Telefónica has announced it will increase, at no extra cost, the broadband allowance avaialble to its Fusion and Movistar mobile customers with an additional 30 GB every month, for two months. In order to facilitate home entertainment whilst schools are closed in the country to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the telco will also increase their […]
In response to the various questions about the ability of ISPs to handle increased demand that may result from Covid-19, trade body ISPA UK, has said that they are ready to handle any potential extra bandwidth. “The possibility of the UK having to remotely work over the next few months has led to questions about […]
Netflix has published February data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. The month of February brought upticks in Bolivia on the Index. The country’s Tigo service jumped 0.46 Megabits per second (Mbps) to an average of 3.65 Mbps. […]
Findings from analyst firm Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 96 per cent of the market – acquired about 2.5 million net additional broadband Internet subscribers in 2019, compared to a pro forma gain of about 2.5 million subscribers in 2018. These top broadband […]
BT has launched a new managed software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service for UK business customers, as it continues to develop its portfolio of converged business networking products. BT says the new Managed SD-WAN offering enables secure, high-bandwidth connections across multiple sites using fixed and mobile networks. As part of the launch, BT is […]
Virgin Media has announced that it will be insourcing all of its customer-facing install and service activity to further enhance the experience given to its customers. This change, made following direct customer feedback, will see Virgin Media increase its directly employed engineer workforce by more than 700 taking its total number to 1,800. This will […]
Fibre-to-the-building Internet Service Provider Hyperoptic has been named the fastest broadband provider in the UK in the annual Broadband Genie home broadband awards. Comparison site Broadband Genie’s analysis of 91,000 speed tests carried out in 2019 found Hyperoptic had an average download speed of 211Mbps and an average upload speed of 166Mbps. But Hyperoptic wasn’t […]
Public opinion data from a research report by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) shows that a majority (60 per cent) of Canadians support new regulations to promote greater wireless competition by forcing Canada’s largest carriers to share their infrastructure with smaller providers. The findings come as the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) begins […]
UK phone, broadband and pay-TV customers must be warned when their current contract is ending, and what they could save by signing up to a new deal, under sector regulator Ofcom rules coming into force tomorrow (February 15th). Around 20 million customers are already out of contract – including 8.8 million broadband customers – and […]
Following the UK government’s publication of its response to the Online Harms White Paper and suggestion that it is minded to appoint communications watchdog Ofcom as the regulator to enforce rules to make the Internet a safer place, a number of industry bodies and observers have shared their thoughts on the proposals. Andrew Glover, Chair […]