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October 20, 2010
20
Oct'10
BT to offer FTTP for £21.50 a month from March
BT has confirmed that its regulated infrastructure arm, Openreach is to offer fibre to the premises broadband access at 110mbps by next March, for around £21.50 a month.
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October 19, 2010
19
Oct'10
Government CIO Suffolk tells Indian suppliers: ‘bid, bid, bid’
UK government chief information officer John Suffolk has encouraged Indian suppliers to compete for IT work in the public sector ahead of the massive spending cuts to be announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
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October 19, 2010
19
Oct'10
Ofcom stalls on complaints about Project Canvas’ YouView
Ofcom has stalled complaints that Project Canvas, the internet-based digital terrestrial TV project owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva, is anti-competitive.
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October 19, 2010
19
Oct'10
NRO warns of “chaotic scramble” for IPv6 addresses
The Number Resource Organisation (NRO) has warned of a "chaotic scramble" for IPv6 addresses as the world's IPv4 addresses are almost depleted.
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October 19, 2010
19
Oct'10
BT accused of using predatory tactics to retain broadband dominance
BT is using "predatory" practices to destroy broadband competitors, particularly in rural areas, claims cross-bench peer Lord Erroll.
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October 18, 2010
18
Oct'10
Improvement rate slows as UK joins broadband leaders
The UK stepped up a couple of places in Cisco's third annual broadband quality survey, but is falling behind in its rate of improvement.
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October 18, 2010
18
Oct'10
Oxford Internet Institute founder sets up internet think tank
Former MP and founder of the Oxford Internet Institute Derek Wyatt is setting up the Internet Policy Institute (IPI), a high-level think tank to advise governments on developing networking policies.
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October 13, 2010
13
Oct'10
Leeds CIO calls on local government to engage more on G-Cloud
A member of the Cabinet Office's Local CIO Council has urged local authorities to have their say on the G-Cloud and the app store.
Dylan Roberts, chief...
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October 13, 2010
13
Oct'10
Government seeks legal advice over G-Cloud procurement
The Cabinet Office is taking legal advice over its £5.8bn cost-cutting IT programme after admitting that its G-Cloud project presents a significant challenge...
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October 13, 2010
13
Oct'10
RSA Europe 2010: Replace internet with something safer, urges former White House advisor
The internet is inherently unsafe and should be replaced with a safer, re-architected alternative, says former White House cybersecurity advisor Richard Clarke.
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October 08, 2010
08
Oct'10
Ofcom sidesteps dark fibre issue
BT and Ofcom are facing calls to further open up the telecom giant's fibre network to help rivals offer high-speed broadband services.
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October 08, 2010
08
Oct'10
Ofcom ‘too ready’ to kow-tow to BT, says CMA
CMA anger grows as Ofcom lets BT off the high-speed hook
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October 07, 2010
07
Oct'10
Ofcom unveils regulatory framework to unbundle BT fibre
Ruling aims to speed up rollout of next-generation superfast broadband
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October 06, 2010
06
Oct'10
Ofcom to grant BT more time on 10Gbps service
Communications regulator Ofcom proposes to extend BT's relief from its formal undertakings to supply very high speed fibre-based network connections because BT says there is no demand for them.
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October 06, 2010
06
Oct'10
Minister Ed Vaizey to host broadband summit on fibre rates
Communications minister Ed Vaizey is likely to host a industry roundtable before the end of the year to discuss the new valuation guidance on the rating of fibre optic networks.
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October 04, 2010
04
Oct'10
BT extends high-speed broadband footprint
BT, the UK's biggest network operator, has announced the extension of its optical fibre-based broadband network to 159 locations as part of a £2.5bn plan...
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September 30, 2010
30
Sep'10
Cornwall to get disputed £132m fibre broadband network
Plans to give businesses and homes in one of the UK's poorest counties high-speed internet access through fibre to the premises were unveiled today despite...
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September 29, 2010
29
Sep'10
Facebook improves your happiness, says BCS
Using social networking sites, such as Facebook, makes a direct impact on our happiness, according to a report by the Chartered Institute for IT, BCS.
