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BT CEO: "Cannibalise yourself"
News Fresh from BT celebrating its five millionth wholesale broadband customer, CEO Ben Verwaayen has spoken about his company's track record on innovation and called the UK "the most competitive broadband market" - as well as proudly talking... [05 Apr 2005]
Northern Ireland hits broadband jackpot
News Northern Ireland has become the first region after London to have all its local telephone exchanges broadband-enabled. BT announced on Thursday that every one of the 191 local exchanges in Northern Ireland now offer high-speed ADSL... [28 Feb 2005]
UK tops G7 broadband league
News The UK has overtaken the other G7 nations in terms of the availability of broadband infrastructure, a report claimed on Monday. According to research from analyst Ovum, the UK became the most "extensive broadband market"... [22 Feb 2005]
Britain joins tech elite
News UK firms moved up in the league of the most advanced users of technology, according to a government study. The UK came in third - up four spots from last year - in the latest International Benchmarking Study, which is designed to measure... [09 Nov 2004]
Broadband ramps up in UK - further growth expected
News A slew of new research on broadband shows use of the technology is growing rapidly in the UK, albeit not fast enough - or fairly enough - for some. The number of DSL subscribers alone has risen by 25 per cent to 2.72 million in the first... [10 Jun 2004]
Britain forecast to be broadband trailblazer
News The UK will become a world leader in the rollout of high-speed internet services, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). After years of lagging behind other countries in terms of... [12 May 2004]
Broadband is one of fastest-growing technologies ever
News Broadband is one of the fastest-growing technologies in history, according to research group Point Topic, which has calculated that there are now over 100 million broadband lines worldwide. In the third quarter of 2003, the broadband... [06 Jan 2004]
Broadband Britain - two million homes connected and counting
News The UK recently reached the two million broadband subscribers mark, about seven months after reaching one million. In contrast, it took two years to accumulate the first million broadband users, according to telecoms regulator Oftel. [22 May 2003]
UK playing catch-up in the global broadband league
News Britain's days of lagging behind in the broadband stakes are over, according to ecommerce minister Stephen Timms. Speaking in parliament last week, Timms said he is confident that new figures will soon show that the UK is finally... [07 May 2003]
Rumours abound of a BT broadband price cut
News BT has announced that its wholesale ADSL prices are under review - but the telco has been quick to quash consumer hopes of an imminent cut. Speaking at BT Wholesale's Broadband Customer Forum in London, Bruce Stanford - director of... [27 Mar 2003]
In 1998, Tony Blair promised that the UK would be the best place in the world to do ecommerce by 2002...
News Second: that's the official standing of the UK in the world ecommerce league, according to a report out today. While the government admits that it has failed on its objective to be number one by 2002, Prime Minister Tony Blair was keen... [19 Nov 2002]
BT chief rules out DSL for all
News BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield dropped a broad hint last night that BT's reluctant broadband rollout may soon be coming to a complete halt. The speech was short on specifics, but it did seem to suggest that the rollout of the... [03 Oct 2001]
Labour backtracks on broadband targets
News E-minister Patricia Hewitt has admitted Labour will not now set targets for the roll-out of broadband internet access in the UK. This comes in the wake of earlier statements that the Labour Party wanted the UK to have better broadband... [04 Jun 2001]
Labour mulls subsidies for broadband Britain
News Two paragraphs in Labour's business manifesto - which was otherwise devoid of novelties - have set the scene for "broadband socialism" in the UK. The relevant sections talk about "aggregating demand for bandwidth in the public sector in... [01 Jun 2001]
Broadband roll-out plans 'irrelevant', says ISP
News Rural areas are currently lagging behind when it comes to getting broadband, as companies have no commercial incentive to operate in these unprofitable regions. Under the auspices of the 'UK Online' strategy, the government is inviting... [08 May 2001]
