Monday, February 6th, 2012

According to the Industry experts, the Telecom Group PLC TalkTalk will become a possible acquisition target because of its increasing broadband base. The mobile operator TalkTalk has demerged from Carphone very recently and it is considered to be a force within the telecoms sector. The main concerns of telecoms are broadband and they are providing [...]

One of the MPs for the Conservative Party, support the introduction of the fibre optic broadband by doing away with any impediments like the recent taxation of the technology. Meanwhile, the Valuation Office Agency as well, currently put forward plan to levy an added monthly fee of £20 on any property that could be accessing [...]

A survey conducted in the UK reveals that, about 63% of the small companies in the country are looking for increased speed for their broadband connections. FSB (The Federation of Small Businesses) claims that as per their survey, the slow speed of the broadband was an impediment to its development. Another chief issue met was [...]

According to a MP, the government could speed-up the universal broadband access by abolishing the ‘tax’ on broadband connections. Representative for Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart considers that tax on premises with non-BT networks will hold up the broadband access in rural communities. It has been proposed by the government’s Valuation Office Agency that [...]

Earlier this week, Winterton experienced a severe outage in its Telephone and broadband internet access services after BT confirmed that 300 metres of its precious copper cable has been stolen by criminals. The planned attacks on BT’s network increased to 9% last year, which has been stimulated by the latest surge in scrap copper prices. [...]