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Profile: Jerry Thompson, BT Business will make more from software than broadband

12:07 pm - June 26th, 2009 by Sean

Within two years BT Business will be making more from selling software services than monthly broadband connection fees. In fact, its figures suggest it could be making three to four times as much per user by selling software as the connection it runs across.
That is the bold prediction of Jerry Thompson, Director of Products and

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Traffic Management Legality

11:04 am - June 20th, 2009 by Phil

Outlaw.com concludes that net neutrality has no status in UK law.

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£15m crunch time for Phorm: Do its predictions add up?

11:40 am - June 11th, 2009 by Sean

The countdown for Phorm could well and truly be starting, revealing by the end of the year if it really is on track to live up to its hype and serve £239m worth of adverts within two years.

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BT says existing network could deliver 93% broadband coverage

07:51 pm - June 8th, 2009 by Dave

BT Broadband has told Ministers it can put high-speed broadband within reach of ninety-three per cent of the UK population just by making inexpensive modifications to its current network. The firm’s currently in talks with Lord Carter ahead of the final Digital Britain report being published later this month.

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BT bringing in ADSL2+, boosting broadband speeds

08:49 pm - June 3rd, 2009 by Dave

BT Broadband has announced plans to upgrade the connection speeds of its existing customers - as long as they sign up for another twelve months. The firm’s using ADSL2+ technology that should enable it to more than double the (potential) speed of its network without digging up any roads.

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Changing Phorm? No ISP, no customers, no ads prompts new publisher offensive

03:56 pm - June 3rd, 2009 by Sean

At around the same time as Sir Alan tells one would-be Apprentice ‘you’re fired’ tonight, Phorm will be launching what it claims has always been the ‘missing piece’ in its ‘rounded offering’.
However, one can only imagine what the business guru would have to say to Phorm if he were there in person. With six months

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BBC accuses BT of throttling iPlayer

08:44 pm - June 2nd, 2009 by Dave

With the term “bandwidth throttling” almost becoming an expletive in the digital age, if you’re going to sling it around you better have a good reason. The BBC’s currently running an online article called “BT accused of iPlayer throttling” - and guess who’s behind the accusation?

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Deregulated fibre and local action key to Conservatives’ vision for Digital Britain

09:12 am - May 13th, 2009 by Sean

A future Conservative government would build Digital Britain with an injection of more common sense and new powers at local government level as well as encouraging community groups to petition local authorities for fibre. Far more controversially, though, Ed Vaizey, Shadow Minister for the Creative Industries, reveals the Conservatives would give private investors access to

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Carphone buys Tiscali for £235m to claim residential top spot

10:49 am - May 8th, 2009 by Sean

The deal is done. Carphone Warehouse has bought Tiscali’s UK assets for £235m which it claims makes TalkTalk the largest residential broadband provider in the UK with a combined subscriber base of 4.25m.
SamKnows queried TalkTalk’s maths, given that BT claims to have 4.6m subscribers. TalkTalk’s rationale, it explains, is that of these BT users 700,000

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Is it all back on? Carphone offers £275m for Tiscali

01:36 pm - May 7th, 2009 by Sean

First they were, then they weren’t, then everyone thought they might be again but they weren’t but now, finally, Carphone Warehouse is being reported to have made an informal offer of £275m for Tiscali’s UK assets.
This is believed to be way below the price Tiscali had been seeking – it turned down an offer for

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Sky figures show near doubling of ‘triple play’ penetration

12:29 pm - April 30th, 2009 by Sean

Sky’s prediction it could persuade its television customer base to take up its triple play of satellite television, phone and broadband appear to be vindicated with strong growth figures released today for the nine months up to the end of March.
While the leading star of its financials was undoubtedly Sky+ HD boxes surpassing the 1m

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BT Bundles Emerge

08:04 am - April 27th, 2009 by Phil

BT has launched bundles of services following relaxation of constraints by OFCOM. Business and Residential bundles are offered, typically with 12, 18 or 24 month contracts and featuring various combinations of broadband, voice calls, line rental, TV and mobile services.
As an example an entry level home broadband service is discounted to £0 per month for

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Ofcom warns Project Canvas may never get off the drawing board

06:17 pm - April 24th, 2009 by Dave

Project Canvas - the on-demand broadband TV collaboration between the BBC, BT and ITV - could run into exactly the same problems that saw Project Kangaroo mothballed, according to the UK’s communications regulator. In a letter to the BBC Trust, Ofcom have warned the project could be subject to an Office of Fair Trading (OFT)

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TalkTalk poaching Tiscali customers with three months free broadband

04:07 pm - April 20th, 2009 by Sean

TalkTalk has today announced a £50 incentive scheme to attract Tiscali customers concerned over the ISP’s future.
It would appear to be the final stage of a long battle for ownership of Tiscali’s customers which, earlier this month, saw TalkTalk linked once again with the ailing Italian ISP shortly after its shares had been delisted

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UK goes to bottom of the Phorm as EU prepares to take it to court over privacy fears

05:53 pm - April 14th, 2009 by Adelaide

The European Commission has said it is going to take the UK to court over its failure to enforce european privacy and data protection laws — and it’s all because of Phorm. Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding has for the past few months been conversing with the Information Commissioner’s Office about the online advertiser’s controversial methods

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The REAL dangers of Phorm

09:39 am - March 31st, 2009 by Mark

Controversial targeted advertising company Phorm has announced a deal with Korean Internet service provider KT. This will see the company’s behavioural targeting advertising system replicated in Korea after successful trials in the UK. However, there are fears that the Phorm system infringes privacy laws and it has attracted a number of legal challenges.
In simple terms

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BT FTTC Locations Mapped

09:51 pm - March 23rd, 2009 by Phil

The Guardian has published a map of BT’s initial Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) locations. This follows on from the media stories over the last few days about various regional cities getting “superfast” broadband.
With electronics mounted in or close to kerbside cabinets the length of the twisted pair loop will be reduced and speeds of

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OFCOM To Allow BT Bundles.

09:29 am - March 19th, 2009 by Phil

One of three consultations launched by OFCOM today proposes to “remove all company specific retail regulations on BT intended to enhance competition in analogue telephony.”
This is a result of increasing competition from LLU, carrier preselection and alternative retailers using Openreach and BT Wholesale products which have reduced BT’s residential market share to 66%
“We think this

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BT Superfast Broadband - OFCOM Speaks

08:31 am - March 3rd, 2009 by Phil

OFCOM have today released a statement on “Delivering super-fast broadband in the UK” which focuses on the regulatory regime that will apply to BT as they “currently hold a position of significant market power in relation to the relevant markets at present”. Specifically it addresses BT’s Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) plans.
The 90 page document is

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Some Good News at BT as Share Price Drops.

08:34 am - February 13th, 2009 by Phil

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. While the pension fund tanked from a £2bn surplus to a £2bn deficit and BT Global Services lost £0.5bn in a quarter, BT Retail’s broadband revenue

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