BT is all set to roll out superfast broadband to over 54,000 rural homes and businesses throughout the north and west of Scotland over the next six months. The high-speed fibre broadband…
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BT to begin public trials of new ‘ultrafast’ broadband technology this summer
UK Broadband provider BT has announced it plans to offer ‘ultrafast’ broadband speeds of up to 500Mbps all across the UK. The telecoms provider has revealed it will achieve ‘ultrafast’ broadband speeds…
BT must maintain sufficient margin between wholesale and retail superfast broadband charges: Ofcom
Telecom regulator Ofcom has outlined new rules to force BT maintain a sufficient margin between its wholesale and retail superfast broadband charges. The UK regulator has notified the European Commission (EC) of…
UK broadband providers forcing existing customers to sign-up for porn-filters
Four of UK’s major broadband providers – BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin – are forcing their existing customers to decide on whether or not to turn on adult content filters. The providers…
Over 34,500 Hampshire properties to get high speed broadband access
Hampshire County Council and BT have inked a second contract to make high speed broadband available to a further 34,500 properties in the county. This means, once the work gets finished, over…
BT’s ‘fibre to the basement’ broadband deployment to boost UK broadband speeds
UK telecoms operator BT has announced the successful trial of a new fibre broadband deployment that could be used to deliver high-speed broadband to tightly packed U.K. cities. BT’s new ‘fibre to…
BT’s EE acquisition bid likely to face regulatory hurdles instigated by competitors
BT has inked an exclusivity agreement with Deutsche Telekom and Orange for possible acquisition of Everything Everywhere (EE) pegged at around £12.5 billion on a debt/cash free basis, but the deal will…
BT to acquire O2 or EE? The question worth billions has been answered
The question worth billions of pounds may very well have been answered as BT revealed that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Deutsche Telekom and Orange for possible acquisition of…
BT likely to reveal result of O2, EE acquisition talks today
BT, which has been in active talks with both O2 and Everything Everywhere (EE) for a possible takeover, is likely to announce the result of the talks believed to have concluded over…
Customer satisfacation: EE worst in mobile, BT worst in landline
Everything Everywhere (EE) is said to have the largest number of dissatisfied customers with only 69 per cent of them satisfied with the services provided by the mobile operator – far below…
Telefonica Chairman lands in London to meet with BT for O2 acquisition deal
BT is expected to make a choice between a takeover of O2 or EE by as early as next week according to previous reports and latest reports now indicate that Telefonica chairman…
BT all set for O2 takeover, new report claims
BT is all set to takeover O2, the number two mobile operator in the UK, a new report, citing sources aware of the development, has claimed. This comes just a day after…
BT finishes 250 miles undersea fibre rollout across Scotland
BT has announced it has finished deploying 250 miles of fibre-optic cables between various Scottish islands in a bid to take high-speed broadband connectivity to some of Scotland’s remote Highlands and Islands…
BT’s buy-to keep movie service will let users access purchased movies via smartphones, tablets and PCs
BT has released a companion TV mobile app for iOS and Android that will let users access a selection of TV channels, including entertainment, kids and BT Sport channels through their smartphones,…
O2 acquisition by Three’s parent Hutchison Whampoa is ‘least likely’, Ronan Dunne says
O2 Chief Executive Ronan Dunne is of the opinion that the networks’ takeover by rival Hutchison Whampoa, parent company of Three, is the ‘least likely’ of all the possible acquisition bids in-line….