The new broadband tax has finally been confirmed in the pre-Budget report, meaning that as from next year all homes with a fixed phone line will be liable for a new 50p-a-month (£6-a-year) tax. The tax had long been anticipated as a part of the Digital Britain Report, despite loud opposition from some quarters. The money raised from the tax will be used to fund the development of fast...

£48 million has been pledged to improve broadband speeds for businesses in Northern Ireland. After winning a competitive tender, BT is investing £30 million in the project. The remainder is coming from the European Regional Development Fund’s Sustainable Competitiveness Programme and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development programme. The project, which is due to be c...

Mobile broadband just keeps getting better, and now Virgin Mobile has raised the bar even higher. The ISP has just launched its latest update to its mobile broadband offering, with a new dongle that allows users to reach speeds of up to 7.2Mbps. The upload speed has also been ...

Mobile broadband continues to increase in popularity, but this is putting more and more strain on the struggling UK networks. Now O2 has announced that it will be investing heavily in its network to combat the problem. The efficiency of mobile broadband depends on how well the network can cope with the number of users. With the rise in popularity of mobile broadband, and the huge incre...

The number of broadband users in Europe continues to rise, with the latest figures from the European Commission recording a rise of nearly 3% in the last year. There were 119 million broadband subscriptions across the 27 nations that make up the EU in July 2009, compared to 113 million at the same time last year. This means...