We have all been there - seen a new mobile phone model and been convinced that it is the answer to all our problems and that we will never need to upgrade again. While 4G does promise a lot, it is worth stepping back and taking a more realistic view.

According to recent research, broadband internet access at home boosts our wellbeing. The UK Broadband Impact Study 2013 revealed that for many the internet is a positive social force for communications, entertainment, shopping, learning, health, employment and access to public services (the joy of super fast tax disc application.)

Many people will have heard the Government and tech experts talking about the concept of connected cities. £100million in public spending has been set aside under the Urban Broadband Fund as part of a commitment to making high speed broadband available to everyone in the UK

Advances in mobile technology look set to help change the face of physical retail as we know it. From engaging shoppers in-store via Wi-Fi, implementing augmented reality and barcodes, to digitally processing offers distributed via mobile.

Why are some areas of the UK so far behind in the broadband rollout? And does it matter? The short answer is that yes, it matters - universal access to a service which is the cornerstone of business and commerce is extremely important and worthy of the government's attention.

The ten streets in Britain with the slowest broadband have been revealed - and three of them are in Lincolnshire. Cromarty Road in Stamford had the...

New Culture Secretary Maria Miller has been urged by her own party's MEPs to "get a grip" on high-speed communications technology vital for the countr...

But wait just a minute - 90% of households? What about the other 10%? Will they be left to endure infuriating pauses as attempts to stream last night's EastEnders are thwarted by intermittent 'buffering'? The truthful answer, regrettably, is yes they probably will.

Ten cities have been allocated a share of a £114 million broadband pot to transform them into "digital leaders", the Government has announced. Lon...

The government's broadband policy has become "preoccupied" with delivering certain speeds to consumers and needs greater focus on access to the intern...

An ad-supported free mobile broadband service has launched in the UK for the first time. Samba mobile offers users cost-free 3G data for tablets a...

Clearer speed ads aren't just fairer. UK households have been slow to take up fibre products, stifling further investment in our infrastructure. If the ASA enforced rules which made clear the very real differences between the two technologies that might not be the case.

BT let the RABIT out of the bag on Monday when it announced a new burglar alarm technology designed to catch cable thieves. Rapid Assessment BT In...

Three out of four Virgin customers currently choose the slowest, cheapest package available. The ability to download an album in half a minute has no real appeal to most people. Faster broadband will not "change the way many households, consumers and businesses use the internet", whatever Mr Cameron says. In fact, they won't even notice.