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February 22, 2005 22 Feb'05
No big price cuts in near future, says BT wireless broadband chief

The head of BT’s wireless division has said significant price cuts for Wi-Fi users over the next year are unlikely.
February 21, 2005 21 Feb'05
GNER offers passengers 'always-on' internet service

Kingston Communications has delivered the system to provide a passenger internet service on trains along the GNER East Coast...
February 21, 2005 21 Feb'05
US report adds weight to security doubts about internet telephony

A report by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has warned that the quality of service demanded by voice...
February 18, 2005 18 Feb'05
Co-op set to trial VoIP

United Co-operatives is to trial a voice over IP network to reduce connectivity costs across its food, travel and funeral...

February 17, 2005 17 Feb'05
NetCentrex rolls out IMS

The core infrastructure platform of NetCentrex will offer IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) interfaces by the summer of 2005.
February 17, 2005 17 Feb'05
Merrill Lynch crosses continents with Avaya

Financial management company Merrill Lynch has selected Avaya solutions for its new corporate campus offices spanning three...
February 17, 2005 17 Feb'05
Suppliers warn on VoIP over public internet

Supplier group the VoIP Security Alliance has warned that low-cost telecoms based on converged voice and data networks may not be...
February 16, 2005 16 Feb'05
EMC offers cheaper IP-based storage

EMC has started offering iSCSI-based storage on a new line of its CLARiiON arrays.
February 15, 2005 15 Feb'05
Motorola and Skype set to offer free VoIP calls

Mobile operator Motorola and voice over IP (VoIP) software company Skype have joined forces to develop mobile handsets that can...
February 15, 2005 15 Feb'05
Asigra and NetApp to offer one-stop-shop storage technology

Data-back up and storage specialists Asigra and NetApp have joined forces to offer users a one-stop-shop in multi-site data...

February 14, 2005 14 Feb'05
T-Mobile showcases first Windows-based 3G phone

T-Mobile has launched the first 3G phone that works on the Windows Mobile platform.
February 14, 2005 14 Feb'05
Wi-Fi VoIP handset market takes off

Worldwide Wi-Fi VoIP handset revenue totalled $45m (£24m) in 2004, with 113,000 units sold, according to a report by Infonetics...
February 14, 2005 14 Feb'05
Developing world opens up to WiMax

WiMax is becoming a force in the wireless access arena, particularly outside the developed world, research company In-Stat has...
February 14, 2005 14 Feb'05
Supplier group to address VoIP security concerns

Suppliers and consultants have reacted to criticism of the security of voice over IP technology by forming a group - the VoIP...
February 11, 2005 11 Feb'05
Logistics firms hold back but are key to widescale RFID roll-out

Although retailers are pushing the roll-out of radio frequency identification tagging, logistics companies are staying with...
February 11, 2005 11 Feb'05
EC slams O2 and Vodafone for high foreign roaming charge

The European Commission has slammed both O2 and Vodafone for charging foreign mobile users too much when they "roam" on the two...
February 11, 2005 11 Feb'05
Merrill Lynch installs VoIP to support 10,000 staff

Financial management company Merrill Lynch is installing voice over IP systems from Avaya that will support 10,000 staff in the...
February 09, 2005 09 Feb'05
Cisco report jump in sales

Cisco Systems saw sales jump 12.3% to £3.38bn for the second quarter, helped by sales of IP phones and wireless local area...
February 09, 2005 09 Feb'05
Suppliers unite to push single number VoIP services

A new alliance has been formed to help deliver voice over IP services to users that can work over any fixed line or wireless...
February 09, 2005 09 Feb'05
Calumet puts higher bandwidth in the frame

Calumet, a supplier of professional photographic products, has overhauled its voice and data wide area network to give customers...
February 08, 2005 08 Feb'05
VoIP firms join forces to tackle security fears

Leading suppliers of voice over IP systems have formed the VoIP Security Alliance (Voipsa) to help address user concerns about...
February 03, 2005 03 Feb'05
Accounting firm overhauls data center - under budget

A need to consolidate and update storage technology propelled a 400-seat enterprise to overhaul its IT infrastructure and standardize on Windows -- on a budget that was meant for maintenance.
February 02, 2005 02 Feb'05
No improvement in wireless network security

Two-thirds of enterprise wireless networks across the UK and Ireland are easily open to hackers.
February 01, 2005 01 Feb'05
Internet tax plan to finance US war on terror

A tax on new internet and mobile services could be levied to help pay for President Bush's war on terror.
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
BT to massively expand SDSL

