BT selects Ciena as key 21CN vendor
December 5, 2011 Written by Jamie Beach
UK incumbent BT has chosen US firm Ciena as a key vendor of equipment for its 21st Century Network (21CN).
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BT trials “FTTP on-demand”
February 3, 2012 Written by Jamie Beach
UK telco BT has successfully trialled the delivery of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband on an on-demand basis in St Agnes, Cornwall, delivering speeds of up to 300 Mbps
BT wades into patent war with Android lawsuit
December 19, 2011 Written by Dawinderpal Sahota
UK incumbent BT has taken legal action against Google for alleged patent infringement. The two firms have commenced legal proceedings in the US District Court of Delaware.
Copper still a viable solution for fast broadband says BT
November 14, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
UK incumbent BT may well extend the life of its copper broadband network rather than switch to fibre for faster broadband. Lucy Dimes, chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent UK and Ireland told a forum in London last week that vectoring broadband technology (VDSL) could extend the life of copper technology to provide speeds of up to 100Mbps, ZDnet has reported.
BT running one year ahead of fibre targets
October 31, 2011 Written by Jamie Beach
BT expects to have connected two-thirds of UK premises to its fibre-based broadband network by the end of 2014 – one year ahead of its original target of 2015 – thanks to its recruitment of 520 new engineers, most of whom will be ex-armed forces.
BT and Everything Everywhere trial 4G in UK
October 7, 2011 Written by Dawinderpal Sahota
Everything Everywhere, the network operator for the Orange and T-Mobile brands, and BT Wholesale have launched the first trial of LTE broadband in the UK.
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Most data traffic limited to three cells per user Deutsche Telekom CTO reveals
September 29, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
Truly mobile usage is a for the most part a myth, according to the CTO of Deutsche Telekom. Speaking in his keynote address at the Broadband World Forum on Wednesday, Olivier Baujard said that according to Deutsche Telekom’s data analysis, 80 per cent of traffic for a typical customer is generated from just three cells.
BT announces latest locations for fibre broadband
September 19, 2011 Written by Jamie Beach
UK telco BT has revealed the locations of a further 114 exchanges where it will install fibre-based infrastructure, which together will serve more than one million homes and businesses.
Incumbent Thinking
September 16, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
Sean Williams, group strategy director at BT Group, and keynote speaker at the Broadband World Forum in September, gives Telecoms.com an overview of the UK incumbent’s comprehensive broadband deployments strategy.
Rollover broadband contracts banned in the UK
September 13, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has announced that it has banned contracts that automatically tie customers into new contracts if they fail to opt out. The new rules, which come into force from 31st December, will ban Automatically Renewable Contracts (ARC), which commit customers to a new minimum term for their broadband, and impose penalties for leaving.
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