There’s been a huge development in the broadband industry with the news that a new broadband satellite has been given funding to the tune of £220,000 by the ESA (European Space Agency). The new satellite is to be named Hercules, and will be able to deliver super-fast broadband speeds to large areas of the country that are currently not getting access to broadband. It will be c...

Orange has released the results of a survey that it commissioned which has produced some interesting results. According to the mobile-broadband provider, it turns out many more businesses are now offering their staff a greater degree of flexibility through the use of mobile broadband in the workplace. The research involved asking 5...

The broadband picture in the UK is looking good, after the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development) placed the country in fifth position out of a selection of 30 major world economies based on the success of the broadband market. The report does not cover every country in the world, omitting Russia and China amongs...

The booming popularity of mobile broadband is no secret, but the true extent of its popularity has just been made even clearer now that Orange has revealed that its dongle sales are up 500% over the last year. On top of that, mobile handset data usage has also risen by 108%, which brings to 3.8 million the number of Orange customers who are either on a 3G mobile handset or have bought a dongle...

ISPreview.co.uk, a self-proclaimed broadband information resource, has revealed that up to a quarter (25.1%) of British broadband users have been warned about excessive usage by their internet service provider (ISP). Critics are blaming the ISPs. Due to the shared nature of many domestic broadband networks, truly unlimited broa...