Ofcom slams misleading broadband claims

UK’s ad watchdog the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has chided the UK telecoms giant Virgin Media for not being as speedy as the company brags to be, and asked it not to continue with such misleading claims.The ASA...

Internet Regulator Ofcom has proposed that BT decreases the price of its subsidiary, BT Wholesale, charges to ISPs that use its broadband infrastructre in rural areas. Should BT follow Ofcom's decision, it could cause broadband...

The organisation formerly known as Project Canvas has been given the go-ahead by UK telecommunications watchdog Ofcom. The consortium of companies which includes the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Talk Talk and Arqiva wants to...

Virgin Media Broadband has announced that it will offer super fast broadband service in the United Kingdom through BT’s fibre infrastructure. The UK’s third largest broadband service provider has revealed its...

Virgin Media has decided to reveal its average broadband speeds with every package to bridge the gap between advertised speeds and the reality. The Internet Service Provider has accelerated the campaign initiated by...

UK cable broadband and TV provider Virgin Media has made a formal complaint to Ofcom, urging the communications watchdog to investigate Project Canvas. In a 74-page document submitted to Ofcom yesterday, Virgin argues that the...

The announcement that Ofcom was going to look into Net Neutralilty and open a discussion on how the traffic management can be controlled and monitored, mirroring the way as these solutions monitor traffic for internet service...

Virgin Media has hinted that it wants to join the BBC-led Project Canvas, after months of apparent opposition.Project Canvas is set to bring together major UK terrestrial broadcasters and internet service providers (ISPs) to...

The Government has asked UK Internet users to share their views on Ofcom proposals for a new 'three strikes' rule on illegal file sharing. In an article on its YouGov web site entitled 'Online copyright infringement: have your...

Telecommunication watchdog Ofcom has revealed today that Internet service providers across the country are being required to maintain a detailed list of internet users who regularly pirate copyrighted content. The steps are being...

Mobile operator Orange looks set to go head-to-head with Virgin media, becoming the UK’s second ‘quad-play’ provider, offering landline, TV, broadband and mobile services in a single package. Speculation comes...

One of the UK's top internet services providers has decided to go ahead with plans to roll-out super fast internet for its customers, ignoring competitor BT, which has asked the ISP to open its network of underground pipes to...

According to report published by telecom watchdog Ofcom, many broadband companies in UK are using misleading advertisements to claim that they offer super fast connections which eventually never achieve their stated levels. With...

Telecommunications watchdog Ofcom has confirmed that it will not prevent BT from developing its super-fast broadband infrastructure at the cost of roughly £1.5 billion. In the current economic situation, BT had voiced out...

Web users in UK could soon have access to the broadband speeds 20 times faster than the existing average services, as the UK telecom watchdog Ofcom seems all set to give approval to BT’s ambitious plans to roll-out faster...