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Inside Chrome OS - Google reveals design objectives of cloud operating system

Google has unveiled the design plans for Chrome OS, its operating system for cloud computing. Chrome OS is an evolution of the Chrome web browser,...

Tesco to offer cheap broadband

Tesco is aiming for turnover of £2bn a year from telecoms services after signing a deal with Cable & Wireless. The retailer will offer broadband and...

AOL to cut third of workforce before Christmas

AOL is to cut a third of its workforce before Christmas as it seeks to reduce annual costs by $300m. The move forms part of a restructuring...

eBay sells $2bn stake in Skype

eBay has completed its sale of a majority interest in Skype for almost $2bn to an investor group that includes the founders of the internet phone service. The...

iPhone available from Vodafone in 2010

A price war on the iPhone looks likely after Vodafone confirmed today that it will sell the smart phone from early next year.

BT I-Plate ADSL filter boosts broadband by 4Mbps

BT is introducing a broadband booster which it says will improve any ADSL connection, even if the user is not a subscriber to BT's broadband service. The...

Kcom offers managed comms for mid-sized firms

Kcom Group is to offer managed communication services to mid-sized companies following a restructuring exercise. The communication services...

Congestion charge suffers technical glitch as IBM takes over contract

The London congestion charge system went down yesterday after IBM took over the contract from Capita.

T-Mobile and Orange to merge

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 06 November 2009
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have signed contracts to set up a 50:50 joint...

Customers flee from poor digital service

Companies are losing customers because of poor technology-based customer service, according to a report by Accenture. Half of UK customers do...

How the government taxes UK's broadband future

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 04 November 2009
In 2003, Vtesse Networks, a small UK fibre network operator, challenged the Valuation Office Agency's assessment of BT for business rates in British and European courts. It argued that the VOA's assessment amounted to an unfair subsidy to BT.

Verisign hopes to end phishing attacks

Verisign has begun working with the internet community to deploy DNS Security Extensions ( DNSSEC ),...

Huddle on Ning for social network intranet applications

Collaboration service Huddle.net, which supports the LinkedIn and Facebook social network sites, has launched its online collaboration application on Ning, the platform for creating social networks.

Mobile phone directory crashes as users rush to take numbers off

A controversial mobile phone directory has been suspended after being inundated...

There will be no iPhone price war, says Orange

Mobile operator Orange has dashed UK hopes that increased competition will push down tariffs for the Apple iPhone, which was previously available exclusively on O2.

Data drives Cable & Wireless results as voice fades

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 05 November 2009
Telecommunications network operator Cable & Wireless (C&W) has confirmed it is to split its business and list both operations.

EU aims to crack Skype encryption to listen in on criminals

The European Union is to investigate ways in which law enforcement agencies can tap into voice...

Fibre reaches 5.5m more homes, but not in UK

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 05 October 2009
Fibre network operators defied the recession to add more than 5.5 million new residential and business subscribers worldwide, 15% up on six months ago, says...

BT accelerates push to fibre to the home

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 09 October 2009
BT has revealed plans to more than double the the number of homes that will recieve high speed broadband. The company plans to deliver speeds of up...

Cisco ups bid for Tandberg to $3.4bn

Cisco has increased its offer for Norwegian teleconferencing company Tandberg after a majority of shareholders rejected the initial offer of $3bn.
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