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RSS bt jWill Harry Potter's wizard touch boost BT broadband?
News And BT is sponsoring the event in an attempt to raise the profile of its BT Broadband product, which has failed to hit the customer targets set last year. Angus Porter, managing director of BT Consumer, said in a statement: "The internet is... [05 Jun 2003]
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]
Mobile arm pulls itself together
News Vodafone, who bought its stake in Japan Telecom and its mobile subsidiary J-Phone Communications in May for £3bn from its debt-ridden rival BT, will effectively control 60 per cent of J-Phone Co. The mobile arm of Japan Telecom J-Phone... [29 Aug 2001]
Vodafone gobbles up Japan Telecom
News The UK operator has bought an extra 21.7 per cent on top of the 45 per cent stake it had gained through earlier deals with UK rival BT Wireless (now O2) and AT&T. Vodafone has paid £1.8bn for a controlling stake in Japan Telecom's mobile... [20 Sep 2001]
Atlantic Telecom drops expansion plans
News Atlantic already resells BT's ADSL service nationwide, but had previously planned to offer its own product to businesses more widely. It now plans to offer a business-focused broadband product, using SDSL (symmetric digital subscriber line... [21 Mar 2001]
DoCoMo isolates 3G users to meet deadline
News Rivals J-Phone, in which Vodafone and BT have stakes, recently announced a seven-month delay to its 3G launch date, blaming a hold-up in the approval of 3G standards. Last week, J-Phone director Philip Marnick told silicon.com: "Roaming is one of... [09 Apr 2001]
Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade
News B is for BT BT's forthcoming ADSL2+ tech will offer speed of up to 24Mbps, though the telco is also dabbling with fibre. A planned BT fibre deployment at Ebbsfleet, Kent, will offer speed of up to 100Mbps on a mixed development including 10,000 homes. [28 Jan 2008]
Cardiff poised to steal Swindon's fat pipe crown?
News B is for BT The Welsh capital was chosen by BT for initial tests of 21CN, with the first customers hooked up to the new network last month. J is for Janet Nearly three-fifths (59.8 per cent) of homes in the Wiltshire town had broadband as of 30... [11 Dec 2006]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News B is for BT Tiscali CEO, Mary Turner, recently told silicon.com fibre to the cabinet - aka backhaul - needs to be "commercialised" as BT is not currently obliged by Ofcom to resell it. J is for Janet The list from A to Z [22 Feb 2008]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News Companies including BT - which has invested billions in overhauling its core network to an all-IP network known as the 21CN - and Virgin Media, which has announced plans to roll out an up to 50Mbps broadband service by the end of next year, joined... [27 Nov 2007]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that O2 was "not going to move" until Ofcom changed the rules to ensure a... [17 Jul 2008]
Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever
News B is for BT The analyst said the UK's telecoms landscape is set for "enormous change", with the rollout of BT's 21CN all-IP next-gen network this year. J is for Janet Average broadband costs have dropped 36 per cent in the last four years... [01 Feb 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News B is for BT Last year, BT Openreach said it was unsure there was demand for next-generation access. Speaking on the subject of NGA investment, Richards seemed to imply the regulator would not put severe price limitations on those companies, such as... [07 Jul 2008]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News B is for BT All-IP next generation networks (NGNs) are being rolled out in the UK - such as BT's 21CN - but NGNs do not solve the problem of legacy copper wiring at street level, from exchanges to cabinets and homes - an issue known as next... [22 Nov 2007]
'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?
News B is for BT At conferences where the likes of Tiscali and BT are present, you hear them say these things - 'We must move to a new tariffing scheme' - and that tells me they're working hard on this. J is for Janet [17 Mar 2008]
