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July 3, 2009
by David Allen
The mobile provider, Vodafone, has settled its differences with the retailer, The Carphone Warehouse, after its decision in 2006 to switch to the other High Street retailer, Phones4U, in an exclusive deal for Phones4U to offer Vodafone phone contracts.
However, it may be a sign of these difficult times in the retail sector that Vodafone has decided to make up with The Carphone Warehouse in an attempt to secure ...
by David Allen
Some industry experts are complaining about the “Broadband Tax” proposed by the government as a way to beef up the UK’s broadband network and help to meet the 'broadband for all pledge' of a minimum of 2 Mbps for all households.
BT is saying that the 50p per month levy on all landlines is simply not going to be enough to raise enough cash in order for fibre to ...
by David Allen
The EU will be working on a strategy for high speed broadband, as a state of the art broadband network will play a crucial role in the economic recovery of Europe, according to the EU communications commissioner, Viviane Reding.
It is believed that the deployment of these fibre broadband networks could increase the amount of civil works projects and therefore could trigger an increase in employment in these areas.
Once ...
by David Allen
Next week will see the start of BT's fibre based broadband trials.
These will take place in Muswell Hill, London and Whitchurch in Wales.
Around thirty thousand homes will be connected to over a hundred street cabinets that have been fitted with the latest fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) technology.
This service is boasting a top speed of up to 40 Mbps, but speed depends on how far the homes ...
by David Allen
The internet service provider O2 has launched a new service for its broadband customers called “O2 Tech Support”.
This is a service designed to rival similar services like the “Geek Squad” and the “Tech Guys”.
Customers will be able to get a wide range of technical help from experts, which is supposed to take the stress out of technical issues that occur in the home and in businesses too.
Most ...
by David Allen
Anyone signing up for the O2 broadband service this month will be in line for a bonus, as the internet service provider will be giving all new customers two months free broadband.
This offer is open until the end of the month and includes all of the O2 broadband packages including, Standard, Premium, Pro and also the Access Package.
All of these deals are on a 12 month long ...
by David Allen
The History Channel UK is changing its name to AETN UK from immediate effect.
The channel is a joint venture between the UK satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and the US cable broadcaster A & E Television Networks (AETN).
The change was announced at a press meeting, when the new name was revealed for the first time.
According to the company, the new name and branding reflects the ...
by David Allen
Solaris Mobile, along with its shareholders Eutelsat Communications and SES Astra, has announced that following an investigation into its S band payload, it has been found that there are some significant issues over non-compliance with its original specifications.
Solaris Mobile is convinced that these issues offer enough grounds for the firm to claim for the full insured value of the payload and to that effect the insurance claim has ...
by David Allen
UK TV viewers will be getting 3D TV in their homes within two years, according to Claudio Aspesi from industry analysts Sanford Bernstein.
This means that by 2011 the early stages of proper 3D TV could be being fed by satellite into the homes of UK viewers.
This will be slow at first, but as with the introduction of HD TV, once it gets a hold there will be ...
July 2, 2009
by David Allen
MPs from the Commons Business and Enterprise Committee are going to open up an inquiry into the UK’s broadband speeds.
This is the MPs' idea of following up the recently published Digital Britain report produced by the communications minister.
There is a lot in the report to cover and there are some issues being raised by consumer groups, industry experts and from the industry itself.
These include the broadband tax ...
by David Allen
The trouble with user-generated content and social networking sites is that they would run perfectly all right if was not for the users.
This places the organisations in a tricky position; they cannot survive without the users and in some cases they cannot make any site wide changes either.
This is the position that YouTube finds itself in as it attempts to make some changes to the personal channels ...
by David Allen
It looks as if the average UK TV viewer will be faced with retuning their digital TV receivers in order to stay in touch with changes to the spectrum, as planned by the regulator Ofcom.
According to 'What Satellite' Ofcom plans to create more space for pan European mobile broadband and TV services, but in the process householders will be forced to retune, possibly as many as three times.
The ...
by David Allen
When an offer is made for a large part of an international company the whole picture has to be considered and apparently this is exactly what the parent company of T-Mobile UK is doing, after rival Vodafone showed an interest.
The whole T-Mobile UK business is in muddy waters, with the parent company Deutsche Telekom being split over future plans for the company.
Back in May, T-Mobile shareholders, the ...
by David Allen
Winning awards or being named “best of” in a voters poll is great for a company, as it shows to the consumer that it cares and is trying its best.
Then there is the other end of the scale, when the responses are less palatable, as internet service and phone provider BT has found out.
The service offered by BT has been criticised for leaving its customers holding on for ...
by David Allen
Computer maker Dell will be putting GPS into its Dell Mini 10 netbooks.
This will allow the owners to use their netbook as a satnav and track their location while on the move.
According to Dell, they are making this service available to customers, simply because the demand is there.
Initially the GPS will only be available in the US and will be one of the extras that ...
by David Allen
With Setanta UK gone, Setanta Ireland survives and according to the Irish Times will be carried on the Sky TV network in Ireland for around another week.
It seems that Sky TV has decided to keep the satellite sports channel on air for the time being, so that the channel's founders, Leonard Ryan and Michael O'Rourke, can continue talks with Denis Desmond and others with regards to sorting out ...
by David Allen
The satellite and digital TV channel Dave will be broadcasting live for the first time.
It will be showing the end of the Red Bull X Fighter Motorcross World Tour.
The final will be last for around two hours and takes place at the Battersea Power Station in front of around seventeen thousand fans.
Twelve riders will perform stunts and other daring activities as they fight for the title of ...
by David Allen
The UK version of the Sci-Fi channel has announced that it has acquired the UK pay TV rights to the latest drama fantasy from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television.
The Legend of the Seeker is a sword and sorcery type programmes that will consist of two series of twenty-two episodes lasting one hour.
The series is the handy work of Spider Man director, Sam Raimi, and is based on the Sword of ...
July 1, 2009
by David Allen
Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3.5 and, in true open source style, the servers began to feel the strain almost immediately.
At one time the “Get Firefox” download page was displaying the “http/1.1 Service Unavailable” page, but that is nothing compared with when Firefox 3 was launched last year, so at least Mozilla has been able to manage the issue better this time.
Currently the Firefox download pages are ...
by David Allen
The Swedish based file sharing site, the Pirate Bay, has been sold to a Swedish software company in a deal that is bound to raise a few eyebrows.
The Global Gaming Factory (GGF) picked up the Pirate Bay for around £4.7 million after the founders decided to sell the site.
Once GGF takes possession of the site, it has said that the site will immediately start to pay copyright right ...
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The mobile provider, Vodafone, has settled its differences with the retailer, The Carphone Warehouse, after its decision in 2006 to switch to the other High Street retailer, Phones4U, in an exclusive deal for Phones4U to offer Vodafone phone contracts.
However, it may be a sign of these difficult times in the retail sector that Vodafone has decided to make up with The Carphone Warehouse in an attempt to secure ...
