Jul
23

UK wide WiMax rollout unlikely

A UK-wide mobile WiMax broadband service may never be rolled out, because of the lack of backing from the five main mobile broadband providers, according the municipal wireless wholesale network operator,.. more
Jul
23

TV Licence fee should be open to bids

Could the future of the TV Licence be put into the hands of bidders? According to a report written by the MP Frank Field and David Rees it should be. They.. more
Jul
23

Virgin Media donating cash as cricketers score fifty

As the England cricket team play for the Ashes once more, Virgin Media has seized upon this as an opportunity to raise some money for charity. To help celebrate and market.. more
Jul
23

BT sells Irish broadband customers to Vodafone

The mobile provider, Vodafone, has announced that it will be taking over BT’s fixed line broadband customers in Ireland. The deal, that is estimated to be worth around £4.1 million, will need to go through the competition authority as it will make Vodafone the second.. more
Jul
23

Mobile broadband users not happy with speed

There is no doubt that mobile broadband has been a runaway success, but with so many users a survey has been conducted to find out exactly what they think about the service. According to the comparison site broadbandgenie.co.uk, out of over eleven hundred UK mobile.. more
Jul
23

Free Facebook with Vodafone for a week

As from tomorrow (Fri 24th July) Vodafone customers can take advantage of yet another offer in the Vodafone UK Free Friday promotion. This time subscribers will be able to access the social networking site Facebook, free for a week, via their mobile broadband or mobile.. more
Jul
22

O2 internet goes down

Yesterday afternoon the O2 data network went down and, according to Twitter, it is still down. Nationwide users who pay monthly data contracts are reporting on Twitter that they are unable to send any SMS or texts via the internet and send emails, although most.. more
Jul
22

802 Global in Liverpool, Manchester roll outs

802 Global, a UK supplier of digital broadband wireless products, announced yesterday that it supported Metronet UK Limited in Leeds, Dublin, and Birmingham with rolling out Metronet UK Limited wireless high speed broadband services. After achieving success in Liverpool and Manchester with high speed wireless,.. more
Jul
22

H1N1 Flu Situation Update spreads malware

Security experts are warning people to be on the lookout for an email that claims to update citizens about the swine flu because it is really just a masquerade malware file. The malicious file is called the Novel H1N1 Flu Situation Update.exe and is spread.. more
Jul
22

US is world's SPAM capital

Sophos, a security firm, announced that the United States produces the most spam on the internet, holding the country accountable for 15.6% of all the spam that was retrieved between April and June of 2009. Roughly this means that one out of every six spam.. more