Broadband bills could be cut for millions of low-income households under UK Government plans to encourage ‘social tariffs’. A new service, which will be run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), will allow Internet service providers to verify – with customers’ permission – whether they are in receipt of a relevant benefit and […]

Honduras’ Tevistat improved more than any other ISP for the month of July on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. Tevistat returned to its April form, with an increase of 0.2 Mbps to 2.4 Mbps. Tevistat saw a similar increase in April […]

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said will not oppose the proposed acquisition of 51.4 per cent of Media Innovations Holdings Pty Ltd (Fetch TV) by Telstra Corporation. Telstra and Fetch TV both supply content aggregation services through set-top-boxes. Telstra supplies Telstra TV with eligible Telstra retail broadband services and Fetch TV supplies […]

Critics of America’s private-sector broadband system often argue it underperforms European prices, coverage, speed, and competitive offerings, ergo US policymakers should adopt similar regulations, such as making incumbent providers unbundle their services. But a report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the think tank for science and technology policy, concludes that US and […]

Europe’s TV and VoD providers, represented by trade body the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT), have expressed their concerns following recent statements on creating a network fee to finance telecom infrastructures. “We understand the need for strong, widely available telecoms infrastructure in Europe which, among other things, helps […]

Pay-TV operator MultiChoice Kenya, with support from European football’s governing body UEFA, has obtained a ruling from the Kenya High Court that orders a series of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country to permanently block access to sports pirate websites which contain materials which infringe copyright. Efforts in the fight against the pirate websites […]

BT has extended its support for families worst hit by the cost-of-living crisis by partnering with family support charity Home-Start UK to offer 2,500 financially vulnerable households’ free devices and free connectivity to Home Essentials. The social tariff will also be available to families in need nationwide through the ‘Connected Families’ scheme available through Buttle […]

Findings from a new study – The State of Mobile & Broadband customer support – by customer and network experience platform provider Subtonomy suggest that quality of service, as well as the quality of support, influence user decisions as to which Internet Service Provider to select. Sweden is a highly advanced digital economy, ranking third […]

A nationwide study has found that a third (33 per cent) of Brits would rather cut back on their fuel use than cut back on broadband to save money. However, 20 per cent of Brits cannot afford to be online, leaving them unable to carry out day to day life tasks such as accessing public […]

South Africa is ready to launch its own satellite to enhance the reach of broadband connectivity in the country, according to Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Minster of Communications and Digital Technologies. Speaking at the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2022 in a Partner to Connect session, she told delegates that South Africa was implementing a Broadband Connectivity drive […]