BT has said that 1,300 of its telephone exchanges around the UK will support symmetric digital subscriber line within 12 months.
January 24, 2005 24 Jan'05
Retailers see 2005 as year of RFID

Leading retailers will gather at a major radio frequency identification conference in London this week to debate how they can...
January 21, 2005 21 Jan'05
Nortel to boost 3G wireless development

Nortel has formed a joint venture company with a Chinese firm to drive its 3G wireless development.
January 21, 2005 21 Jan'05
Metro reports 99% RFID implementation success rate

RFID pioneer Metro, the world’s third-largest retailer, has announced the successful implementation of RFID readers and tags at...
January 21, 2005 21 Jan'05
HP sets up 'noisy lab' for RFID testing

Hewlett-Packard is opening a "noisy lab" in Omaha to drive development of radio frequency identification tagging technology.
January 20, 2005 20 Jan'05
Broadband sees huge uptake in western Europe

Western European residential broadband uptake has exploded in the past two years, growing more than 80% in 2003 and around 30% in...
January 19, 2005 19 Jan'05
Sun boosts RFID offering

Sun Microsystems has introduced the Sun Java System radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and ship solution and the Sun RFID...
January 18, 2005 18 Jan'05
HP boosts RFID spending

Hewlett-Hackard is to open an RFID (radio frequency identification) "Noisy Lab" to drive further development in the retailing and...
January 17, 2005 17 Jan'05
Avis sees wireless benefit

Avis has used wireless technology to cut the time it takes to check in millions of rental cars being returned by customers.
January 14, 2005 14 Jan'05
Germany company develops low-cost RFID tag

A German company has developed what it claims is the worlds fastest plastic radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which...
January 13, 2005 13 Jan'05
Cisco expand wireless Lan options with Airespace acquisition

Cisco Systems has acquired Airespace for £260m to expand its wireless Lan product portfolio.
January 12, 2005 12 Jan'05
Siemens and Microsoft team up on enterprise communication

Siemens and Microsoft have joined forces to develop enterprise instant messaging, video conferencing, and converged voice and...
January 11, 2005 11 Jan'05
Cisco adds Nas to its infrastructure portfolio

Cisco Systems is to sell EMC’s network attached storage (Nas) arrays as part of its portfolio of networking infrastructure...
January 10, 2005 10 Jan'05
Regional press giant signs THUS for multimillion-pound networks contract

THUS, a provider of voice, data, internet and interactive services, has won a multimillion-pound contract from Johnston Press,...
January 07, 2005 07 Jan'05
Firms to make big RFID investments in 2005

The use of RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging is expected to increase during 2005 as businesses scale up their...
January 07, 2005 07 Jan'05
Network infrastructure market decline fuelled by poor sales

The network infrastructure market declined in the third quarter of last year, with sales of routers and Lan switches falling...
December 13, 2004 13 Dec'04
Roadshows warn of IT security risks in deploying VoIP

A series of roadshows has highlighted the growing security threat to IP telephony systems and the need to protect voice over IP...
December 06, 2004 06 Dec'04
Use of MPLS predicted to double in four years

Analyst firm Yankee Group has predicted that the worldwide market for core IP/multi-protocol label switching routers will almost...
December 06, 2004 06 Dec'04
Lloyds TSB signs £500m network deal with IBM

IBM has signed a £500m, seven-year deal with Lloyds TSB to enhance the bank’s voice and data services.
December 01, 2004 01 Dec'04
AirMagnet offers wireless monitoring debate

Wireless security specialist AirMagnet will offer a box that combines two access points with a full-time wireless monitor. It is...
November 29, 2004 29 Nov'04
Wireless users to get more free net access

Users will have access to more than 1,000 new free UK wireless hotspots over the next 24 months after the launch of a service by...
November 19, 2004 19 Nov'04
HP and Mitel ease network convergence

Hewlett-Packard has tied up with IP communications supplier Mitel to offer a service for deploying converged networks based on...
November 15, 2004 15 Nov'04
Bluetooth to triple in speed by next year

Bluetooth is set for a major revamp, to improve speed, security and quality of service.
November 04, 2004 04 Nov'04
Prudential cuts call costs with voice over IP BT contract

Prudential UK has signed a multimillion-pound voice and data outsourcing contract with BT that will include the company rolling...
October 29, 2004 29 Oct'04
Faster and more secure wireless USB to compete with Bluetooth

A more secure rival to the Bluetooth short-range wireless connectivity standard is expected next year with the arrival of...
October 26, 2004 26 Oct'04
GPRS prices vary greatly

