News Archive - May 2011

Monday, May 23rd 2011

A team of scientists from Australia have broken the broadband speed record. The speed record for fibre optic broadband transfer rates has been beaten by scientists from the Cen...

Monday, May 23rd 2011

The latest preliminary results from TalkTalk look positive for the firm overall. Broadband service provider TalkTalk announced late last week that revenue and cashflow were both ext...

Friday, May 20th 2011

Hyperoptic has been launched as a new venture by the founders of Be Broadband. The founders of Be Broadband have announced their entry into the urban fibre broadband market after ...

Friday, May 20th 2011

A review of the 2003 Communications Act will pave the way for new legislation for the telecoms industry. A "wide-ranging" review of the 2003 communications act is to be undertaken by the coalitio...

Thursday, May 19th 2011

A faster rollout of superfast broadband services in the UK has been called for by a Labour MP. The Labour party has applied pressure to the coalition government by claiming that its scheduled pla...

Thursday, May 19th 2011

Brits are being targeted by a deluge of spam at present. Home broadband service users across the UK are being targeted by more spam than ever before.Accordin...

Wednesday, May 18th 2011

More needs to be done to meet superfast broadband expansion expectations, a telecoms analyst has stated. The growth of superfast broadband networks across the UK is not meeting expectations, a telecoms ana...

Wednesday, May 18th 2011

Households in Kent could be set to see massive investment in broadband services over the next four years. Kent County Council has announced it is expecting a massive government handout as it looks to improv...

Tuesday, May 17th 2011

Broadband services in Derry have been upgraded by Virgin Media. Internet services provider Virgin Media has announced it has expanded its 100 Mbps cable broadband s...

Tuesday, May 17th 2011

Superfast broadband could be the norm for the majority of companies by 2015 in the UK. The government has pledged to deliver superfast business broadband services to up to 90 per cent of ...