MPs slam BT: “Put house in order or face split” July 19, 2016 BT has been told to put its "house in order" or face a split by a leading group of MPs. The telecoms firm has been accused of "significantly under investing" in its Openreach broadband, potentially to the tune of millions of pounds a year and of favouring "interests and priorities" of shareholders over customers. An investigation [...]
BT under pressure from Ofcom to offer discount services to pensioners and poorest families July 17, 2016 BT is under pressure from the regulator to offer a discounted service to pensioners and low income families. The firm wants to move to internet-based voice calls, and away from traditional telephone lines. This would be relatively low-cost and allow BT to make savings, The Telegraph reported. Read more: Telecom giants come to blows over airwaves But Ofcom [...]
Full Premier League pre-season fixtures list: Kick-off times and TV coverage as Arsenal head to America, Manchester United and Manchester City visit China and West Ham hit Austria July 15, 2016 Arsenal Fixtures: 22nd July: vs RC Lens, Lens 28th July: vs MLS All Stars, San Jose 31st July: vs Chivas de Guadalajara, Los Angeles 5th August: vs Viking FK, Stavanger 7th August: vs Manchester City, Gothenburg Longest journey: Los Angeles to London, 5,437 miles Total distance to cover: 13,968 miles Bournemouth Fixtures: 20th July: vs Minnesota United, Blaine 23rd [...]
Sky to broadcast sharper football matches and movies from August July 14, 2016 Broadcaster Sky is going to offer a range of channels and programmes in Ultra HD from August. The move is part of Sky’s Q Silver service, and subscribers will need a supported TV-top box and TV that allows the format to watch. The picture quality offered by Ultra HD can be up to four times that [...]
BT Sport price increase will place “huge pressure” on pubs July 14, 2016 Pub groups have hit out at BT Sport's 8.9 per cent subscription price rise, announced yesterday, that will be enacted from 1 September. BT's move follows a 10 per cent price rise from Sky last month. The average monthly price for BT Sport for an independent pub will increase by £35 a month to £430, excluding [...]
These are the next areas that will get Virgin Media’s speedy fibre-to-the-premises broadband July 12, 2016 Virgin Media has named the next 30 rural communities which will gain access to its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network. The areas are expected to be connectable via full fibre by spring 2017 and is the next stage of Virgin Media's Supercharging Local Communities initiative, part of its £3bn Project Lightning network. It's aiming to bring 300 mega-bits-per-second broadband to small businesses located outside major towns and cities. Virgin [...]
Telecom giants come to blows over airwaves July 11, 2016 An upcoming radio spectrum auction has become the latest battle ground for the UK’s warring telcos. Network operator Three, owned by China’s CK Hutchison, has called on the telecoms industry regulator Ofcom to limit how much of the radio spectrum its rivals can own. Three’s chief executive Dave Dyson wants the regulator to prevent any [...]
New homes on sale in London this weekend: riverside apartments from the Royal Docks to Chelsea Island July 8, 2016 Horizons, Canary Wharf From £995,000 Six two bedroom penthouses are on sale atop a 26-storey tower on Yabsley Street, close to Canary Wharf. Designed by RMA architects, they all come with underground car parking and private terraces kitted out with an outdoor kitchen and dining area, “the latest must-have feature in luxury residential living” according [...]
Focus On Croydon: Concrete jungle of Zone Five is increasingly popular with young professionals July 8, 2016 It’s a concrete jungle out there. At least, it is if you live in the London borough of Croydon. Despite birthing Kate Moss, Sir Philip Green and Tracey Emin, it’s not an area that’s known for glamour, largely due to a preponderance of outdated 1960s office blocks. Though there have been many attempts to revive [...]
Ofcom: Sky garners few complaints across broadband, TV, mobile and telephone, but BT, EE, Plusnet fare badly July 8, 2016 Things aren't getting much better. The total number of complaints made to Ofcom in between the last three months of 2015 and the first three months of 2016 was stable – though, to be fair, there was a slight decline in pay-monthly mobile complaints. Sky consistently got less complaints than the industry average, while Virgin [...]