SamKnows - Broadband News, Analysis and Profiles

SamKnows figures have prompted a rethink at Ofcom on how broadband services are promoted by UK ISPs.

30 Jul 2010 | 10.33 Europe/London

Data from SamKnows’ performance network rates the actual speed and service level received by subscribers across the UK, allowing the industry regulator, Ofcom, to judge the health of the UK broadband market.

Mobile broadband launch at TalkTalk this Autumn

30 Jul 2010 | 10.17 Europe/London

UK ISP TalkTalk will be offering a mobile broadband service to run alongside its fixed line service fro this Autumn onwards.

Sky’s sells business ISP, Easynet, to LDC for £100m

21 Jul 2010 | 15.43 Europe/London

Sky has sold its loss making business ISP, Easynet Global Services, for £100m to Lloyds Development Capital.

4G USA wholesale network plans unveiled

21 Jul 2010 | 10.23 Europe/London

Orange’s former CEO, Sanjiv Ahuja, has unveiled plans to roll out a 4G network across the USA which will offer coverage to 92% of the population by 2015.

American regulator gets feedback on broadband reform

20 Jul 2010 | 08.11 Europe/London

Opinion on the FCC’s proposed review of broadband regulations is still as divided as ever, despite the offer of a ‘third way’.

Broadband target postponed in the UK

15 Jul 2010 | 13.35 Europe/London

The new coalition Conservative-Liberal Democrat government in the UK has postponed 2012’s deadline for all households to receive a minimum 2Mbp/s connection.

Satellite broadband delay for Europe

14 Jul 2010 | 09.30 Europe/London

The head to head battle between Eutelsat and Avanti Communications to provide Europeans with faster satellite broadband services may have to wait until the New Year.

Broadband billion dollar plan unveiled by Obama

09 Jul 2010 | 09.15 Europe/London

President Obama is due to unveil $795m worth of grants and loans to fun 66 infrastructure projects which aim to spread fast broadband connections across the country.

Digital Economy Act challenged by BT and TalkTalk

08 Jul 2010 | 09.35 Europe/London

Two leading British ISPs are seeking to challenge the Digital Economy Act at the High Court. The new law was one of the last to be passed by the previous Labour Government before May’s election brought a Conservative and Liberal Democrat Government to power.

France Telecom labels unlimited mobile broadband 'unsustainable'

06 Jul 2010 | 08.12 Europe/London

France Telecom is expected to soon follow the example of the UK operators and AT&T in the USA by imposing monthly data limits on smartphones.

Broadband becomes a legal right in Finland

01 Jul 2010 | 09.29 Europe/London

Finland today becomes the first country in the world to make broadband access a legal right.

A new law comes in to effect today requiring all Finnish households be provided with at least a 1Mb connection.

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