UK ISPs will have to write warning letters to illegal downloaders identified by rightsholders, after the ongoing protests of two of the larg… Read more at paidContent »
Broadband provider TalkTalk is to launch an in-house trial of YouView, the delayed venture to bring video-on-demand to Freeview, in early 20… Read more at paidContent »
Best Buy is one of the biggest and most influential retailers of mobile phones and other gadgets in the U.S. — impacting pricing for other… Read more at paidContent »
The heads of British Sky Broadcasting and Carphone Warehouse, two smaller British ISPs, so far aren’t impressed with BT’s planned fiber-to-the-cabinet network because it isn’t flexible enough, nor is it future-proof. Is this a sign that copper has no place in broadband networks any longer? Read more »
Carphone Warehouse, a UK-based company that operates a chain of retail stores selling mobile and telecom services, last week snapped up rival DSL-based broadband provider Tiscali for $355 million. Tiscali was hoping to fetch $900 million, but the current economic downturn had limited its options. Carphone, […] Read more »
Nothing like a deep recession to get a company’s management to focus. Carphone Warehouse, a major retail chain in Europe, is going to de-couple its broadband (telecom) business from its retail operations, according to various press reports. In the UK, spin-offs are called “de-mergers.” Funny how […] Read more »
In 2006 I had traveled to London to meet British Telecom (BT) CEO Ben Verwaayen and his team, hoping to get a first hand look at how Verwaayen and his team were trying to overhaul the company well known for its iconic phone booths. They had […] Read more »
The head of UK Internet provider Talk Talk says he doesn’t want to be the recording industry’s policeman. A noble stance is there ever was one — until you recall that Charles Dunstone’s ISP is one of the ones using ad insertion software from Phorm (albeit […] Read more »
