Openreach starts duct and pole sharing trials for broadband delivery

Openreach enlists five broadband services providers to take part in a trial of processes for sharing access to its duct and pole infrastructure

What do Asean region cities want from tech startups?

Malaysia and Singapore seek to connect UK tech startups to their smart city plans

Internet traffic to triple by 2020, says Cisco

The latest edition of Cisco's Visual Networking Index predicts a near tripling of internet traffic during the coming years as more than a billion people come online

Hyperoptic adds locations to network footprint

FTTP supplier Hyperoptic expands its ultrafast broadband offering into seven more towns and cities

Network Collapse: Why the internet is flirting with disaster

It's surprising the internet works at all, given the age of its core software. The question is, can we catch it before it falls over?

Urban broadband speeds three times higher than rural

Ofcom releases statistics on average broadband speeds in the UK and finds the gap in experience between town and country dwellers remains as wide as ever

Openreach to build FTTP networks for free on new housing estates

Openreach announces a major expansion of fibre broadband and will provide free FTTP networks to housing developments with more than 250 properties

Mobile innovation shifts to smartphone services

As smartphone sales continue to stagnate, suppliers are looking to innovate in more novel ways

Government adds wireless to BDUK consumer voucher scheme

After sluggish take-up of satellite broadband vouchers, the government has extended the programme to cover wireless systems

New rules to clamp down on nuisance calls

Government sets out plans to force direct marketing companies to proactively identify themselves as part of a drive to end nuisance calls

EU data protection rules affect everyone, say legal experts

The EU's new data protection rules will impact every entity that holds or uses European personal data both inside and outside of Europe, according to legal experts