Telecoms

  • BT unveils new unlimited Broadband packages and cloud storage

    BT unveils new unlimited Broadband packages and cloud storage

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    BT has revamped its range of copper and fibre broadband packages, removing download limits and traffic management for all but the cheapest package. The move means BT customers can get unlimited broadband from from just £16 a month for 16Mbps copper broadband or £23 for 38Mbps Infinity. BT has also announced BT Cloud, a new…

  • BT announces 60,000 YouView users and 281,000 fibre sign-ups

    BT announces 60,000 YouView users and 281,000 fibre sign-ups

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    BT has added a further 281,000 fibre broadband customers and signed up more than 60,000 customers to its YouView TV service, according to the firm’s quarterly trading update. The company now has “around 1.25m million” residential and business fibre broadband customers, roughly ten percent of the number currently able to access the service. Fibre broadband,…

  • Sky adds sports content to NOW TV

    Sky adds sports content to NOW TV

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    Sports fans will soon be able to access Sky Sports on a no-contract, pay-as-you-go basis via the broadcaster’s NOW TV on demand and streaming service. Launched last year, Now TV currently offers access to Sky’s movie portfolio and is available on tablets, games consoles and YouView. The new 24-hour sports pass will cost £9.99 and…

  • O2 partners with RNIB to better serve visually impaired customers

    O2 partners with RNIB to better serve visually impaired customers

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    Mobile operator O2 has teamed up with Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) to re-train 80 of its in-store tech specialists, enhancing the service they can offer to customers with sight loss. Specialist training seminars overseen by the RNIB focussed on customising smartphones and operating systems such as Android and iOS.  Staff were schooled…

  • Ofcom names 4G mobile bidders

    Ofcom names 4G mobile bidders

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    Telecoms regulator Ofcom has announced the names of the companies bidding for the UK’s 4G spectrum which will allow networks to offer super-fast mobile broadband. The bidders include Everything Everywhere, owners of T-Mobile and Orange who are already offering 4G services, O2 owners Telefónica and Vodafone. Also bidding are BT subsidiary Niche Spectrum Ventures Limited…

  • Three to offer Nokia’s Lumia 920 and Lumia 620

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    Nokia’s Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 620 smartphones are heading to UK mobile network Three. Both handsets run Windows phone which includes LiveTiles providing personalised updates direct to the homescreen.
 The Lumia 920 includes PureView camera technology with a built-in Optical Image Stabilizer and Carl Zeiss optics “that capture blur-free, crisp pictures every time even…