Leichtman Research Group findings suggest that the largest cable and wireline phone providers in the US – representing about 96 per cent of the market – acquired about 630,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in Q3 2021, compared to a pro forma gain of about 1,525,000 subscribers in Q3 2020, about 615,000 in Q3 2019, […]

The percentage of subscribers who are pushing against the upper limits of their broadband speed tiers has increased dramatically during the past 18 months, according to the Q3 OpenVault Broadband Insights report. solutions and data-driven insights for the broadband industry. Speed clipping – defined as a subscriber exceeding 80 per cent of provisioned broadband speed […]

Ofcom has published the latest league tables on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major home phone, broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to Ofcom between April and June this year, when the UK’s lockdown restrictions began to ease. Complaints in this quarter fell across the […]

Research by comparethemarket reveals that the UK ranks as the 10th most expensive Eueopean country for broadband, and the world’s 39th most expensive country, with people paying an average of £30.99 per month. Ethiopia is more expensive than any other country where broadband costs around £307.84 per month, followed by UAE at £71.75 and Qatar […]

Tukish sports & entertainment broadcaster and digital platform, Digiturk, has announced the launch of Digiturk Internet, offering broadband bundled with high speed ADSL and VDSL services. The service will be offered to existing and new Digiturk TV customers at a discounted rate. Special offers will also be available to consumers who take up both television […]

UK multiplay telco Virgin Media O2 says it is close to completing its national gigabit rollout programme with more than 90 per cent of homes across its network now able to access its hyperfast gigabit broadband. As part of its latest gigabit switch-on, Virgin Media O2 has upgraded its network with 1.6 million extra homes […]

More than half a million more rural homes and businesses will be given access to better broadband as part of plans to level up the country with improved Internet connectivity, UK Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries has announced. An estimated 567,000 hard-to-reach premises across the English counties of Cheshire, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Essex, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, […]

A survey commissioned by ultrafast full fibre broadband provider Truespeed reveals that the average Brit will spend the equivalent of just over three years of their life on video calls for work. According to the Lifetime of Internet survey conducted by OnePoll, checking emails amounts to a total of two years and four months over […]

Findings from research firm TDG indicate that the number of US households subscribing to a broadband service but not a pay-TV service will grow from 38 million in 2020 to 54 million in 2025, up 42 per cent in the five-year period. “By 2025, nine-in-ten US households will use residential broadband, of which roughly half […]

Telecom cable systems specialist Prysmian Group has extended its partnership with UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach with a new three-year contract. Prysmian Group will provide innovation and expertise to support Openreach’s updated Full Fibre broadband build plan which will be fundamental to the UK Government achieving its target of delivering ‘gigabit capable broadband’ to 85 […]