Demand for capacity grows on back of hit Netflix shows, online games and moreThe breakout success of the Korean drama Squid Game has prompted a local broadband provider to launch legal action to force the maker, Netflix, to help pay for the huge surge …
888 app plan to protect women ‘sticking plaster that reinforces victim blaming’
Activists say UK government-backed proposal places onus on women to safeguard themselves rather than address societal problemsLabour and campaigners have criticised a government-backed proposal for a service to protect women travelling alone as “a stic…
Morrisons’ new owner has plenty of wiggle room in takeover terms | Nils Pratley
CD&R has made fine-sounding pledges but they don’t stop this being yet another debt-fuelled buyoutThe auction for Morrisons wasn’t worth the wait, but the mission to cast Clayton Dubilier & Rice as a kindly, far-sighted owner of the UK’s fourth…
BT faces £600m legal case over landline charges
Up to 2.3m customers face up to £500 payout each after tribunal approves case on alleged overchargingAlmost 2.5 million BT customers could receive up to £500 each after a tribunal approved an attempt to launch a class action against the telecoms compan…
Phew! Kwarteng can breathe again as Meggitt race slims down to one
TransDigm was the more problematic bidder but the UK still needs solid assurances from Parker-Hannifin• Meggitt takeover rival pulls outThat’s a relief – especially for Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary. TransDigm, by a distance the more problemat…
Roaming charges return: how will the dreaded charge affect UK travellers?
If Brexit and Covid wasn’t enough, the extra cost of using a mobile in the EU is making a comebackIf you are planning a winter holiday elsewhere in Europe this year, get ready to pay more to use your mobile phone while away – as roaming charges are abo…
New BT chair left a trail of wrecked lives as Royal Mail boss | Letter
Mike Lucraft responds to an article about Adam Crozier, who was in charge of Royal Mail when subpostmasters were accused of theft because of a faulty IT systemSo, Adam Crozier, the new chair of BT, “spent two decades steering businesses out of corporat…
BT is trying to charge me £348 to leave its broadband service
The company had told me I could leave penalty-free, but it is threatening me with debt collectorsCan you please help me as BT is chasing me for £348 in early termination fees despite previously telling me that it would forgo these charges. The broadban…
Lifeline for rural areas facing crippling broadband connection bills
Ofcom has provided a ray of hope for those in a wifi black holeWhen Richard Bunning needs to file reports on his cattle online, or do any of the other various bureaucratic tasks for his Devon farm, he uploads the information on to a hard drive and driv…