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September 27, 2010
27
Sep'10
Government to announce broadband plan before Christmas
The government is expected to announce before Christmas how it will deliver broadband to the 160,000 homes that do not now get broadband. It will also try...
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September 27, 2010
27
Sep'10
How satellite can fill in the UK's broadband not spots
If you want to plan where to get to, and when to get there, you first have to be sure of where you are starting from, writes Max Gutberlet, product marketing...
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September 27, 2010
27
Sep'10
Top four issues in tackling the internet business blind-spot
As more businesses rely on internet-based business applications, they face new challenges in managing them. Now that applications are borderless, in that they can be located and used outside company walls, businesses must ensure they put in place ...
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September 23, 2010
23
Sep'10
Twice-shy network operators reject high spectrum prices
Ofcom announced its long-awaited consultation on the auction of so-called 4G spectrum earlier this year. When the UK last auctioned frequencies for mobile phone networks, it enjoyed a £22.4bn windfall. That is unlikely to happen again
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September 23, 2010
23
Sep'10
Vtesse targets a million homes in broadband ‘not-spots’
Vtesse Networks plans to provide reliable high speed broadband to a million homes and offices that now exist in broadband 'not-spots' or slow-spots, provided the right market conditions exist, CEO Aidan Paul says.
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September 22, 2010
22
Sep'10
Video: Cumbria bids to be rural broadband champion
Penrith and The Border MP Rory Stewart declares himself out of step with his party and government over various taxes that might slow the roll out of broadband, especially to rural communities such as the one he represents, and wants them cleared ...
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September 22, 2010
22
Sep'10
British Library considers its future as digital material takes over
The British Library has one of the digital world's biggest challenges ahead: as technology evolves at breakneck speed, how does it collect, manage and analyse the huge amount of digital content produced by publishers, and how does it keep that ...
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September 21, 2010
21
Sep'10
Sort your broadband spectrum by 2012, says EU
The European Commission is to consult on a revised spectrum plan to encourage the development of access to mobile broadband networking at a minimum of 30Mbps...
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September 21, 2010
21
Sep'10
Fibre pioneers run into backhaul problems
Getting fibre to the home is a piece of cake, if you've got the gumption. The problems arrive when you want to use it. Just ask cattle farmer and community...
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September 21, 2010
21
Sep'10
UN welcomes call for universal broadband as a 'basic human right'
An International Telecommunications Union (ITU) report calling for the rapid deployment of mobile broadband worldwide has been welcomed by the UN Foundation,...
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September 20, 2010
20
Sep'10
Boris Johnson resurrects mobile phone plan for London Underground
London mayor Boris Johnson has announced plans to install a mobile phone signal in the capital's underground train network in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.
The...
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September 20, 2010
20
Sep'10
Widening of digital divide hits rural small businesses
Rural small businesses are being left further behind their urban counterparts because the digital divide is widening, warn experts.
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September 20, 2010
20
Sep'10
Broadband is a basic human right, ITU tells UN
Access to high-speed broadband should be a basic human right, the International Telecommunications Union told world leaders at the UN's Millennium development...
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September 20, 2010
20
Sep'10
Fierce competition for Cumbrian NGA broadband project
Villagers and farmers could soon have access to digital "parish pumps" if ideas set out over the weekend to deliver high-speed broadband to Cumbrian communities...
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September 17, 2010
17
Sep'10
BT offers free fibre upgrade for broadband users
BT is offering internet users who buy both its telephone and broadband service a free upgrade to the company's fibre broadband service
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September 17, 2010
17
Sep'10
Europe calls for global internet treaty
Europe has proposed a global Internet Treaty to protect the net from political interference and place into international law its principles of openness.
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September 13, 2010
13
Sep'10
MoD extends BT networking DFTS contract
The Ministry of Defence has extended its network and communications contract with BT by three years to 2015, through the Defence Fixed Telecommunications...
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September 10, 2010
10
Sep'10
Competition boosts broadband uptake to seven million lines
Competition in unbundled broadband services has reached seven million lines, up from only 123,000 five years ago.
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September 08, 2010
08
Sep'10
Vtesse to appeal Cornwall's choice of BT as broadband supplier
UK telecoms operator Vtesse Networks has appealed against the European Commission's decision to approve a state-aided broadband scheme in Cornwall.
