News Archive - September 2011

Wednesday, September 7th 2011

Just 43 people in Teesdale have signed up for the public-funded broadband initiative. An inquiry will be launched to examine the reasons that a public-funded broadband project has failed...

Wednesday, September 7th 2011

The device is said to be 40 per cent faster than 3 Mobile's previous MiFis. Network operator 3 Mobile has announced the release of its new high-speed mobile Wi-Fi device, which...

Tuesday, September 6th 2011

Policymakers in Scotland have been told to consider the achievements of the Superfast Cornwall broadband project. Scotland has been urged to draw on the example set by Cornwall when considering improvements to the ...

Tuesday, September 6th 2011

Opposition from network operators has led to the delay of the spectrum sell-off. The UK's forthcoming mobile broadband spectrum auction has been delayed and will not take place ...

Monday, September 5th 2011

David Dyson argued 3 Mobile's rivals are keen to see the spectrum sell-off pushed back. The new chief executive of 3 Mobile has warned that rival network operators may attempt to delay the...

Monday, September 5th 2011

The ISP is trialling fibre to the home and fibre to the kerb in Woodmansey over the next six months. Residents in the East Yorkshire village of Woodmansey have become some of the first in the county to...

Friday, September 2nd 2011

Buzcom's FibreWiFi service has been launched in the Essex district. A fibre optic-based wireless broadband service has been rolled out in the Essex district of Uttlesfo...

Friday, September 2nd 2011

White space technology has been tipped to bring wireless broadband access to remote communities. Ofcom has moved forward with plans to allow the deployment of white space technology, which it claim...

Thursday, September 1st 2011

Ian Page of Burton Business Club has claimed the government's £530 million broadband funding package is too low. The government has been slammed for committing a "pathetic" amount of money to improve the...

Thursday, September 1st 2011

Work has begun to connect the communities of Lerwick and Scalloway. A project to hook Shetland up to a fibre optic broadband connection that runs from the Faroe Islands...