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A company formed by North Yorkshire county council with funding from development agency Yorkshire Forward and the European Union has developed a high-speed broadband network to support a new creative industries centre in the county, reports say.

Communications watchdog Ofcom has proposed new guidelines to prevent broadband providers from adding unfair additional charges to consumers' bills, reports say.

Trends in the market for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) via Wi-Fi will create "winners and losers" across the industry because no one vendor possesses all the components for a voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) solution, a new report has said.

A new survey from TeleGeography has discovered a rising trend in the number of VoIP subscribers throughout Europe.

A government review into the future of broadband should focus on four key areas, according to an advisory group in the sector.

The UK's love affair with broadband continues to flourish, according to new research published yesterday.

The government, internet service providers (ISP), content producers and infrastructure firms must work together to ensure that British investment in next generation broadband infrastructure is efficient and effective, an expert has said.

The department for culture, media and sport has announced plans for an independent review to "investigate the path to next-generation broadband" as part of the government's new "action plan" for the creative industries.

Small companies could gain from the features offered by voice over internet protocol (VoIP) systems but there is a "long way to go" in developing a wider understanding of its benefits, an industry expert has said.

The widespread take-up of technology such as broadband internet has allowed carers and people with disabilities to "get back into the work pool" by starting their own online business or working from home for employers, an expert has said.

Broadband speeds of up to 50mbps are more about providers "being able to wave a marketing flag" about being the fastest on the market, rather than a product that could benefit consumers, an industry expert has said.

Wireless broadband could be provided to Britain's rural areas via balloons floating on the edge of Earth's atmosphere, according to reports.