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Broadband Speed: Ofcom warns ISPs on 'up to' claims

30 Mar 2010 | 09.05 Europe/London

Ofcom is warning ISPs that it will consider punitive action if they do not improve their record on warning customers the top line ‘up to’ speed on their internet connection is likely to be higher than the speed they actually achieve.

DT to invest €10 bn in broadband and services

29 Mar 2010 | 13.06 Europe/London

German’s incumbent operator, Deutsche Telekom (DT), is planning an investment of around €10 billion over three years in a modernisation programme designed to improve both fixed and mobile broadband and services.

Profile: O2's CTO Derek McManus on mobile data exceeding voice traffic

25 Mar 2010 | 12.31 Europe/London

Could demand for mobile broadband services bring the airwaves to a halt? That is the question on most expert’s lips after it emerged that, for the first time, more data is passing over mobile phone networks than voice.

Budget: 50p landline tax confirmed

24 Mar 2010 | 13.32 Europe/London

Chancellor Allistair Darling has confirmed the 50p copper line phone tax as the basis of connecting the majority of homes to next generation broadband services by 2017.

Faster broadband: Reactions to Gordon Brown's next generation for all speech

23 Mar 2010 | 15.05 Europe/London

Reactions are starting to come in on Gordon Browns’ speech yesterday in which he promised next generation access for all by 2020.

Wider Access to BT Assets - OFCOM

23 Mar 2010 | 08.29 Europe/London

OFCOM today launches two consultations into the Wholesale Broadband Access Market and the Wholesale Local Access Market.

Superfast Broadband For All - P.M.

22 Mar 2010 | 11.45 Europe/London

In a speech today Gordon Brown set out a vision of "ensuring, not simply hoping for, universal coverage" of high speed broadband and "to make Britain the leading superfast broadband digital power creating 100 per cent access to every home".

Cheaper Broadband: ITU figures show global costs nearly halved

19 Mar 2010 | 15.43 Europe/London

New figures from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) show that the cost of going online, and buying the necessary equipment, has come down during 2009 by 42%.

BDUK boss named

17 Mar 2010 | 12.59 Europe/London

Adrian Kamellard is to be the Chief Executive of Broadband Delivery UK.

Previously at Partnerships UK his history includes positions at HSBC Investment Bank and Cable and Wireless.

New Zealand Rural Broadband Plan

17 Mar 2010 | 12.41 Europe/London

New Zealand plans to provide a minimum 5Mbits/s to 97% of rural households and 1 Mbits/s to the remaining 3%.

100Mb to 100m: USA publishes its National Broadband Plan

16 Mar 2010 | 10.59 Europe/London

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled its plans today to give 100m American households 100Mb by 2020.

Profile: Charles Trotman on the Final Third First movement

16 Mar 2010 | 09.41 Europe/London

The government needs to ensure the new universal service commitment of 2Mb is met throughout rural communities before funding next generation access to urban areas, according to Charles Trotman, Head of Rural Business Development at the Coutry Land and Business Association (CLA) and leading voice behind a newly-formed pressure group, Final Third First.