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4G UK: Auction winners revealed; more carriers to roll out 4G this year

Andy Weir — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:20:30 +0000

The UK's telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, has announced that five companies have successfully bid for 4G spectrum, in an auction that raised just £2.34bn - far less than had been expected. Read more...

Flaw discovered allowing anyone to upgrade BT phone packages

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:25:12 +0000

A flaw that has been discovered on BT's website allows anyone with access to your landline phone number and postcode to upgrade the phone package you subscribe to. Read more...

BT and Talk Talk broadband outages, cable damage to blame

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:24:59 +0000

Major outages are affecting both BT and Talk Talk ISPs in the UK. Cable damage is being blamed on the outages, with only a “small number” of users affected according to BT. Read more...

BT now blocking the Pirate Bay in the UK

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:41:54 +0100

BT is now the latest UK ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay website for its users, although The Pirate Bay has already launched some other IP addresses that go around BT's ban. Read more...

The Pirate Bay: Big jump in traffic following UK ISP ban

John Callaham — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:19:03 +0100

A spokesperson for The Pirate Bay claims that the recent decision to block access to the site by six UK ISP operators has actually caused a huge surge in traffic to the site. Read more...

4G high-speed mobile trials begin in London

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:57:12 +0000

The first trials of 4G mobile networks have begun in London, with speeds of up to 100Mbps on the move. But it's going to be some time before UK users start seeing 4G phones and services. Read more...

MPAA wins case forcing BT to block Usenet index

Christopher White — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:03:41 +0100

The MPAA won a court case forcing BT to block access to Newzbin. The company now has 14 days to comply and must ensure access is blocked, even if Newzbin changes addresses. Read more...

Court orders BT to block access to movie pirate site

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:52:26 +0100

In an unusual move, British Telecom has been ordered by a judge to block access to a web site that's been known to offer links of pirated copies of movies. The BBC reports that BT... Read more...

BT reveals plans for LTE tests in the UK

Mike Brown — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:28:01 +0100

A joint plan by BT and Everything Everywhere was revealed today to start testing a new fourth-generation mobile internet technology. LTE, short for Long Term Evolution, has picked up momentum on the other side of... Read more...

BT: Content Connect "will not create a two-tier internet"

Mike Brown — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:01:13 +0000

In a statement released earlier today, BT denied claims that its upcoming Content Connect service contradicts its position of supporting net neutrality. Envisioned as an opportunity for content providers to strike up deals with ISPs... Read more...

London Underground to trial Wi-Fi

Byron Hinson — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 03:56:21 +0100

The London Underground has plans underway to test out Wi-Fi access on some stations beneath London. BT will run the testing on their BT Openworld Wi-Fi service that caters for many customers across the United... Read more...

BT leaks email addresses of hundreds of customers

Christopher White — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:58:58 +0100

BT is planning to offer fibre-optic broadband service to all of the UK. One of their marketing programs is the “Race to Infinity,” a website that is collecting votes for which areas should be included... Read more...

OnLive partnering with BT for European bundling initiative

Jonathan Downin — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:53:13 +0100

BT sent out a press release today announcing a partnership with OnLive to bundle the streaming gaming service with their broadband plans. In exchange for “exclusive rights” to bundle the OnLive service, BT will acquire... Read more...

European flight ban boosts video conferencing demand

Matt Blowes — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:30:32 +0100

Video conferencing has seen a boost as business travel has been restricted due to large parts of Europe's airspace being closed as ash from an Icelandic volcano covers the sky. Cisco Systems's TelePresence Technology Group... Read more...

Get a free .co.uk address thanks to Google, BT and PayPal [UK]

Tom Warren — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:16:12 +0000

Google and several other partners have clubbed together with the aim of giving away 100,000 free .co.uk web addresses to small business in the UK. Running under the slogan "Getting British business online", the initiative is... Read more...

Google and BT in talks over ISP video delivery network

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:01:48 +0000

Web search giant Google and British Telecom are believed to be in talks about creating an ISP based video delivery network that would deliver improvements to the quality of online video by storing popular videos... Read more...

BT handed 100,000 file-sharer's IP addresses from BPI

Sam Alderwick — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:26:03 +0100

The BPI have accused BT of not doing enough to prevent music piracy, after handing them 100,000 IP addresses of users allegedly caught sharing copyrighted files, according to an article by TorrentFreak posted yesterday. BT... Read more...

BBC fixes BT Home Hub auto-vomit bug

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:22:09 +0100

BBC engineers have solved a mysterious, long-running bug that has meant iPlayer and live TV streams have frequently prompted the BT Home Hub, UK's most common router, to reset itself. The source of the problem... Read more...