Broadband News: Orange

Orange will offer customers signing up to an 18-month mobile phone contract free 8Mb home broadband. Continue reading…

Mobile broadband provider Orange has launched a new deal which includes a laptop, aimed at business customers. Continue reading…

With the new university semester nearly upon us, Orange has decided to market a mouth-watering mobile broadband deal. Continue reading…

Product review specialist Which? has given the thumbs down to Orange’s broadband offerings in a recent publication. Continue reading…

Orange has decided to relaunch its fixed-line broadband offering, targeting customers interested in phone deals, according to new reports. Continue reading…

Orange is preparing to offer broadband TV services as part of its packages, according to new reports. Continue reading…

Orange is to offer a free laptop with a new mobile broadband bundle. Continue reading…

Orange will be the first mobile internet operator to offer customers the BlackBerry Bold. Continue reading…

Broadband provider Orange has received a blow with news that its subscriber numbers are continuing to fall. Continue reading…

Orange has embarked on a programme of improvements to its 3G network in the northern reaches of the UK. Continue reading…

Distributor Mainline Digital Communications has announced it is to make Orange’s Home Max package available through mobile phone dealers. Continue reading…

Orange is to begin including free laptops with its 24-month mobile broadband contracts. Continue reading…

Orange has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) after it was decided that a comparison made between BT’s broadband services and its own was misleading. Continue reading…

Broadband provider Orange has decided to change its memorable motto of ‘the future’s bright…’ to a new catchphrase: ‘I am everyone’. Continue reading…

Phones4U are giving customers the chance to get their hands on a shiny new laptop when signing up to Orange mobile broadband on a £30 a month deal. Continue reading…

Orange UK chief executive Tom Alexander has unveiled new plans for the business which will see it focusing on the "21st century customer". Continue reading…

With its broadband arm steadily losing ground against other competitors, the Orange boss has set out the company’s new strategy. Continue reading…

UK telecoms provider Orange will today launch an internet radio service for its broadband customers. Continue reading…

First quarter results from Orange have highlighted the shortcomings of the broadband provider in recent months, the Guardian suggests. Continue reading…

Internet service provider BT has unveiled what it claims is the "next generation" of broadband infrastructure. Continue reading…

Quad-play broadband packages are likely to meet with widespread approval in the coming years, it has been claimed. Continue reading…

A new survey by broadband provider Orange has found that one in five babies born in the UK could be online within ten minutes of birth. Continue reading…

The new head of broadband and mobile operations at Orange will begin work today with a brief of improving the telecommunications firm’s subscriber numbers. Continue reading…

Orange has postponed the official launch of its fixed-line broadband TV service, it has been announced. Continue reading…

Orange has signed an agreement to allow it to show films from Metro Goldwyn Meyer (MGM) studios’ vault on its on-demand video service. Continue reading…

Surfers who are unable to access an ADSL broadband connection will be thrown a lifeline in the form of a new router from Orange. Continue reading…

Orange has signed a deal to allow its customers to use The Cloud’s wireless broadband hotspots. Continue reading…

Broadband provider Orange boosted its customer base in the last quarter, following a slowing of growth in the preceding period, it has been revealed. Continue reading…

Broadband provider Orange has appointed the former head of Virgin Mobile as its new chief executive officer. Continue reading…

Broadband provider Orange, which has inked an exclusive deal to distribute the iPhone in France, may not be able to launch the device in time for Christmas, it has been reported. Continue reading…

Mobile network operator and broadband provider Orange has announced the launch of a new service designed to provide people with advice and help when using the internet. Continue reading…

BT Wholesale and Orange have announced a major agreement that will see the former providing landline services for the latter. Continue reading…

Orange has launched a major offensive in the broadband market with a new advertising campaign. Continue reading…

Orange has re-launched its broadband packages, amid industry criticism that it was not doing enough to compete with rival UK broadband providers. Continue reading…

Orange is to stop offering its Anytime unmetered dial-up service, as more and more internet users opt for broadband connections. Continue reading…

Orange is failing to keep pace with the increasingly competitive UK broadband market, it has been claimed. Continue reading…

Broadband provider, Orange, has announced that it has ended its free laptop offer that it was providing in conjunction with PC World. Continue reading…

Communications giant Orange was yesterday rapped for advertising its “unlimited broadband” and home phone service without mentioning the applicable FPU (fair usage policy). Continue reading…

Apparently 61% of UK broadband users cannot live without their high speed broadband connection, according to a recent study by Orange. This may sound dramatic, but with broadband helping achieve essential tasks like shopping, banking, paying bills and keeping in touch with loved ones it shows how important broadband is becoming nowadays.
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The ongoing saga of the Pipex sale entered a new stage today with rumours that Tiscali may buy the company.
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BT are expected to announce by the end of the week that they have overtaken Virgin Media to once again be the largest supplier of broadband in Britain.
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The news by Epitiro is from their Q1 2007 Internet Performance Indicator Report, and also shows TalkTalk moving into the top 5 for the first time, joining Pipex, AOL, Demon and BT who have been at the top now for the forth consecutive quarter. The table (shown below) is based on technical performance, therefore customers with these providers should experience better connection and faster connection speeds. Orange and Virgin who in Q4 2006 were third and fifth respectively were not in the new top 5.
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It is now exactly one year on since Carphone Warehouse introduced its TalkTalk ‘free broadband’ offer. Despite major delivery issues the service was an unexpectedly huge success, and caused a massive price war within the industry. So one year later, how is free broadband doing? Continue reading…

BT announced today that from May 1st 2007, they will cut the price they charge other ISPs to use their lines by 9%, as they reiterate their commitment to a competitive market in UK broadband. Continue reading…

In the world of broadband there never seems to be a dull moment, and March 2007 proved no different. Here at Top 10 we like to keep an eye on all the news and report back to you all the important and interesting stories.

February’s main story was the Virgin/BSkyB battle, which continued Continue reading…

We often talk about the big players in the broadband market, but do we actually know who the biggest are, and how much of the market they actually hold?

Well we at Top 10 Broadband would like to illuminate the figures so that you can see who is the biggest and who possesses the weight to throw around. Continue reading…

Orange gets bitten by Watchdog

At 8pm Wednesday 21st March the eagerly expected results from the BBC Watchdog report were televised. Watchdog specifies that this is not a statistical summary of the whole population’s views but a snapshot from the 50,000 people who voted. It is important to know Continue reading…

Following pressure from customers, the media and particularly uSwitch, Toucan on Wednesday agreed to stop advertising ‘unlimited broadband’.

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Ofcom announced that from the 1st January to 23rd October, 26,926 separate complaints or ‘expressions of dissatisfaction’ were logged against Broadband providers. Ofcom stress that this figure is the total number of complaints received and that not all would be upheld. Continue reading…

PC users using Windows Vista, are struggling to connect to the internet with some ISPs as the broadband installation discs are proving difficult to read. Vista seems to be struggling with Virgin Media, Tiscali and Orange along with many others, as the installation discs do not seem to be compatible with the Vista operating system. Continue reading…

Competition is set to increase within the triple play services (Broadband, Phone and Television), as Tiscali announced this week that on the 1st March 40,000 Homechoice subscribers will automatically Switch to Tiscali TV. Currently this service is only available in London and Stevenage, but there are plans to reach the Midlands and the North West by mid-2007. By the close of 2007 Tiscali aims to make Tiscali TV accessible to over 10 million homes. Continue reading…