BT’s 9 per cent call cost hike takes effect tomorrow leading to uproar from various industry bodies. The price of a telephone call will go up from 7p to 7.6p whilst line rental will cost an extra £1.11 per month, coming to £13.90 a month.
Our resident Products Expert, Chris Mizon, fears this will have a knock-on effect with other broadband and home phone providers…
“There is little doubt that the other major players in the broadband and home phone industry will also increase their prices.
“In saying that, consumers can still save…
Geoff Slaughter - 27 April 2011 | comments. Read more
The home of fibre optic broadband, Virgin Media, is set to trial a 1.5GB broadband service in Old Street London, otherwise known as the ‘Silicon Roundabout’.
Virgin Media’s Chief Exec, Neil Berkett, claims this would be the fastest speed in the World…
“Our 1.5Gb broadband trial will achieve the fastest cable speeds in the world and, by pushing the frontiers of technology, it will help us to understand the kinds of services our customers may need in the future and the exciting possibilities of an increasingly converged world.”
This is somewhat welcome…
Geoff Slaughter - 27 April 2011 | comments. Read more
Nokia and Microsoft have teamed up to create products they hope will storm the mobile market.
Today the tech giants confirmed their strategy for a 10 week deal to make the most of their combined products.
The once reigning phone giant, Nokia, collapsed in the face of competitors in February when it dropped plans for its own smartphone.
Instead, the mobile provider opted to focus on its partnership with Microsoft and the joint-venture plans to begin shipping devices by 2012.
Stephen Elop, President and Chief Executive Officer at Nokia, said:
“At the highest level,…
Summer Murawski - 21 April 2011 | comments. Read more
It has been reported that Apple will begin shipping the highly awaited iPhone 5 later this year.
Reuters was told by three sources that the highly anticipated iPhone 5 would be shipped in September with production planned to start in July.
Moreover, the new smartphone is predicted to look similar to its predecessors but with the added upgrade of a dual-core A5 processor, the same that is fitted into the iPad 2.
In addition, earlier this year Sony Boss, Howard Stringer, let it slip that the new phone would also feature an…
Summer Murawski - 21 April 2011 | comments. Read more
According to Ofcom’s recent study, Virgin Media is the ISP that gets least complained about, while TalkTalk’s customers are moaning away.
For landline and broadband services, the study looked at BT Retail, BSkyB, TalkTalk Group and Virgin Media.
When comparing the amount of complaints received by mobile service providers, Ofcom looked at Three (3), O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone.
In terms of landline and broadband services, TalkTalk was leading the pack for getting the most complaints for incorrectly billing consumers for cancelled services which was consequently investigated with the ISP being fined.
Virgin…
Edita Lozovska - 21 April 2011 | comments. Read more
What has been dubbed as the “second biggest wedding of the year”, after the royals, BT’s advert fans will finally witness Adam and Jane tie the knot.
A massive 480k votes were cast through Facebook and text to plan the details of the couple’s big day.
The final advert in the romance saga that has spanned across eight episodes will be released on the 23rd of April on ITV3 during the Britain’s Got Talent ad breaks.
As the votes flooded in the pieces of the wedding puzzle began to fall in to…
Summer Murawski - 21 April 2011 | comments. Read more
Sales of the iPhone almost doubled the tech giant’s profit in the last quarter as sales of the smartphone reached more than 18m.
Furthermore, over the past few months the company’s net income has increased by 85 per cent.
Steve Jobs, Apple’s Chief Executive Officer, said:
“With quarterly revenue growth of 83 per cent and profit growth of 95 per cent, we’re firing on all cylinders.”
Also Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s Chief Financial Officer, said:
“We are extremely pleased with our record March quarter revenue and earnings and cash flow from operations of over $6.2…
Summer Murawski - 21 April 2011 | comments. Read more
At long last, there is some good news to report about FibreCity, the previously doomed project, which messed up Bournemouth’s infrastructure, had some financial troubles and has been put to a hold.
Up until now, that is.
City Fibre Holdings, a company which bought i3 Group UK’s assets (including Fibrecity, H2O Networks, Opencity Media, Wireless Network Systems), has successfully gone through the tedious process of restructuring and is now ready to take full control.
CEO of CityFibre, former i3 Group Co-Chair and President, Greg Mesch, said that it has been a difficult…
Edita Lozovska - 21 April 2011 | comments. Read more
Plusnet is the latest ISP (internet service provider) to launch a range of business broadband services available to UK-based firms.
While households can now subscribe to Plusnet’s recently launched 40Mbps fibre speeds, businesses will have an ADSL2+ technology broadband option from the ISP.
ADSL2+ is said to enhance both download and upload speeds.
In addition, businesses located in an ADSL2+ networked area will have the option to upgrade for no extra charges.
Plusnet’s business clients who sign up for Business Broadband Options 1, 2 or 3 will not only get faster broadband…
Chris Mizon - 20 April 2011 | comments. Read more
Today the High Court ruled in favour of the controversial DEA Act after BT and TalkTalk challenged it and declared it is a breach of customer freedom.
In addition, the broadband giants argued that the legislation had been rushed through parliament in the dying days of the Labour government.
Moreover, the ISPs felt that it was incompatible with European Law on Human Rights and infringed privacy law.
However, their case flopped as the High Court ruled in favour of the UK government on all each counts and stated that the legislation was…
Summer Murawski - 20 April 2011 | comments. Read more
