3 Mobile and Skype – the service that allows you to make telephone calls from your computer to anywhere in the world – have come together to launch a new mobile phone. The 3 ‘Skypephone’ allows you to talk and send instant messages to other Skype...read the full story

The Post Office is set to join the UK broadband market by launching its very own broadband service. The Post Office will offer standard 8Mpbs broadband starting at £15.95 a month, going up to £25.95 a month for their phone and broadband extra bundle which gives the...read the full story

BT and the wireless network FON are working in partnership to create the "world’s largest wi-fi sharing community", and as a result, seek to revolutionise wireless broadband. BT’s four million broadband customers will now, as a consequence of this partnership, have the opportunity to share their own wi-fi connection with...read the full story

If you’ve just been promised speeds of up to 8, 16, or even 24Mbps from your internet service provide, don’t be surprised when the speeds you actually end up achieving are far less. A recent survey undertaken by Computeractive revealed...read the full story

This year has seen BT’s UK customer base soar considerably. In 2002, just over 170,000 people were using BT broadband. Five years later and that number has climbed to over four million. This increase in customers has been the...read the full story

From the 1st of July, BT Total Broadband customers can go over to the dark side with the new limited edition black BT Home Hub. This stylish piece of equipment works the same as the original Home Hub, but brings a touch more class into your home. The Home Hub acts...read the full story

BT has overtaken Virgin Media as the number one broadband retailer in the UK. BT now has over 3.66 million broadband subscribers and a 26% share of the overall broadband market. BT’s figures have been boosted by its acquisition of PlusNet where they gained 195,000 customers and another 245,000 subscribers in...read the full story

Ofcom has found that broadband take-up in homes in England had reached 45% by the end of 2006. The research also confirmed that the digital divide between the UK is closing as 42% of homes in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales has broadband. More UK homes connected to broadband than in...read the full story

Ofcom has put into place new regulations to extend wireless access across the UK and in particular to rural areas. The regulations cover the 5.8 GHz radio spectrum, which is used by a number of operators and means that licensees will be able to double their power output. This could potentially...read the full story

An e-petition has been launched on the Prime Minister’s website to campaign against ISPs who are throttling download speeds at peak times. Dundee engineer, Lee Sexton, launched the campaign after his 8Mbps broadband connection was reduced to 14Kbps when playing online games. Several ISPs have implemented traffic shaping policies where customers...read the full story