On the cusp of winter and impending higher energy bills, a total of 3 million UK households (11%) are already in debt to their energy supplier, a figure that has risen by 12%, or 300,000 homes, from October last year.
Vodafone’s internet division has reduced the monthly fee for their superfast fibre (FTTC) broadband—and requisite line rental—packages by £1.
The north of England could be at the centre of a clean energy revolution, but instead faces economic decline under the government’s current decarbonisation plans, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has warned.
A parliamentary group is urging the government to prioritise expanding 4G coverage in rural areas, worried they’ll be left behind in the push for the fifth generation mobile network (5G).
“Tens of thousands” of pay-as-you-go energy customers disconnected from their supplies last year because they couldn’t afford to top up the meter, Ofgem has revealed.
Here’s a roundup of the week’s mobile, broadband, and energy news:
Consumers are switching energy tariffs at record rates, with many abandoning Big Six suppliers in favour of smaller competitors, a report from Ofgem has found.
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has secured £700,000 from the government for a project aimed at using blockchain technology to make switching broadband and telephone provider, and keeping familiar phone numbers, simpler.
A £2.5m fund will enable charities to offer technological and cost-cutting support to vulnerable energy customers.
1.4 million UK properties, 5% of total premises, can now access full-fibre broadband, according to data collected by telecoms regulator Ofcom in May of this year.
