There are 100 articles written in July 2010
posted on 30 July 2010In good news for internet service providers (ISP's) around the world it was claimed today that there will be 1bn broadband connections by the year 2015. A group of analysts at 'Strategy Analytics' have claimed that there will be a huge surge in broadband connections within the next 5 years. Interestingly enough though, they have also claimed t... [read more]
posted on 30 July 2010It was reported today that just two of China's internet service providers (ISP's) serve 20% of all broadband subscribers in the world. Telecom data company Telegeography has just updated the ISP database and found that 95 million broadband subscribers are split between two of the leading companies China Telecom (55m) and China Unicom (40m). Jap... [read more]
posted on 30 July 2010The UK Government has promised to rethink the TV licence fee due to a heavy use of catch up TV services which don't require a licence. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said today... "What we've said very clearly is that we accept the principle of the licence fee, the idea of a household tax to fund broadcasting that is ring-fenced," He contin... [read more]
posted on 30 July 2010People across Wales will get the chance to communicate with their local council through their television. Councils are trialling the interactive service which will work through Sky, Virgin Mediaand broadband-enabled Freeview. Residents can report uncollected rubbish, faulty street lamps, or update benefits and council tax with their remote cont... [read more]
posted on 30 July 2010Broadband and home phone provider TalkTalk has announced it will offer its customers mobile phone deals, under an agreement reached with Vodafone. However the firm said it does not plan to widen its offering to non-TalkTalk customers. The provider, the second biggest broadbandproviderin the UK, split from Carphone Warehouse last year and bought... [read more]
posted on 29 July 2010Digital TV, broadband, mobile broadband and home phone provider Virgin Media confirmed today that Virgin Media Player Beta is due to launch 'imminently'. Virgin Media Player is the first online and mobile TV player of its type in the UK. Once live, it will comprise of hundreds of hours of content from channels including ITV, LIVING, Disney, Car... [read more]