SamKnows - Broadband News, Analysis and Profiles

Growth Slows and Bits Go Faster at Virgin Media

26 Feb 2009 | 10.26 Europe/London

Virgin Media's Q4 2008 results show the net growth in cable broadband subscribers down nearly 50% on the same time last year.

Carter Defends "Digital Britain" and USO.

25 Feb 2009 | 20.14 Europe/London

Lord Carter has been speaking out in defence of his "Digital Britain" report, and in particular its Broadband USO proposal, in response to the general online and public debate.

Over 95% of UK Internet Connections are Broadband

23 Feb 2009 | 11.22 Europe/London

The Office of National Statistics has released its final Internet Connectivity Index showing that more than 19 out of 20 UK internet connections in December 2008 were by broadband.

Twenty Countries Have at Least 1% of Connections by Fibre.

16 Feb 2009 | 17.09 Europe/London

The Fibre to the Home Council Europe recently published its 6-monthly global ranking of countries with more than 1% of households connected to fibre optic broadband.

Mobile World Calling for More Spectrum

16 Feb 2009 | 16.57 Europe/London

There's the usual flow of product launches and press releases at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, many of which relate to mobile data and broadband.

Yet Another OFCOM Spectrum Consultation

13 Feb 2009 | 08.48 Europe/London

OFCOM are having another go at achieving consensus on liberalising the use of some mobile phone spectrum with a view to promoting competition and innovation.

Some Good News at BT as Share Price Drops.

13 Feb 2009 | 08.34 Europe/London

BT's share price fell below £1 yesterday, a 25 year low, on the announcement of the 3rd Quarter financial results but there was some good news around in the broadband area.

Virgin Trial Revised Traffic Management

11 Feb 2009 | 18.40 Europe/London

Virgin Media have announced a localised trial in Blackpool, Preston and Wigan of a revised traffic management policy for their cable broadband customers.

O2 Jumps on "Free" Laptop Bandwagon

11 Feb 2009 | 08.25 Europe/London

O2 is to provide mobile broadband contracts with inclusive "free" laptops as part of a new Pay Monthly deal from the end of this month.

Barack Backs Broadband with MegaBucks

11 Feb 2009 | 08.03 Europe/London

The US Senate has passed President Obama's $827bn "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" which includes several billion dollars in measures to map and increase broadband coverage.

Profile: Felix Geyr, Be Broadband’s managing director, to gamble on gamers

10 Feb 2009 | 12.10 Europe/London

Felix Geyr is to begin sharpening Be Broadband's focus this spring on the core interests for which he believes people come to the LLU provider.

OFCOM tracks steady growth in broadband connections.

10 Feb 2009 | 07.32 Europe/London

OFCOM's latest quarterly telecomms market report for Q3 2008 shows an increase in residential and small business broadband connections of 322,000 in the three months July-September 20008.

Cost of 4G mobile data

08 Feb 2009 | 14.24 Europe/London

At a recent LTE summit Hank Kafka, vice president of network architecture for AT&T, said that "an LTE network running at full capacity on a 5 x 5 MHz channel could deliver 1 megabyte of capacity to a user at the cost of 0.

There's only one company doing coax broadband

06 Feb 2009 | 00.40 Europe/London

The Advertising Standards Authority have ruled against Virgin Media in response to complaints from Sky and a member of the public.

Kangaroo gets the high jump

04 Feb 2009 | 10.32 Europe/London

The UK Competition Commission has blocked the planned Channel 4 / BBC World / ITV joint venture video on demand project, on the grounds that it would result in a "Substantial lessening of competition.

BT launches Westminster Wi-Fi information and ticket booking service

03 Feb 2009 | 11.46 Europe/London

BT today launched a free Wi-Fi service in Westminster which will allow anybody in the area with a laptop or mobile (with Wi-Fi) to find local information as well as book restaurants and reserve tickets to events.

Mobile broadband for fixed use - a significant player ?

02 Feb 2009 | 22.50 Europe/London

Mobile broadband is often in the news, not least because the growth in the market is quite fast. At least part of the growth may be down to users signing up to 12 or 18 month contracts in order to get a "free" laptop, printer or other gadget.

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