The fight to provide the UK with super-fast broadband has become a campaign issue for the major political parties now that the Conservatives have vowed to provide the next generation of broadband to the majority of homes across the country by 2017. This ambitious target involves the provision of speeds up to 100Mbps, which will be achieved through a combination of fixed-line and mobile...

BT has released its own super-fast broadband service, joining Virgin in the battle to provide the nation with a new generation in broadband. The new service will be capable of speeds up to 40Mbps, a huge improvement on the recent top speeds of about 8Mbps. The service has been named BT Infinity, and it went on sale on January 25. Customers who have had their lines upgraded already will...

CCS Insight, which provides global analysis and market information for the mobile sector, is predicting that mobile broadband in Europe will see a huge explosion in growth over the next few years. It has released a report entitled ‘Mobile Broadband in Europe, 4Q09’, which states that by 2011 mobile broadband revenue and subscriber nu...

The government has announced that schoolchildren from the least advantaged households in the country will be able to benefit from a new scheme where they will receive a free laptop and broadband. 270,000 families across England will benefit from the Home Access Scheme, which is set to cost in the region of £300 million. The scheme was first announced back in 2008, but it has faced man...

The UK has come near the bottom in a table showing the average broadband speeds in a number of countries, as revealed in a recent Ofcom report carried out by the OECD (Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development). The report, ti...