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Broadband
Swisscom banks on bundling as competition bites
Swisscom is banking on the popularity of bundled offerings, and in particular of its new…
Virgin Media now claims 100Mbps speeds as standard
Virgin Media has revamped its internet bundles and now claims it is the first UK…
US ‘cord nils’ figure almost triples in five years
The number of US broadband households that do not subscribe to traditional pay TV services…
Sky moves beyond the dish with IPTV plans
Sky has unveiled plans to launch Sky TV over broadband in the UK, marking the…
BT to charge for BT Sport as part of sweeping price increases
BT is due to start charging its customers to access BT Sport for the first…
Bouygues Telecom launches 4G internet box
France’s Bouygues Telecom has launched its new 4G Box, offering high-speed WiFi connectivity targeted at…
ASA calls for change to broadband speed claim adverts
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has called for a change to the way broadband speed claims…
African mobile broadband connections to reach 1bn in 2021
There will be 1 billion mobile broadband connections in Africa in 2021, including 157.4 million…
MIPCOM: Connectivity trumps content for Liberty Global investing in both
Broadband connectivity, rather than an exclusive content play, will remain at the heart of Liberty…
EC sets out 100Mbps target for all European homes
The European Commission has set a target of providing connectivity offering a download speed of at…
Sky IPv6 broadband rollout nears completion
Sky has said that more than 90% of its broadband customers are now IPv6-enabled, allowing…
Parks: 23% of US millennials opt for OTT-only
In the US, some 23% of millennial heads of household opt to live in OTT-only,…
IoD: UK should aim for 1,000x faster broadband speeds
The UK government has a “poverty of ambition” when it comes to national broadband speeds…
UK government pledges superfast broadband for new homes
The UK government has unveiled plans to make superfast fibre broadband available to all new…
UK government pledges fast broadband for all by 2020
The UK government has pledged to make fast broadband accessible to every home and business…
Streaming media device homes watch more content on TV
US broadband households that own a streaming media device watch more video on TV on…
EE plans major broadband overhaul
UK mobile operator EE has announced plans to launch a “major overhaul” of its broadband…
Vodafone kicks off its UK fixed broadband campaign
Vodafone UK has launched its fixed high-speed broadband offering nationwide to existing customers today, offering…
Sky launches free fibre broadband offer
Sky is launching what it claims is its “best ever fibre deal”, offering Sky Fibre…
Portuguese broadband growth driven by fibre
Growth in Portuguese broadband was driven by fibre connections in the first quarter of this…
Ofcom empowers people with slow broadband
UK broadband customers will be able to walk away from their contracts if speeds fall…
Vodafone launches UK broadband, ahead of TV push
Vodafone has today started to rollout broadband and home phone services in the UK, ahead…
Vodafone’s TV customer base now 9.1 million
Vodafone closed the quarter ending March 31 with 9.1 million TV customers and 11.3 million…
Broadband and pay TV take Kabel Deutschland past €2bn milestone
Vodafone-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland saw its broadband and premium pay TV base chalk…
UK superfast broadband scheme connects 2.5 million
The UK government’s superfast broadband scheme has helped connected more than 2.5 million homes and…
One in 10 users could not live without broadband, says study
One in 10 UK broadband users say they could not live without broadband, while one…
One in three UK broadband connections superfast
Some 32% of UK broadband connections are now ‘superfast’, up from 24% in November 2013,…
Fries outlines Virgin Media’s Lightning ambitions
Virgin Media’s £3 billion (€4 billion) Project Lightning broadband investment programme will extend the company’s…
Vodafone reportedly set to unveil broadband, TV plans
Vodafone will unveil plans to enter the UK fixed broadband market in the next few…
BT adds TV customers, plans G.fast ultra high-speed broadband trial
UK telco BT added 45,000 TV customers in the quarter to December, which also saw…