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The A to Z of broadband

News HSDPA HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) is the wireless standard that gives mobile users broadband speeds on the move. H is for HSDPA H is for HSDPA H is for HSDPA H is for HSDPA However, 3 announced its rollout of an HSDPA network earlier...

Tags: broadband, adsl, hsdpa, bt

[01 Nov 2006]

Re:Viewing 2005: The year in mobile and wireless

News But as the operators know, data services and bandwidth are like bacon and eggs - it's unwise to have one without the other - which is why HSDPA has become one of the most familiar acronyms of this year.

Tags: mobile email, mobile technology, blackberry, 3g

[15 Dec 2005]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News H is for HSDPA BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship management...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

BT hooks up first 21CN customers

News H is for HSDPA BT has moved its first customers to its 21st Century Network (21CN) in the initial phase of the next-generation network's national rollout. B is for BT Paul Reynolds, chief executive of BT Wholesale and board sponsor of the 21CN...

Tags: 21cn, wales, bt, customer

[28 Nov 2006]

BT lags in broadband satisfaction stakes

News H is for HSDPA BT has come bottom of the eight major UK broadband providers in a customer satisfaction survey. BT declined to comment on the findings. B is for BT Behind Tiscali comes Virgin Media with a score of 660, then Sky (657), AOL (646...

Tags: jd power, broadband, isps, customer

[06 Dec 2007]

BT rings up more than a million VoIP customers

News H is for HSDPA More than one million consumer customers have signed up for BT's VoIP service since June last year. A BT spokesman told silicon.com the reason for the rapid uptake is largely down to the launch back in June of Total Broadband...

Tags: broadband, voip, bt

[10 Jan 2007]

BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers

News H is for HSDPA BT has reportedly abandoned, for the moment, attempts to market its dual-mode wi-fi handsets to consumers, despite the relative success of the device among business customers. BT does not have its own cellular network - it resells a...

Tags: bt, fusion, wi-fi, mode

[07 Feb 2008]

Mobile broadband: Too energy inefficient?

News When data traffic is factored into the equation, WiMax can accommodate 11 times today's average data consumption and still be more energy-cost-efficient compared to WCDMA or HSDPA. HSDPA is an enhancement to existing 3G networks, which makes them...

Tags: energy efficiency, citywide wi-fi, mobile broadband, wimax

[15 Jan 2007]

Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT

News H is for HSDPA BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. B is for BT Users will be able to use their avatars to access the service at red BT phone boxes at five locations or by picking up...

Tags: bt, trial, ip, sms

[20 Mar 2008]

O2: A wannabe BT?

News H is for HSDPA 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.

Tags: mobile tv, fmc, be, advertising

[15 Nov 2006]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News The number of 3.5G devices on the market is mushrooming with 150 per cent annual growth in HSDPA gizmos, according to stats from GSM/3G supplier association the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade

News H is for HSDPA 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...

Tags: broadband, speed, virgin, cable

[28 Jan 2008]

Cardiff poised to steal Swindon's fat pipe crown?

News H is for HSDPA 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. Nearly three-fifths (59.8 per cent) of homes in the Wiltshire town had broadband as of 30...

Tags: 21cn, swindon, bt broadband, broadband

[11 Dec 2006]

Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?

News H is for HSDPA 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. The list from A to Z

Tags: broadband, fibre, ofcom, high speed

[22 Feb 2008]

Broadband summit: Speed is the key

News H is for HSDPA 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...

Tags: ofcom, broadband, ngn, economy

[27 Nov 2007]

Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever

News H is for HSDPA 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. Average broadband costs have dropped 36 per cent in the last four years...

Tags: broadband, speed, fat pipes, connection

[01 Feb 2008]

Where next for broadband Britain?

News H is for HSDPA 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...

Tags: ngn, nga, broadband, fibre

[22 Nov 2007]

'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?

News H is for HSDPA 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.

Tags: broadband, iplayer, youtube, isps

[17 Mar 2008]

Ofcom and ISPs kiss and MAC up

News H is for HSDPA B is for BT A BT spokesman told silicon.com that the company was fully behind the proposals. The MAC is required by customers wanting to switch ISP, which they take over to their new provider.

Tags: mac, ofcom, bt

[13 Dec 2006]

Telco packages overwhelm customers

News H is for HSDPA B is for BT Ofcom has called for simplifying the process of switching providers and recently received support from BT for the cause. A "significant minority" of consumers have trouble working out which company offers the best value...

Tags: telcos, survey, ofcom, uk

[17 Nov 2006]

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