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BT has brought forward its target to get 10 million homes in the UK connected to a next-generation access (NGA) super fast broadband network to the summer of 2012. Initially, the company’s target was the end of 2012 but is now confident that it can get the network deployed to 40 per cent of the population before the London Olympic games begin. Orange has said the launch of its internet interactive map, designed to showcase the findings from its Connected Britain research and reveal how universal access to speedy and reliable mobile and fixed broadband could transform the UK. The report demonstrates which regions and cities could see their populations explode- or shrink- in the future, as the government’s Digital Britain report becomes a reality and more people are able to choose where they live and work. According to a new anysts SNL Kagen report on Western European broadband, mounting recessionary and competion pressures contributed to a significant drop in subscriber net-additions during the first half of 2009. The top 10 fixed broadband providers only saw an average of less than 1.4 million net additions per quarter, compared to 1.9 million per quarter during 2007/2008 Lord Carter, the author of the report Digital Britain who resigned from the Government this summer, also made a return to the House to defend the report that led to the Digital Economy Bill. He defended the 50p-per-month broadband tax, which the Tories have already said they’ll scrap if they win next year.. A new report on worldwide Internet speeds has the UK near the bottom, because to a lack of government investment in fibre-based broadband. A number of O2 mobile broadband users in Slough have been given LTE dongles to test out the new high-speed mobile network, seen as the successor to 3G. Virgin Media’s just launched a new mobile broadband dongle that ups the speed to 7.2Mbps youtubing on the go. With a thrown in for good measure is pulls data down from the internet at up to twice the speed of its previous 3.6Mbps USB stick, meaning BBC iPlayer will rollwith ease, wherever you are as long as assuming you’ve got a decent signal. Virgin Media launches new high-speed mobile broadband Connect quicker, anywhere, with super fast new 7.2Mb mobile broadband Virgin Media today announce the launch of its new high-speed 7.2Mb mobile broadband USB modem. The the success of its 3.6Mb mobile broadband, the new super-quick offering is one of the fastest ways to get online on the move, making internet browsing, checking emails, and streaming videoare made easy. New Data Centre deal by BT. BT gives customers data hosting savings with new data center deal New center offers typical savings of £70k+ Orange will instead be rethinking their IPTV strategy, as they aren’t too keen on just offering an identikit version of BT’s Vision service. It is thought that some sort of hybrid IPTV/mobile TV tie in might be worked out, with content downloaded to a TV set-top box being able to be transferred to compatible handsets, in a similar vein to the Sony Play TV platform, which essentially turns the PlayStation 3 console into a Freeview box, and allows you to watch content on the PSP handset. |
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