News Archive
posted on 12 September 2012
Today marks the day when the UK's Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (also known as
DEFRA) gave its go ahead to two Cumbrian locations
- Garsdale and Dentdale - to roll out superfast
broadband.
The project is called GarDen - get it, get
it?
This has become possible t... [read more]
posted on 11 September 2012
Everything Everywhere the company which
operates the Orange and T-Mobile
brands in the UK announced the UK's first 4G
network today.
The announcement was made at an event held at the London
Science Museum where the Orange and T-Mobile partnership
unveiled the 4G network under the new b... [read more]
posted on 10 September 2012
Virgin Media recently announced the launch of
its Virgin TV Anywhere service allowing users to
stream live television channels straight to their
computers or iPads.
The service will initially be limited to Apple's
iPads and those online but Android users
can expect to be able to access... [read more]
posted on 07 September 2012
BT Open Reach has announced that it will be
extending its new system which proactively notifies broadband
internet service providers (ISPs)
and phone operators about Major Service Outage's
(MSO) on BT's UK telecoms network
(which can be caused by cable theft or damage) after successful
t... [read more]
posted on 06 September 2012
The Cloud, a BSkyB
(Sky Broadband) owned company that operates
thousands of public wireless internet hotspots
(WiFi) around the UK (approximately
11,000), has announced today that it has become
the first provider to "filter out adult content by default on
its network".
The new measure... [read more]
posted on 05 September 2012
A recent survey has revealed that at least 46 per
cent of UK broadband customers have
never switched internet service provider
(ISP).
The survey found that customers may be
overpaying by as much as £120
plus a year, giving a national total of £1.1
billion, which could easily be saved ... [read more]
posted on 04 September 2012
TalkTalk's Chief Executive, Dido
Harding, recently announced that the broadband
provider will hire 500 new engineers to
help install YouView systems in
UK homes.
Dido Harding says the company is increasing its headcount to
2,800 as it looks to prepare itself for customer
demand for Yo... [read more]
posted on 03 September 2012
Sky broadband UK has hired Bruce
Willis to sell its internet access. Bruce Willis is the
latest high-profile celebrity to endorse
broadband.
Virgin Media have used various stars to endorse
their products from Uma Thurman to Mo
Fareh and Usain Bolt.
Sky now hope to use Bruce Willis, ... [read more]
posted on 31 August 2012
Mobile network operator O2 UK
(Telefonica) has warned it plans to lodge a
complaint at the Competition Appeals Tribunal
(CAT), as it aims to halt Everything
Everywhere who own Orange UK and
T-Mobile, from an early roll out of
superfast 4G mobile broadband services over their
existing 18... [read more]
posted on 30 August 2012
BT recently announced that it will be
increasing the cost of its phone,
broadband and television services
by up to 6 per cent from the start of
January 2013.
In the current economic climate this news will not be welcomed
by UK households who will have to pay
higher prices to make call... [read more]
posted on 29 August 2012
Internet service provider (ISP)
Sky (BSkyB) is to expand its unbundled broadband
network reach to 90 per cent of the
UK by 2015.
Sky broadband said that their unlimited
broadband service is now available to 82 per
cent of households as it announced that its
unbundled (LLU) network of ... [read more]
posted on 28 August 2012
Virgin Media's new WiFi
service across the London Underground
delivered an astounding eight million tweets,
Facebook posts, emails and
web pages during the London 2012 Olympic
Games as visitors and Londoners went online to share the
most memorable moments during the games.
Inspired by... [read more]
posted on 24 August 2012
BT is doing its best in order to deploy fibre
optic broadband all over the country - this is why it decided to
employ an additional 400 engineers to help the ISP to speed up the
rollout process.
As previously (the company applied the same scheme a year ago), BT
underlined that the new ... [read more]
posted on 23 August 2012
You might remember Simplifydigital reporting on
Everything Everywhere and the joint venture's
possible decision to kill off its child brands -
T-Mobile and Orange.
In case you didn't know the outcome of that rumour, we can
underline once more that it was proven to be false and just a
r... [read more]
posted on 22 August 2012
Everything Everywhere has been on the
industry's radar for some time now seeing as the company hinted on
numerous occasions that it was not too happy with its name.
This led some to suggest that perhaps Everything Everywhere was
planning to erase T-Mobile and Orange brand names
from the... [read more]
posted on 21 August 2012
Good news come to those who are keen on a SIM-only deal, seeing
as Virgin Media has decided to bring back its
hugely popular £5 SIM-Only deal as well as a market-leading £10
BlackBerry offer.
In addition, consumers who have an NUS card will be able to
enjoy a further 15 per cent discoun... [read more]
posted on 20 August 2012
Good news comes to North Yorkshire where local broadband
provider, I Love Broadband (LN
Communications) has extended the reach of its superfast
services.
Simplifydigital really likes the name of the ISP, the reason is
pretty self-explanatory.
Coming back to the development, another t... [read more]
posted on 17 August 2012
According to recent reports, Virgin Media is no
longer the sole quad-play service provider in the UK - in comes
TalkTalk and its two new services, YouView as well
as mobile services thanks to a joint venture with Vodafone.
Because of these new partnerships, customers can expect to get
a... [read more]
posted on 16 August 2012
Good news comes to the residents of Jersey as its local telecoms
firm, JT Global, has decided to pen papers with
Netadmin Systems in order to deploy super speedy
FTTH broadband on the island (Channel Islands).
The aim is to rollout the services within three years to as many
as 42,000 ho... [read more]
posted on 15 August 2012
Good news comes to the residents of north and North East
Lincolnshire, especially to those who live in the area's
"notspots" as Quickline Communications
pledged to rollout superfast broadband. We're talking speeds of
up to 40Mbps.
The wireless operator has underlined that it can alread... [read more]