A Judge has postponed a court order against BT which would have forced it to hand over customer details to lawyers acting for record companies. An adjournment was won on a court order brought by solicitors Gallant Macmillan, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Sound. BT acted after names handed to another law firm […]
BT is launching a nationwide survey dubbed ‘Race to Infinity’ to see how much potential demand there is for optical fibre broadband. BT claims that this will identify “hot spots” where the demand for fibre is high. BT will have brought fibre broadband within reach of four million premises by the end of 2010, but […]
Cedar Point Communications, a worldwide leader in integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) switching technologies for service providers, has been selected by Argentina’s largest cable network operator, Telecentro, to expand its VoIP communications services to subscribers using the SAFARI C“ Multimedia Switching System. This network expansion will more than triple the capacity of the Safari C3’s […]
Online access to public services could be put at risk by a purely market-driven approach to net neutrality, claims the Communications Consumer Panel in its response to consultations from Ofcom and the European Commission. If content providers have to pay ISPs for guaranteed bandwidth “This would improve the quality of service for consumers who want […]
Pacific Broadband Networks (PBN), an experienced technology company that enables cable operators to keep up with requirements for the new wave of cross-media connectivity, will exhibit at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2010. This year the exhibition is being held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, 20~22 October 2010. PBN will be […]
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are set to become one of the best connected locations in the world under an ambitious £132 million (E154m) project announced by BT and Cornwall Council and supported by European funding. The area will benefit from faster broadband thanks to the creation of a high speed network that will […]
The retirement of Gene Musselman as European President & COO sees Liberty Global reshape its management for Europe. Musselman’s place will be taken by current UPC Netherlands managing director Diederik Karsten in the new role of MD European Broadband. Musselman will continue to serve as CEO of Liberty’s German MSO Unitymedia and will be a […]
The BBC’s director-general Mark Thompson has admitted that widespread uptake of internet TV will probably result in a hike in broadband prices in the UK. He told the RTS that when services such as YouView and Apple TV arrive on the scene, it won’t be long before there is considerable consumer demand for Internet TV. […]
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has given a further impressive uplift to its target share price for German Kabel Deutschland. In a note to clients Morgan Stanley increases its price target from E31 to a hefty E36. Yesterday’s actual price was E28, but over the past year it has been as low as E19.89. There’s more […]
The FCC has paved the way for new high-speed web devices by releasing unused television frequencies for use by mobile broadband. The unanimous decision of the Federal Communications Commission, was hailed by the regulator as its first major release of unlicensed spectrum in 25 years. It will open the way for service providers to market […]