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UK faces broadband deadline threat
News The digital divide could deepen further and the economy suffer unless the UK improves its plans for the next generation of broadband within the next two years. If the UK fails to offer the same bandwidth as other countries, the pace of innovation... [16 Apr 2007]
21CN knocks BT home fibre chances
News BT's investment in its all-IP next-generation network - known as the 21CN - has hit its move towards fibre to the home (FTTH), a type of technology for delivering broadband that could supercharge the UK's internet connections. [12 Apr 2007]
Rural broadband gets EC green light
News The European Commission has backed plans to give rural parts of North Yorkshire broadband connectivity. The Commission concluded plans to publicly fund the network were unlikely to give the North Yorkshire network a leg up over its rivals and... [26 Feb 2007]
Be extends next-gen fat pipes to third of Blighty
News Be, the next-generation broadband network operator purchased by O2 last June, has extended its network to reach a third of the UK population. Be announced this week it has now installed its equipment in 500 BT telephone exchanges. [16 Feb 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: The operators' new clothes
Comment In the fast-moving mobile market, 'follow the leader' isn't good enough anymore. Jo Best looks at how well two operators - O2 and 3 - are doing in coming up with new strategies. Recently, it seems, the mobile operators are starting to wake up to... [03 Dec 2006]
BT's 21CN: A rush job?
News BT's delayed £10bn network upgrade should have taken a full decade to install, according to one of the telco's top executives. Instead it decided to try to complete the upgrade in just five years, due to the cost pressures of running its complex... [23 Nov 2006]
O2: A wannabe BT?
News O2 has revealed plans that could see it lining up to compete with the likes of BT and NTL as it moves increasingly towards fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), broadband and various flavours of telly and advertising. [15 Nov 2006]
Cheat Sheet: BT's 21CN
Cheat Sheet I'd like to talk about BT's 21CN. Good for you. What would you like to talk about? I'd like to know what it is, for a start. It's a good question - BT's 21CN is just shorthand for BT's 21st Century Network. [14 Nov 2006]
UK broadband - slow but plentiful
News The UK is known for offering plentiful but slow broadband services, according to recent analyst reports. Three-quarters of UK households will be connected to the net via broadband by 2011, JupiterResearch predicts. [19 Oct 2006]
Vodafone does fixed line broadband
News Vodafone has finally confirmed it will be aping its competitors with a definitive move into fixed line broadband. The mobile operator today announced it will be reselling DSL from BT Wholesale under its own brand before the end of the year. [11 Sep 2006]
Homechoice and Tiscali engaged to be married?
News Triple-play provider Homechoice and ISP Tiscali are on the verge of announcing a merger, according to press reports. Homechoice, which is owned by Video Networks, will reportedly take shares in Tiscali, creating a business worth at least £500m. [11 Aug 2006]
Sky spending £250m on 'free' broadband
News Sky has become the latest to join the 'free' broadband brigade - and has revealed its ISP makeover will cost it £250m in the next two years. BSkyB CEO James Murdoch announced today that the company will start selling broadband services to its eight... [18 Jul 2006]
Bulldog does super high-speed broadband
News Bulldog has thrown its hat into the ring regarding next-generation broadband, claiming a super fast service could be live very shortly. Like Easynet before it, Bulldog is opting for ADSL2+, which boasts speeds of 20Mbps. [02 Feb 2006]
High speed pay-as-you-go broadband launched
News Super high-speed broadband champion Be has announced it is to launch a pay-as-you-go service. The ISP is to launch the offering, which provides speeds of up to 24Mbps, in the coming months. The 'Be Lite' service will work in a similar way to a pre... [04 Jan 2006]
BT: Ready to give broadband the V sign?
News While other ISPs are falling over themselves to offer higher speeds to customers, BT is taking a softly-softly approach to rolling out faster broadband. According to Cameron Rejali, BT Wholesale's MD of products and strategy, the telco can't match... [08 Dec 2005]