Prices for GPRS services across Europe vary by as much as £70 per month between the cheapest and costliest telecoms provider.
October 26, 2004 26 Oct'04
Marconi joins the Wimax Forum

Marconi is the latest big name to join the Wimax Forum, which is expected to certify its first long-range wireless broadband...
October 25, 2004 25 Oct'04
Courts replaces ISDN with IP network to reduce costs and support new applications

A refresh of its branch network has put furniture retailer Courts on a foundation on which to roll out new business applications...
October 25, 2004 25 Oct'04
Broadband saves Dixons 42% on data transmission

Dixons Group has saved 42% a year on its fixed-line data costs as a result of rolling out a national ADSL network to its stores.
October 25, 2004 25 Oct'04
High costs hit GPRS use

GPRS mobile technology is too expensive for many businesses despite the clear productivity advantages it can offer, the CMA...
October 25, 2004 25 Oct'04
Abbey monitors VoIP call quality

High-street bank Abbey, a pioneer in IP telephony, has begun implementing service level monitoring to ensure that IP-based calls...
October 15, 2004 15 Oct'04
Experts debate future for 2.4GHz wireless standard

Bob Metcalfe, venture capitalist, technologist and pundit on Ethernet, has been making predictions about ZigBee, the 2.4GHz...
October 06, 2004 06 Oct'04
Get 3G pricing and integration right warn analysts

As 3G increasingly moves into the territory of public wireless hotspots, operators should make sure their pricing and integration...
October 04, 2004 04 Oct'04
Tesco relaunches its RFID scheme

Tesco is to roll out radio frequency identification technology across its entire supply chain infrastructure, starting with its...
September 17, 2004 17 Sep'04
Suppliers bundle in extra features to improve branch office routers

The market for small branch office routers is hotting up, with both Cisco and 3Com introducing new products for linking branches...
August 27, 2004 27 Aug'04
Firms test GSM electric meter reader

UK electricity suppliers have been assessing a handheld device that enables meter readings to be transmitted via mobile phone...
August 27, 2004 27 Aug'04
Gartner predicts VoIP revolution despite cost barriers to adoption

The cost of IP telephony is the number one factor holding back wider adoption of the technology, a Gartner survey has found.
August 27, 2004 27 Aug'04
Over-specify when buying low cost replacement for Frame Relay

A project manager reveals how a VPN saved £275,000 a year
August 27, 2004 27 Aug'04
Suppliers' 802.11n proposals could bring faster access and lower costs

Another fast wireless standard is emerging from the alphabet soup of 802.11 protocols, this time promising to boost data...
August 10, 2004 10 Aug'04
Ban wireless networks that don't meet tough security policy requirements

This excerpt from Chapter 1 of Roberta Bragg's "Hardening Windows systems" explains why you should ban wireless networks that don't meet your organization's policy.
August 10, 2004 10 Aug'04
Disable infrared file transfer

This final excerpt from Chapter 1 of Roberta Bragg's "Hardening Windows systems" explains how infrared file transfer is susceptible to attackers.
August 09, 2004 09 Aug'04
Europcar aims to save 60% with move to VPN

Car rental company Europcar is close to completing a two-year revamp of its network, which it expects will slash communication...
August 02, 2004 02 Aug'04
Wireless networks at risk from 'jamming'

Enterprise wireless networks are at risk from a widespread unfixed flaw that can lead to a simple denial of service attack.
August 02, 2004 02 Aug'04
Virgin works to boost mobile signal on trains

Virgin Trains is struggling to improve mobile connectivity on its new trains, after some travellers complained of problems with...
August 02, 2004 02 Aug'04
Trust builds cheaper record sharing system

United Bristol Healthcare Trust has begun the next stage in its ambitious project to provide a central repository for patient...
August 02, 2004 02 Aug'04
HHG updates 13 systems for Bacs IP move

Financial services group HHG will this month complete a project to migrate its payroll and insurance systems to Bacs' new IP...
July 27, 2004 27 Jul'04
T-Mobile 3G Wi-Fi launch

T-Mobile has launched a 3G data card service that allows users to get high-speed internet access via public Wi-Fi hotspots.
July 22, 2004 22 Jul'04
BT cuts symmetrical broadband by half

BT is trying to stimulate demand for symmetrical broadband services by halving supplier connection charges.
July 21, 2004 21 Jul'04
Vodafone's pay-as-you-go resumes service

Vodafone has said its mobile network is now back to normal after a server crash left 500,000 pay-as-you-go customers without a...
July 19, 2004 19 Jul'04
Big banks trial instant messaging service

