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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...
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... More...