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O2's Mobile Broadband Network To Be Given A Helping Hand By BT Partnership
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In a move which almost brings the two companies full circle, O2 and BT have announced that they have entered into a partnership which will see BT take on responsibility for maintaining and upgrading O2's networks. BT was O2's parent company until it was spun out as an independent entity in 2001. Now O2 is owned by Spanish telecoms company Telephonic, and announced last week that it was intending to enter into the fixed line telecoms market, something which would complete its offering and also bring it head to head with BT in BT's core market.

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NI invests £18m in high-speed broadband
g>Northern Ireland's Department of Finance and Personnel has contracted BT to maximize high-speed broadband coverage through the country.

According to a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on 14 January, it has provided capital grant funding of £18m on behalf of the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI). This will be used as gap funding to extend the broadband infrastructure.

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O2 To Offer Home Phone Service To Broadband Customers
n announcement today it's soon to offer existing home broadband customers the chance to also receive a home phone service through its network as well.From March this year this offer will be available exclusively to existing fixed-line broadband customers, forming a bundled deal. Read More

Government Begins Next Gen Broadband
vernment has launched a twelve week public consultation on the best way of spending the £1 billion broadband fund that will be generated through its forthcoming broadband tax.

The next-generation broadband fund will be raised by levying 50p per month on all fixed telephone lines, and is intended to bring 2Mbits/sec broadband to 90% of the country by 2012.

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Hotels should offer free broadband access
has called on hotels to offer free broadband as standard as part of their offerings. Free broadband connections should be offered to guests at all hotels, it has been suggested.

John Park, MSP for Mid-Scotland and Fife, has written to VisitScotland and the British Hospitality Association over the issue, claiming such web services should be available as standard.

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Sky Unveils Free Broadband Service for Six Months
veils Free Broadband Service for Six Months – It has been discovered that after O2, Sky has unveiled free broadband service for six months. The free broadband service worth’s £60 to new and present users that are going to or have signed up for Sky HD or Sky+ prior to 5th of February 2010.

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BT Promises Super Fast Broadband By 2012
ustomers will be able to receive download speeds up to 100Mbps via the company’s fibre-optics network.

Ian Livingston, chief executive of BT, said: “Given the progress we’re making, four million homes will have access to fibre by the end of next year. 2012 will be an important year for the UK given the Olympics and so I’m keen we provide 10 million homes with access to fibre by the time the games begin.”

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Be Broadband Backs Major Wi-Fi Initiative
g broadband provider Be has announced it is supplying free broadband to a number of communities as part of a major scheme.

The company is working with free public Wi-Fi service Freerunner to provide web services to 46 communities across the UK that currently do not have any such connections.

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BT Brings Fibre Optic Broadband To Basingstoke
ications giant BT is introducing fibre optic broadband services in Basingstoke, it has been announced.

Fibre optic broadband is to be introduced across Basingstoke as part of new plans from BT.

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TalkTalk to increase prices and broadband speeds
and provider TalkTalk is set to up the price of its Essentials deal and also increase its connection speeds to 24Mbps.

Leading broadband provider TalkTalk has announced that it is to increase its connection speeds to 24Mbps as standard across its network.

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