UN agency the International Telecommuncation Union knows its onions when it comes to mobile statistics, so its latest report comes with plenty of credibility. It claims that by the end of this […]
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Pew study confirms rural broadband access can still be spotty
One of the points made in our recent country-music report was that access to reliable broadband internet in rural areas of the US is one of the factors that may […]
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India expected to have 236m mobile internet users by 2016
We’ve written regularly about Indian streaming music services like Saavm and Gaana, so a new report this week by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and KPMG piqued […]
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Netflix offers variable stream qualities to get around ISP data caps
We heard a great phrase this week: ‘Abuse the pipe’. Nothing to do with crack, we promise – it’s the phrase used by mobile operators and broadband ISPs to describe services like YouTube, Netflix and the BBC’s iPlayer, which account for an increasing amount of the telcos’ bandwidth. Anyway, expect to hear much more about data caps in the coming months, as the ISPs and operators seek to rein in their heaviest users.
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Virgin Media rolling out 100Mbps broadband in the UK
UK ISP Virgin Media is still working on its music ambitions, but its rollout of super-fast broadband continues apace. The company has announced plans to launch 100Mbps broadband across the […]
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Virgin Media unveils 100Mbps broadband
It might be still working on its long-delayed music service, but Virgin Media has announced plans to boost the speed of its home broadband service in the UK.
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Report claims Comcast in talks to launch streaming music service
According to a report on TechCrunch, US ISP Comcast is in negotiations to launch a streaming music service, which will be offered to its customers for around $5 a month on top of their existing broadband charges.
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Mandelson promises graduated response legislation in UK
It seems the UK will be getting three-strikes legislation after all. Well, possibly. Okay, here’s what business minister Lord Mandelson had to say when asked whether he was proposing three strikes, at a conference yesterday.
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UK government wants to toughen up anti-piracy measures
The UK’s Department for Business Innovation and Skills has shaken up its post-Digital Britain report plans to combat file-sharing, announcing that it’s looking at possibly suspending the broadband accounts of persistent file-sharers – a measure that wasn’t in the report.
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EC to prosecute UK over Phorm broadband ad-serving tech
The row around a company called Phorm, which works with ISPs to offer targeted ads based on broadband users’ surfing habits, has been rumbling for months in the UK.