Some of the world's largest investment banks are to trial a new data service that uses instant messaging software to help traders...
July 14, 2004 14 Jul'04
Barcode maker sues RFID firm

Barcode maker Intermec Technologies has sued RFID tag and reader maker Matrics, alleging it has infringed four Intermec patents.
July 07, 2004 07 Jul'04
Deals abound for high-end storage

Think high-end storage is out of your reach? Maybe not. Conversations with several storage buyers recently suggest that vendors are scrambling to give buyers the best possible deals.
July 07, 2004 07 Jul'04
Ofcom to speed-up local loop unbundling

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has backed local loop unbundling as the route to achieving the goal of Broadband Britain.
July 02, 2004 02 Jul'04
Viatel doubles speed of conventional ADSL

Companies that do not want to pay expensive leased-line set up costs can now use a cheaper, specially configured DSL broadband...
June 22, 2004 22 Jun'04
City firms still failing to guard WLans

Businesses in Europe's leading financial centres are failing to secure their wireless access points despite the risk of...
June 21, 2004 21 Jun'04
EPCglobal completes first RFID standards

Radio frequency identification (RFID) standards group EPCglobal has completed its first set of worldwide standards.
June 21, 2004 21 Jun'04
Firms must have policies to secure wireless use

Organisations need formal security policies to govern the growing use of wireless technology, Gartner told users at a security...
June 21, 2004 21 Jun'04
Ofcom advisory board lacks user representation

No users have been invited to sit on regulator Ofcom's spectrum advisory board to deal with rolling out wireless technologies.
June 17, 2004 17 Jun'04
HP roadmap focuses on management software products

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled its management software product road-map for dozens of products through 2005, describing software to...
June 14, 2004 14 Jun'04
World's first 802.11g in a single chip

Atheros Communications has launched what it calls the world's first complete single-chip 802.11g WLAN solution.
June 11, 2004 11 Jun'04
VoIP halves council's telecoms bill

Trafford Council has cut its telecoms bill by half by installing a £1m voice over IP phone system.
June 11, 2004 11 Jun'04
Bacs partners with BT for faster connection to payment network

Clearing house Bacs has partnered with BT to offer customers faster, more reliable connections to its IP-based payment network.
June 02, 2004 02 Jun'04
Intel aims to accelerate Internet growth

Intel has claimed that broadband wireless technologies will help bring the next five billion users to the Internet.
June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04
Dell, EMC and Brocade team up on cut-price Sans for small firms

Dell has launched a storage area network to allow small and medium-sized firms to adopt fibre channel technology for just...
May 25, 2004 25 May'04
Standards body quashes European RFID fears

Supply chain standards body e.centre has moved to allay fears that differences in frequency and power levels for RFID...
May 23, 2004 23 May'04
Hacking for Dummies: Chapter 10 -- Wireless LANs

Read Chapter 10, Wireless LANs, from the book "Hacking for Dummies" written by Kevin Beaver.
May 18, 2004 18 May'04
Centrino push boots Wlan adoption

The embedding of wireless technology within laptops is a key driver in the constant expansion of the Wlan Business Market...
May 18, 2004 18 May'04
Bluetooth rival nears

The short-range wireless connection technology Bluetooth will now have a rival following the formation of the Near Field...
May 17, 2004 17 May'04
Business leaders offer guide to e-government

Leading private sector organisations have joined forces to offer government bodies a helping hand in using online technologies to...
May 10, 2004 10 May'04
Suppliers will meet RFID deadline, says Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart began its long-awaited trial of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and electronic product codes (EPCs) at the...
May 10, 2004 10 May'04
BT wins £46m airport voice and data deal

UK airports authority BAA has awarded BT a £46.6m contract to deliver managed voice and data services at Gatwick, Heathrow and...
May 06, 2004 06 May'04
BT wins £46m UK airports deal

UK airports authority BAA has awarded BT a £46.6m deal to deliver managed voice and data services at Gatwick, Heathrow and...
May 04, 2004 04 May'04
Firms face fines for reclaiming VAT on calls

Businesses are risking fines for not separately accounting for the business and personal calls made by staff on corporate mobile...
April 30, 2004 30 Apr'04
BT brings broadband to more rural areas

BT has announced a change in strategy which will bring the government's target of UK-wide broadband access closer.
April 29, 2004 29 Apr'04
Encrypt mobile content to ensure compliance with data legislation

Users should encrypt mobile data to avoid falling foul of data protection legislation, according to a report on mobile security...
April 27, 2004 27 Apr'04
Backup school: Quiz two, answer six

Here is the answer to Backup school quiz two, question six.