News Archive - April 2011

Wednesday, April 13th 2011

The committee on industry, transport and research is keen to make use of "white space" frequencies. The European Union (EU) parliament's committee on industry, transport and research (ITR) has unv...

Tuesday, April 12th 2011

Point Topic has claimed the number of properties receiving speeds of at least 25Mbps will surpass 250,000 this month. BT and Virgin Media are starting to see their investment in next-generation broadband pay off, with ...

Tuesday, April 12th 2011

Investment in Long-Term Evolution technology is set to reach .9 billion by 2014. Global spending on super-fast mobile broadband infrastructure is set to increase substantially in th...

Monday, April 11th 2011

Residents and businesses are being urged to fill in a survey and demonstrate their demand for fast broadband. Internet users in Somerset have been called on by council chiefs to help demonstrate the county'...

Monday, April 11th 2011

The communications minister has explained the steps taken by Broadband Delivery UK over the past four months. Communications minister Ed Vaizey has outlined the progress that has been made so far towards the ta...

Friday, April 8th 2011

Piers Daniell has questioned the validity of complaints about the price BT charges for wholesale use of its infrastructure. The major internet service providers (ISPs) and network operators that criticised BT's pricing s...

Friday, April 8th 2011

The programme of infrastructure upgrades will benefit more than 1.5 million homes and businesses. BT Openreach has announced 156 telephone exchanges serving more than 1.5 million properties will be ...

Thursday, April 7th 2011

Plum Consulting has predicted cut-price access to wholesale copper infrastructure will affect the rollout of next-generation broadband. The falling price of wholesale access to copper broadband infrastructure will put internet service p...

Thursday, April 7th 2011

The Suffolk Broadband Summit has been held as part of the county's plans to win funding to develop next-generation broadband. A group of East Anglia MPs have attended a conference designed to boost the chances of their constit...

Wednesday, April 6th 2011

The telecoms giant said its proposed pricing structure for use of its infrastructure compares favourably with the European average. BT has defended itself following criticism from internet service providers (ISPs) and network operat...