Virgin Media (VMED) became the first company in U.K. to offer super fast Internet speed of up to 50Mb to over 12 million homes.  The new 50Mb service is expected to satiate the increasing consumer demand for faster broadband speeds and greater bandwidth.  The company has been working towards the goal for the last 18 months upgrading its network capacity using latest DOCSIS 3.0 technology.  The company has tripled its network capacity.   The increase in network capacity signifies enhancement in the service offered to broadband subscribers with the transition of 10Mb and 20Mb customers to the latest DOCSIS 3.0 network, freeing up capacity for increased traffic on the existing DOCSIS 1.0 network.   A new pricing plan was announced by Virgin Media for its 50Mb service.  With effect from September 1, 2009, the company will lower the monthly subscription for its 50Mb service to GBP 28 for its

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BT Group Plc (BT) selected 69 locations in the East of England, London, Scotland, Wales and Yorkshire where it intends to roll out high-speed fiber broadband by the summer of 2010. The identified areas cover 1.5 million residential units.

The plan calls for a doubling of the originally targeted pace of deployment. It intends to provide broadband-related services to 10 million homes by 2012 with a capital expenditure of £1.5 billion (approximately $2 billion). BT will allow service providers to license its equipment on a wholesale basis to support the spirit of a competitive market.

Super-fast broadband can be delivered in a number of ways, with fiber, cable, copper wires, mobile, fixed wireless and satellite each having a role to play. A number of companies have already announced plans to invest in and roll out super-fast broadband in the UK over these networks. These include Virgin Media (VMED), which already

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VMED to Launch Four HD Channels   Virgin Media (VMED) on July 13, 2009, announced that it will soon launch four new High Definition (HD) channels -- LIVING, FX, MTV Networks International (MTVNHD) and National Geographic -- which will be available to VMED’s 3.6 million TV customers. The first channel is scheduled to be launched by the end of July 2009.   Virgin Media intends to increase its High Definition (HD) capabilities in 2009 to cope with the increasing demand for HD. The company currently has around 300 hours of HD content on its Video on Demand (VOD) platform. This consists of around 60 movies at any one time and popular TV programs from the BBC and ITV. VMED recently added HD content to the BBC iPlayer service on its TV platform. Since the first quarter of 2009, the company began the process of adding more HD channels, ...