for a new fibre optic broadband trial to be conducted by...

Wednesday, October 6th 2010

Telecoms giant BT has been chosen to provide Norfolk County Council Children's Services with a cloud computing facility. BT has been awarded a contract by a south-east public sector body to move a number of its IT service...