October 27, 2009 | admin | All Posts, Industry News | No Comments
Mobile network analysts Informa believe that mobile networks in Britain and the USA are struggling with the sheer volume of data being delivered – particularly those in and around major cities. Dimitris Mavrakis, an analyst with Informa, says the firm is currently seeing major bottlenecks in the
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October 26, 2009 | admin | All Posts, Orange | No Comments
Broadband Provider Orange has raised the speed of all its broadband packages from “Up to” 8Mbps to “Up to” 20Mbps in a bid to grab a larger slice of the consumer market. The packages will also be cheaper than current offerings due to an aggressive pricing restructure. The move comes after
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October 15, 2009 | admin | All Posts, Industry News | No Comments
Reports by Uttiset suggest that Finland has created another law further guaranteeing broadband access to its citizens by passing a law that makes broadband access a legal right for all Finnish citizens. As of July 2010 every person in Finland will have a legal right to a 1Mbps broadband connection.
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Mobile network analysts Informa believe that mobile networks in Britain and the USA are struggling with the sheer volume of data being delivered – particularly those in and around major cities. Dimitris Mavrakis, an analyst with Informa, says the firm is currently seeing major bottlenecks in the
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Broadband Provider Orange has raised the speed of all its broadband packages from “Up to” 8Mbps to “Up to” 20Mbps in a bid to grab a larger slice of the consumer market. The packages will also be cheaper than current offerings due to an aggressive pricing restructure. The move comes after
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Reports by Uttiset suggest that Finland has created another law further guaranteeing broadband access to its citizens by passing a law that makes broadband access a legal right for all Finnish citizens. As of July 2010 every person in Finland will have a legal right to a 1Mbps broadband connection.
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Digital TV & Broadband Provider Virgin Media has announced that it is testing the viability of delivering its services via copper lines at speeds of up to 50Mbps. The trial, in partnership with Vtesse Networks, is running in Cornwall in England and involves delivery of both digital TV and broa
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Mobile Broadband penetration is set to surpass standard fixed line broadband by the end of 2009 a new study has reported. The study, carried out by the International telecommunications Union, indicates that mobile broadband connections across the world is on course to top 600 million by the end of
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Broadband Provider Virgin Media has come out on top in a Broadband speed test over the month of September. Virgin Media broadband customers receive average download speeds of 7.238 Mbps – ahead of second place O2 Broadband at 5.535 Mbps. The average speed of all broadband providers was 4.361 Mbp
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According to a report on the TimesOnline website, broadband reliability is the number one concern of broadband consumers. A poll carried out by a comparison site found that 34% of internet users felt that reliability was the most important factor – ahead of both value for money (23%) and, more su
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BT has announced that it plans to double the reach of its superfast broadband network by 2011. The move will see BT broadband available to homes in areas that are currently too far from the nearest exchange to receive broadband. A more interesting effect is that consumers who already have broadban
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An interesting (and not really surprising) article on the BBC website suggests that Mobile Broadband providers aren’t producing the goods when it comes to actual download speeds versus their advertised speeds. Research has shown that the average download speed for mobile broadband is 1.1Mbps –
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The Guardian reports that a recent Ofcom ruling could mean that millions of BT customers will see their broadband, calls and pay TV bills reduced. Ofcom has removed restrictions placed on BT during the mid 80s which prevented it from offering “bundled” deals to their customers e.g. TV and phon
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ZDNet are reporting that Vodafone have announced plans to increase the speed of its Mobile Broadband to a whoppi...
Be Broadband are now offering a 9 month contract. This contract is ideal for students who normally rent their term time ...
Broadband provider Orange has been hit by an outage, the BBC reports. The company, who has nearly 1 million customers ...
