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Fujitsu has announced that its plans to bring fibre optic next-gen internet to 5 million UK homes, with the communications giant working with Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Cisco.

BT has questioned its competitors' commitments to developing fast broadband across rural Britain, following complaints from other ISPs about BT's control over essential parts of the network.

Ofcom has made moves to cut the cost of Brits' broadband and home phone services, cutting the wholesale price that Openreach can charge for these services.

Sections of the UK's controversial Digital Economy Act are being challenged in Britain's High Court this week.

Alongside loads of other file-sharing sites

TalkTalk has announced that it is now offering a 'Fibre Optic Boost' to its broadband packages which will provide speeds of up to 40 Mbps.

British internet service providers such as BT and TalkTalk are calling for a full judicial review into the Digital Economy Act.

TalkTalk has staged an illustration of exactly why it has described Lord Mandelson's hardline approach to illegal downloaders as naïve.

Brits look likely to be treated to much cheaper broadband in the near future, as a result of Ofcom lifting the long-standing price controls on BT's consumer business.

The creator of the internet, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has told the BBC that he is against the mining of personal information by ISPs, including any data that relates to the websites he has visited