unbundling
RSS unbundlingBT to expand 2010 fibre rollout
News BT Retail and its local loop unbundling division, Openreach, reported operating profits of £324m and £296m respectively. BT is planning to double the pace of its forthcoming next generation broadband fibre rollout,... [15 May 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News U is for Unbundling According to a statement from TalkTalk on Monday, BT raising its line charges for local loop unbundling (LLU) will "raise the barrier [to broadband access] for lower income households". [10 Mar 2009]
EU takes the heat off Microsoft antitrust monitoring
News In its decision, the Commission not only required that the interoperability information be made public, but also called for the unbundling of Windows Media Player and fined Microsoft €497m. The European Commission has... [05 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News U is for Unbundling It will probably help some of the niche ISPs that don't have capital to invest in LLU [local loop unbundling] and will therefore benefit from wholesale because it gives them more of... [03 Mar 2009]
Mind the mobile broadband cash gap
News U is for Unbundling According to analyst Strand Consult, many operators are selling mobile broadband for around 50 per cent less than it costs to produce such volumes of data. Tough competition has driven prices down... [11 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment U is for Unbundling The interim Digital Britain report sets out a pledge of universal broadband access by 2012 at speeds of up to 2Mbps via fixed and wireless networks. The final word will come in the summer when the... [30 Jan 2009]
'UK needs spectrum-for-speed swap'
News U is for Unbundling 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 U is for Unbundling The superfast seaside broadband network is being built by sewer fibre-laying company H2O Networks, and is wholly funded by private equity investment. The first 30 homes to get fibre are located in... [20 Jan 2009]
UK broadband: Reality is half the promised speed
News U is for Unbundling According to a preliminary version of the telecommunications regulator's UK Broadband Speeds 2008 report, published on Thursday, the average downlink speed is 3.6Mbps. That represents around half the... [08 Jan 2009]
Virgin debuts 50Mbps broadband
News U is for Unbundling 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,... [16 Dec 2008]
Nokia to take on mobile broadband market
News U is for Unbundling Nokia will start to ship its first 3G dongle in early 2009, Tapio Markki, vice president for hardware platform components at Nokia, told Reuters. The market for HSPA modems is expected to grow very... [12 Dec 2008]
ISPs agree to 'honesty code' of broadband speeds
News U is for Unbundling According to telecoms regulator Ofcom, internet service providers (ISPs) covering more than 95 per cent of broadband customers in the UK have signed up to the code of practice. Signatories include the... [05 Dec 2008]
Catherine Doran, CIO, Network Rail
Comment The first steps are understanding today and what might be the approaches to unbundling. Network Rail's CIO Catherine Doran isn't one to play the role of the victim. It doesn't suit me," she jokes. Anyone who has met the... [18 Nov 2008]
Free PCs and broadband for 20,000 kids
News U is for Unbundling From February 2009, kids in Suffolk and Oldham will benefit from a £30m pilot scheme, with the programme due to go nationwide late next year. Broadband from A to Z Click on the links below to find out... [22 Oct 2008]
'Mobile broadband is not the same standard as fixed'
News U is for Unbundling The ASA's adjudication follows a complaint from a member of the public over a T-Mobile flyer - which stated "All the benefits of home broadband, on the move. No wires, no waiting, no worries" -... [16 Oct 2008]
