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Week in Review: Microsoft cuts ties with Yahoo

Microsoft finally gives up on its long and protracted takeover bid. We also looked at ID cards, sewer broadband, lie detectors, future wireless,...

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 9 May 2008 at 11:22

Networking/News

Rural telecoms

UK rural broadband: too little, and too late

FOI requests suggest that Government-based plans to bring fast broadband to rural areas have made little progress. But there are more barriers than...

By Stephen Pritchard, 9 Dec 2011 at 15:37

Networking/Analysis & Insight

Week in Review

Week in Review: Sony shocker, smartphone smiles

This week, Sony had to deal with the aftermath of some serious data breaches, whilst there was plenty to smile about in the smartphone world.

By Tom Brewster, 6 May 2011 at 16:53

Security/News

Fibre

The great fibre debate

As ISPs squabble over infrastructure pricing and uncertainty surrounding demand, fibre broadband rollout in the UK could be in jeopardy. Tom...

By Tom Brewster, 13 Jun 2011 at 16:33

Public Sector/Analysis & Insight

Fibre broadband

Virgin 100Mbps rollout 'ahead of schedule'

The ISP is pushing out superfast speeds quicker than it expected, but prices are going up come spring.

By Tom Brewster, 6 Feb 2012 at 15:12

Networking/News

Broadband

BT considering Ofcom price cap appeal

Ofcom proposals would see BT Openreach's wholesale copper broadband and landline costs cut.

By Tom Brewster, 6 Feb 2012 at 10:12

Networking/News

Fibre

Virgin remains on top in broadband speed race

The broadband speed race is being won by Virgin, Ofcom figures show.

By Tom Brewster, 2 Feb 2012 at 12:15

Networking/News

New Year resolutions

New year: new suppliers

Inside the enterprise: consumers seem keener than businesses to switch suppliers. But reviewing contracts is an easy way to cut costs.

By Stephen Pritchard, 5 Jan 2012 at 08:00

Strategy/Analysis & Insight

BT

BT expands 20Mbps broadband reach

BT says over 80 per cent of the UK will be able to access its 20Mbps copper broadband by the end of the year.

By Tom Brewster, 4 Apr 2011 at 14:10

Public Sector/News

UK

UK not ready for 'web apps of tomorrow'

The UK is not prepared to manage next-generation internet applications, despite 14 other countries being ready to go, a report suggests.

By Tom Brewster, 18 Oct 2010 at 12:56

Networking/News

Broadband

BT breaks five million broadband customers landmark

Communications giant BT has announced that it now has five million customers signed up to its broadband services.

By Jennifer Scott, 23 Dec 2009 at 11:05

Public Sector/News

Fibre

Sunderland to get 'wall-to-wall' superfast broadband

The northern city will be the first in Britain to get complete fibre coverage, Sunderland City Council claims.

By Tom Brewster, 11 Nov 2011 at 12:10

Networking/News

BT

BT hands 41 market towns fibre broadband

BT outlines plans to bring superfast connections to 41 market towns.

By Paul Briden, 12 Jan 2011 at 16:59

Broadband/News

Olivia Garfield

BT's new Openreach CEO on the fibre future

We speak to Openreach's new CEO, 35-year-old Olivia Garfield, about the state of British broadband and how BT is going to shape it.

By Tom Brewster, 22 Mar 2011 at 18:06

Public Sector/Analysis & Insight

Internet home

Virgin Media to help create fibre homes

Virgin Media and Persimmon will produce thousands of fibre connected homes.

By Tom Brewster, 1 Dec 2010 at 15:39

Public Sector/News

Fibre broadband

Hunt urges end to fibre broadband PIA wars

Hunt points to BT as he calls for an end to bickering over fibre infrastructure.

By Tom Brewster, 15 Sep 2011 at 14:47

Mobile/News

divide

Will BT's nomination scheme widen fibre divide?

Comms giant BT wants ISPs to nominate exchanges to get fibre, but the new scheme has been criticised.

By Stewart Mitchell, 6 Sep 2010 at 11:45

Email Providers/News

BT

BT broadband booming as fibre fires up

Over 100,000 people signed up to BT broadband in the company's second quarter, while fibre uptake has accelerated despite only 38,000 adopting so far.

By Tom Brewster, 11 Nov 2010 at 12:07

Public Sector/News

Fibre broadband

BT fibre rollout to finish a year early

The telecoms giant says two-thirds of the UK will have fibre by 2014, not 2015 as originally planned.

By Tom Brewster, 31 Oct 2011 at 10:38

Networking/News

Fibre

BT announces FTTP 'on demand'

FTTP 'on demand' will be ready for customers next year after BT does another trial this summer.

By Tom Brewster, 3 Feb 2012 at 10:53

Networking/News

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