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RSS landlinesDigital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain and financial secretary to the Treasury, said the government is committed to making its £6 per year tax on landlines law to pay for rolling out next-gen broadband in the UK. [23 Sep 2009]
50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News An extra 50p on landlines will not go very far in terms of what's required and at a time when public spending is going to be subject to significant constraints. BT reckons a government plan to put a 50p tax on copper... [02 Jul 2009]
Mobile directory - invasion of privacy or invaluable service?
Comment What's interesting is that while most of us don't seem to mind having our landlines listed on public directories, when it comes to our mobile phone numbers, we expect a higher level of privacy. Does the UK's new mobile... [25 Jun 2009]
3 and Skype in £2 SIM love-in
News The free Skype services that will be offered by 3 include voice calling and instant messaging to other Skype users, but calls to landlines or standard mobile numbers will require a credit top-up. The mobile operator 3 is... [24 Apr 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Unified communications
Cheat Sheet There's email of course - vital to pretty much every organisation these days, and then there's also landlines and mobiles to consider too. Unified comms - I've heard of it but frankly I don't know what it actually means. [16 Mar 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News L is for Landlines Carphone Warehouse's broadband supplier, TalkTalk, has attacked a proposed rise in the amount BT charges other internet service providers for installing their equipment in its exchanges. [10 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News L is for Landlines Cheap mobile broadband and existing fixed services will keep BT from running a fibre monopoly, according to the communications regulator Ofcom. The watchdog today announced it will be imposing no price... [03 Mar 2009]
Mind the mobile broadband cash gap
News L is for Landlines The success of mobile broadband is putting European operators in a sticky situation as retail prices are often well below the cost of providing the service. According to analyst Strand Consult, many... [11 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment L is for Landlines Yesterday the comms minister, Lord Carter, unveiled a draft strategy which the government hopes will ensure the UK keeps pace with tech change and grows its digital economy over the next five years and... [30 Jan 2009]
'UK needs spectrum-for-speed swap'
News L is for Landlines ISPs should be given radio spectrum in exchange for rolling out fibre, a quasi-governmental body has suggested. The lottery-funded National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta)... [20 Jan 2009]
Bournemouth braced for first Fibrecity homes
News L is for Landlines The first clutch of homes to be connected to the 100Mbps Fibrecity network currently being built in Bournemouth will be hooked up by the end of March. The superfast seaside broadband network is being... [20 Jan 2009]
UK broadband: Reality is half the promised speed
News L is for Landlines Ofcom has published the initial findings of its research into the real speeds UK consumers are getting from their broadband connections. According to a preliminary version of the telecommunications... [08 Jan 2009]
Virgin debuts 50Mbps broadband
News L is for Landlines Virgin Media has finally launched its long-anticipated '50Mbps' cable broadband service but analysts have warned the headline speed may not be attainable for very long. The £51-per-month service, which... [16 Dec 2008]
Nokia to take on mobile broadband market
News L is for Landlines The world's top mobile maker Nokia plans to tap the surging market for connecting laptops to mobile broadband networks taking on market leader Huawei, a senior official said. Nokia will start to ship... [12 Dec 2008]
ISPs agree to 'honesty code' of broadband speeds
News L is for Landlines Internet service providers in the UK will, from Friday, follow a voluntary code of practice that will commit them to being honest and accurate about the actual speeds of their broadband products. [05 Dec 2008]
