BT Sport has confirmed its support for Google’s new HDMI TV dongle Chromecast, few weeks after the device was launched in the UK and ten new countries. The ‘cast’ button will arrive…
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MPs criticise BT rural broadband ‘monopoly’
The UK Public Accounts Committee (PAC) claims the government has “failed to deliver meaningful competition”, leaving BT in a monopoly position in the procurement of £1.2 billion rural broadband scheme. MPs of…
BT emerges as worst broadband provider in the UK
BT has snatched away the crown of most complained about broadband provider of the UK in the last quarter of 2013 from Everything Everywhere – the first time since Ofcom started publishing…
EE replaces Vodafone as BT’s MVNO partner
BT has signed a multi-year mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with EE – the UK’s largest mobile operator, replacing Vodafone as an infrastructure partner. BT’s corporate customers worldwide will now receive…
BT under investigation over alleged email data leak
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is investigating BT in relation to a claim by a whistleblower that the company had ‘exposed user credentials en masse’. BT is moving customers from a Yahoo!…
BT wants to end Ofcom imposed subsidies to BSkyB, TalkTalk
BT has asked Ofcom to let is stop providing broadband to its rivals BSkyB and TalkTalk at subsidised rate arguing that the companies have profited enough from the rules designed by the…
BT launches Android-powered Home SmartPhone S with nuisance call blocker
British Telecom (BT) has launched a new Home SmartPhone S device to keep its users updated with the latest Android technology across the world, while still giving them utility of a home…
BT Infinity customers face mysterious connection glitch issues
BT is receiving numerous complaints from its Infinity customers about being abruptly disconnected from the fibre broadband network when using the telco’s Home Hub 5 wireless router. Infinity users have been posting…
High-speed broadband to reach 70,000 Devon, Somerset homes by July end says BT
More than 70,000 Devon and Somerset premises will get high-speed broadband access by the end of July, announced BT. The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) project worth £94m is going well, with…
Fibre speeds of 1.4Tb/s achieved by BT, Alcatel-Lucent
An internet connection with the ‘fastest ever’ broadband capable of transmitting 44 high-definition movies in just one second at 1.4Tb/s has been successfully achieved during a test in London. Speed test conducted…
Vodafone and BSkyB want to clip BT’s broadband wings
Vodafone and Sky are reportedly involved in high level discussions about how both the companies could come together to stop BT’s growing dominance in the broadband sector. According to the Sunday Times,…
Google Chrome extension ‘Go Away Cameron’ defeats ISP level porn filters
UK ISPs may have announced their porn filters but developers have already worked on ways to circumvent the filter with a particular one ‘Go Away Cameron’ hogging the limelight. The tool comes…
Ofcom proposes stricter fault repair, new installation rules for BT Openreach
Ofcom has proposed a set of stricter rules for BT Openreach requiring the telecom giant to carry out 80 percent of fault repairs within two working days, regardless of the nature of…
UK ISP level porn filters blocking legitimate sex education, abuse support sites
Internet porn filters backed by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and implemented by Sky, TalkTalk, BT and Virgin Media are not only blocking sites distributing adult content, but are also blocking sex…
BT implements default porn filter to keep adult content at bay
BT has announced that a porn filter will now be ON by default for all new connections, which can only be disabled if the customers specifically decide against implementation of parental controls…