Broadband News
Scotland could get £75m fund for TV and broadband network
Scotland expects that its proposals for building the Scottish Digital Network (SDN) could get £75m fund from the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The study shows the new TV network can also significantly improve broadband quality and take up in Scotland where less than two thirds of home can access to high speed broadband internet more »
Rightmove to display broadband speeds of 1 million UK homes
Online property buyers will soon find out broadband coverage and speed information with other important property details that could help make informed decision on buying new homes
UK’s leading property website Rightmove will soon display internet connection speed details of the new houses that it lists on its website, the Telegraph reports. more »
Home broadband voted the most useful technology of the decade
Many Brits consider home broadband, online shopping and Google as the innovations they liked the most over the last ten years, the latest consumer survey has revealed.
According to The Foundation’s survey over 2000 UK consumers, broadband was voted the best innovation for it helped people to do lots of things more quickly, more effectively and with a lot less effort, from shopping to dating to finding stuff out. more »
Cheaper prices to boost DSL broadband uptake
Despite the fibre based, superfast broadband connections offering better experience to end users when accessing bandwidth-hungry web applications, DSL broadband (Digital Subscriber Line) worldwide will continue to be popular with many customers due to its cheaper upfront and monthly charges, the latest Point Topic findings suggest.
Except Asia Pacific region where fibre optic broadband reaches most homes, the broadband prices elsewhere have actually fallen nearly 50% since 2008, the analyst says. more »
One in ten to access mobile broadband by 2015
More than one in ten people worldwide will access mobile broadband by 2015, according to the latest report from broadband research firm Ovum.
Total broadband lines on the globe, will reach 3.6 billiion figure while the number of users who take up both fixed broadband and mobile broadband will exceed1.4 billion by 2015, says Ovum more »
Liverpool homes to receive broadband via electric power cables
Around thousand homes in Liverpool City will receive broadband speeds of up to 200Mbps via electric power cables.
The innovative broadband technology ‘powerline communications’ (PLC) will enable the consumers to get electricity as well as high speed internet access using the existing electric power network. more »
