For the first time, UK cable connections were faster than fibre connections, though not by much. However, ADSL2 speeds have increased, while the speed gap between urban and rural users has narrowed.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has just released its annual report, Measuring the Information Society, which provides facts and figures on the take up of the internet, mobile telephony, and analog and digital television
When India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, visited the Googleplex, Google's Indian-born CEO announced a deal to provide Wi-Fi in stations, giving tens of millions of Indians access to high-speed broadband
Mesh networks are a novel way to get good Wi-Fi connectivity in buildings that suffer from "not spots". They're already available from several firms in the USA, but BT's Whole Home Wi-Fi is one of the first to appear in the UK
Barclays Bank is rolling out free Wi-Fi for customers in its local branches using a BT managed service. Around half are live now with the rest coming on stream this quarter
London minicab firm greentomatocars (sic) is now providing free Wi-Fi in its 300 vehicles, which reflects a growing trend in mobile connectivity...
BT researchers have been running field trials using the ITU's draft G.fast standard, and have already achieved download speeds of 800Mbps over short distances. It certainly goes well beyond BT Infinity…
A school in Ayr is combining wireless and light-based networking -- Wi-Fi and Li-Fi -- using LED bulbs mounted in classroom ceilings, while an IEEE task force is working to add Li-Fi to the 802.11 standard
YouView has just been launched in the UK, to make FreeView digital TV channels and broadband TV services such as the BBC's iPlayer available via a single set-top box.
The British government is trumpeting a milestone for its £1.7bn ($2.9bn) Superfast Broadband project, which is taking broadband to rural areas from the Isle of Wight to the Outer Hebrides
