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Network hardware

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Sky-high Wi-Fi a challenge for Europe

  Satellites, frequencies and finding the cash to invest is holding European airlines back from installing Wi-Fi, according to an industry expert

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Case study: TGI Friday's goes wireless with Aruba

  TGI Friday's across the UK uses wireless technology from Aruba Networks to process payments and has big plans for the future

• June 04, 2013 04 Jun'13

  Aruba: SDN tools to change wireless network models

  The founder and CTO of Aruba wants the tools from software defined networking (SDN) to make access networks more flexible for business

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Half the globe to have internet by 2017

  Cisco predicts 48% of the world’s population will be able to get online within the next five years, with broadband speeds in the UK set to treble

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Intel buys ST-Ericsson’s GNSS business

  US chipmaker has entered into an agreement to buy the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) division of ST-Ericsson

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  BIS awards Thales five-year PSN contract

  Thales will provide secure network services to The Insolvency Service for its headquarters, regional offices and datacentres

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Headphone technology to boost fibre connections

  New research claims the same technological theory used to create noise-cancelling headphones could boost connections running over fibre

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  Bolton and Wigan get PSN in £47m outsourcing deal

  Bolton and Wigan councils have signed a seven-year £47m outsourcing contract, which will deliver a ‘PSN ready’ network to the region.

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  BT and Intel invest in lab to research into future cities and telecoms technologies

  A research laboratory has been launched by BT and Intel to develop networking technologies and smart city capabilities.

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech

  Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Smart metering project hits delay

  Government’s £11.7bn plan to have smart energy meters in every UK home postponed for suppliers to create the communications network

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  EC slams Google-owned Motorola Mobility for Apple GPRS patent case

  The European Commission (EC) could fine Motorola Mobility for anti-competitive behaviour in pursuing a GPRS patent infringement case against Apple

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Brocade outlines on-demand datacentre strategy

  Brocade has developed a strategy for an “on-demand datacentre” which combines physical and virtual networking elements

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  O2 hires BT for 4G backhaul

  Mobile operator O2 has signed a 10-year contract with BT to build a new high-capacity network for 4G services

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Samsung wary of smartphone competition

  Despite announcing significant profits for Q1, Samsung admits more competition in the smartphone market could affect its figures