Virgin Media is bringing all of its services together for the first time in one bundle. As part of the new bundle line-up, available immediately, new and existing customers can receive broadband speeds of up to 500Mbps, add a mobile SIM to any broadband bundle, and build their own personalised TV service with a choice […]
Virgin Media UK has confirmed the appointment of Jeff Dodds as their new Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will take over the position from Lutz Schüler on June 11th when Schüler steps up to his new role of company CEO. Dodds was appointed Virgin Media’s Chief Customer Officer and Managing Director of Operations in November 2018, […]
Convergent packages are boosting pay TV subscriptions in Spain. Some 91.8 per cent of pay-TV customers access their service via a convergent package, according to competition and markets regulator the CNMC. Furthermore , eight out of ten are subscribed to a quintuple package (with five services: fixed and mobile telephony, fixed and mobile broadband and […]
The UK High Court ruling against alternative provider of wholesale full fibre network infrastructure CityFibre in the challenge to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over fibre advertising is a disappointment to operators building full fibre networks, the Independent Network Co-operative Association (INCA) has said. The ruling dismissed CityFibre’s request for a Judicial Review of ASA’s […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has suggested that despite a vote in the US House of Representatives to approve legislation to reinstate so-called net neutrality rules that prevent Internet Service Providers from meddling with web traffic, it is unlikely to become law. The legislation, the ‘Save the Internet Act’ from Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) passed the […]
Netflix has released March data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Netflix had mostly speed gains to report for March. In South Korea, KT experienced the largest increase on the index, at 0.64 Megabits per second (Mbps). This brings […]
Virgin Media has been named fastest broadband provider in the UK for the seventh year in a row. Analysis from UK broadband comparison website Broadband Genie recorded an average download of 71.5Mb for Virgin Media customers – almost three times faster than its nearest challenger. Vodafone claimed top spot for uploading speed, recording an average […]
The latest Which? broadband satisfaction survey reveals that customers with the UK’s largest providers are the most likely to be getting a bad deal. BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media supply almost nine in 10 broadband customers, yet year after year these are the providers that occupy the bottom of the consumer champion’s league table. […]
Comcast has launched Xfinity Flex, a new service that provides Xfinity Internet-only customers the ability to use their television and voice control to manage all of the connected devices in their home, and enjoy many of their favourite entertainment experiences on the big screen. Available to all Xfinity Internet customers across the country starting March […]
BT has announced the licensing of the company’s cyber security visual analytics technology, SATURN, to QiO Technologies, an advanced analytics and artificial intelligence software company. BT developed SATURN to ingest and analyse huge amounts of data using AI, and then present a real-time visual representation of a network to users, including cyber security engineers. As […]