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Ofcom wants BT broadband price cut

BT will have to cut the prices it charges Internet providers and others who sell on services using its lines, Ofcom says. The regulator wants the cost for use of a broadband and phone line to fall from £91.50 (€109) per year to £87.41. The cost of using a broadband line only should also drop […]

February 6, 2012

BT Vision adds 39,000 subs

BT added 39,000 subscribers for its IPTV ‘BT Vision’ in the fourth quarter of 2011 – just a few hundred less than Sky in the same period – bringing the total to 679,000. Consumer ARPU was up 5 per cent to an annual £337 (€405) reflecting the increased take up of both broadband and BT […]

February 3, 2012

BT trials FTTP on demand

BT has held successful trials of “FTTP on demand” in St Agnes, Cornwall. This solution allows additional fibre to be run on demand to a home or business in a Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) enabled area, providing the customer with ultra-fast Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) broadband. Previously, FTTP speeds weren’t possible in FTTC […]

February 3, 2012

DirecTV switching broadband supplier?

DirecTV has stopped selling a satellite broadband service from ViaSat’s WildBlue. Reports suggest that DirecTV is advising its subscribers to contact WildBlue themselves if they have questions or queries. An internal email to staff from DirecTV, quoted by The Morning Bridge web-site, states: “Effective immediately, you should no longer offer WildBlue Internet packages to new […]

February 3, 2012By Chris Forrester

UK broadband speeds up 22%

UK consumers are achieving 22 per cent faster broadband speeds at home than they were 12 months ago, Ofcom research has revealed. In November 2011, the average actual UK residential broadband speed was 7.6Mbit/s, compared with 6.2Mbit/s in November/December 2010, and 6.8Mbit/s in May 2011. This increase was mainly as a result of consumers moving […]

February 2, 2012

Sky launching ‘unlimited fibre’

Sky has revealed plans to offer fibre-based broadband from this April in addition to extending its copper-based service to 88 per cent of the UK by the end of 2013. The move into the fibre-based market will see the company offer speeds of up to 40Mbps, the same as BT currently offers (as it uses […]

February 1, 2012

DVB-T2 signal analyser from TeamCast

TeamCast, a specialist in digital modulation technologies for DTT, Wireless Transmissions and Satellite Applications, has unveiled Odyssey – a test and measurement tool for laboratory that analyses and qualifies DVB-T2 RF signals. DVB-T2 is the second generation of a digital television, using the latest modulation and coding techniques to deliver superior performance and improved payload […]

February 1, 2012

Deutsche Telekom opposes Kabel BW approval

Deutsche Telekom and NetCologne have challenged the German antitrust authority’s approval of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg, Boersen-Zeitung has reported. Concessions accepted by the watchdog don’t guarantee market competition for contracts with housing associations, which often reach long-term agreements with cable operators, the German newspaper reports Deutsche Telekom as saying.

January 31, 2012

NordNet picks Eutelsat’s Tooway

Eutelsat Communications has revealed that its Skylogic affiliate has signed a distribution agreement with NordNet, a subsidiary of France-Télécom-Orange, which enables France’s leading alternative broadband supplier to add new impetus to its range of satellite Internet services. Using Skylogic’s Tooway satellite broadband service, NordNet has launched Triple Play services in France delivering 10 Mbps download […]

January 31, 2012

VeEX adds mini OTDR to complement Transmission and Ethernet Tester portfolio

VeEX, a global expert in Telecom and CATV test solutions, today announced the introduction of the FX300 mini OTDR series, a product optimised for today’s optical fiber networks. Featuring optical performance that rivals larger traditional and more expensive OTDRs, the unit offers impressive measurement capabilities to troubleshoot and verify optical fibers used in FTTx, metro […]

January 31, 2012