News Archive - April 2012

Monday, April 23rd 2012

The West Country and other rural parts of Britain have some of the worst broadband in Europe, Sir Barney White-Spunner of the Countryside Alliance has said. Broadband services in rural parts of the UK are lagging behind every other country in Europe, accord...

Monday, April 23rd 2012

Mobile network operator Vodafone is set to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide for a little over £1 billion. Vodafone has agreed a deal to acquire fibre optic broadband network operator Cable & Wireless Wo...

Friday, April 20th 2012

A super-fast mobile broadband system is set to be deployed across Swindon. Swindon is set to become the first local authority area in the country to gain access to a borough-w...

Friday, April 20th 2012

Three-quarters of consumers want 4G access as soon as possible, a new survey has found. The vast majority of Brits want to see super-fast 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband tech...

Thursday, April 19th 2012

A scheme offering North Yorkshire businesses grants to improve their broadband connectivity will finish this month. Businesses in Malton and Norton, North Yorkshire, have been reminded that they are running out of ti...

Thursday, April 19th 2012

Download rates of up to 150Mbps have been achieved during O2's trial of 4G technology in London. O2 claims to have reached download speeds of up to 150Mbps in its trial of 4G mobile broadband techn...

Wednesday, April 18th 2012

Residents in north Lincolnshire are being urged to volunteer as broadband champions. North and North-East Lincolnshire councils are calling on local residents to play their part in brin...

Wednesday, April 18th 2012

Around 80 properties in north Powys have been connected to a high-speed wireless broadband service. Wales-based wireless internet service provider (ISP) eXwavia has rolled out a high-speed broadband l...

Tuesday, April 17th 2012

The EC is looking into a proposed ecommerce joint venture between three major network operators. The creation of an ecommerce joint venture between the UK's three largest mobile broadband opera...

Tuesday, April 17th 2012

Wi-Fi is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to mobile broadband, a new study has revealed. Mobile broadband operators are at risk of falling revenues or failing to take full advantage of netw...