Telecoms

  • EE announces new fibre broadband bundles

    EE announces new fibre broadband bundles

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    4G operator EE has announced new deals on home phone and broadband for its mobile phone customers. Prices start from £5 per month for an entry level copper/ADSL broadband connection, plus £14.75 line rental per month. The company is also offering fibre broadband packages with up to 38 and up to 76 Mbps download speeds…

  • Apple unveils new iOS and Max OS X operating systems

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    Apple has given developers and customers an advance look at the latest versions of iOS and Max OS X, the software which powers its iPhones & iPads and desktop & laptop computers. iOS 7, which will be available as a free download for iPad and iPhone later this year, heralds a break with the design…

  • Liberty Global completes Virgin Media deal

    Liberty Global completes Virgin Media deal

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    Liberty Global has completed its $24 billion buy-out of the UK’s Virgin Media. The deal was announced in February, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval which have now both been received. Virgin Media is the UK’s second largest pay-TV platform with 4.9m subscribers but the nation’s third largest platform behind Freeview and Sky. Under the…

  • Sky TV customers face “up to 10%” price increase

    Sky TV customers face “up to 10%” price increase

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    Sky has informed TV customers that some prices “will increase on 1 September 2013 by up to 10% in accordance with our standard terms.” According to online forums, messages advising existing customers of the impending increase are now appearing in their online billing accounts while a message has been added to the firm’s sales website…

  • Danny Baker and Danny Kelly to host new BT Sport football show

    Danny Baker and Danny Kelly to host new BT Sport football show

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    Radio and TV presenter Danny Baker is reuniting with on/off collaborator Danny Kelly to front a new football show for BT Sport, the sports channels from broadband giant BT. The channels will offer sports fans 38 Barclays Premier League matches per season, exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) coverage and 800 hours of live tennis, including…

  • YouView demonstrates what’s in store this year

    YouView demonstrates what’s in store this year

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    More on our trip to YouView’s riverside HQ where a small group of UK tech journos were treated to a sneak peek at the platform’s near future. As already reported, the starting point was the announcement that more than 400,000 YouView boxes are now in homes across the UK – a landmark reached less than…