The...
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September 07, 2010
07
Sep'10
UK wastes £700m a year on broadband speeds, says O2
UK consumers are wasting more than £700m every year on under-utilised high broadband speeds.
According to a survey of 2,000 consumers by mobile operator...
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September 07, 2010
07
Sep'10
Security and connectivity main worries over smart meter project
Network security, accuracy and reliability, and first-time connectivity have emerged as energy utility executives' key concerns for the proposed £10bn national smart meter project.
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September 07, 2010
07
Sep'10
Welsh village gets broadband for 10% of BT quote
Rutland Telecom is to supply a 40Mbps fibre-based broadband service for £50,000 to about 80 homes in the Welsh village of Erbistock after BT quoted £550,000 for copper-based broadband link.
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September 06, 2010
06
Sep'10
Zero-rate shared networks to speed up broadband access
The search is on to find a way for communications minister Ed Vaizey to save face after he reneged on an election promise to review the business rates regime with respect to optical fibre networks.
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September 03, 2010
03
Sep'10
NHS saving could pay for fibre to the home, says ITU
A saving of 1% to 1.5% of the cost of healthcare would justify the cost of fibre to the premises throughout the UK, says the International Telecommunications Union.
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September 03, 2010
03
Sep'10
UK risks losing broadband lead
The UK risked squandering its lead in broadband access, speed and pricing because of delays in formulating long terms broadband policy, former communications minister Stephen Carter said on Thursday.
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September 02, 2010
02
Sep'10
HP outbids Dell to buy storage company 3Par
The bidding war between HP and Dell to buy a specialist storage supplier 3Par appears to be at an end, with HP upping its bid to $2.4bn.
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September 02, 2010
02
Sep'10
BT drives IP telephony to the enterprise desktop
BT has expanded its BT Onevoice converged voice platform, in a bid to drive the adoption of communications applications to the desktop in large businesses.
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September 01, 2010
01
Sep'10
Broadband take-up exceeds 70% of UK
More than 70% of UK households now access broadband services based on either BT's or Virgin Media's networks.
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August 31, 2010
31
Aug'10
Consumer panel calls on Vaizey to act on broadband speeds
Independent watchdog the Communications Consumer Panel has called on broadband minister Ed Vaizey to tackle the discrepancy between advertised and actual broadband speeds.
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August 31, 2010
31
Aug'10
Bad network configurations a top data breach threat, survey reveals
Badly configured networks are one of the biggest causes of data breaches according to a majority of IT security professionals.
Some 76%...
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August 25, 2010
25
Aug'10
Net neutrality: do you feel lucky?
The buzz created by the Google-Verizon proposals on net neutrality to the US Federal Communications Commission has given impetus to consultations on the topic by Ofcom and the European Commission. What is less clear is why CIOs should care about the...
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August 24, 2010
24
Aug'10
4G to start to take off in 2012
The roll-out of 4G networks will get underway by 2012, with the number of LTE mobile broadband subscribers expected to exceed 300 million globally by 2015, according to a report from Juniper Research
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August 23, 2010
23
Aug'10
Avaya and BT extend global agreement
Avaya and BT to continue working together
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August 19, 2010
19
Aug'10
IT teams fly in to help Pakistan flood victims
Emergency IT specialists are often the first boots on the ground in a major crisis. While largely behind the scenes, they are a critical part of the mission…
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August 17, 2010
17
Aug'10
VOA rates leave network operators reeling
The Valuation Office Agency’s decisions to exclude BT from a £20 levy on all homes connected to next generation networks and to maintain its protection of larger network operators has shocked the communications industry.
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August 16, 2010
16
Aug'10
Broadband homes face £20 tax
Non-BT networks will have to pay a £20 tax for every home they connect to a fibre-based next-generation network, according to proposals from the Valuation Office Agency.
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August 16, 2010
16
Aug'10
Protesters picket Google offices over 'end of net neutrality'
Protestors have gathered outside Google's offices to rally against proposals which they believe could undermine net neutrality.
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August 12, 2010
12
Aug'10
Cisco reports 79% rise in profit
Networks giant Cisco has reported strong fourth quarter 2010 results, with sales of $10.8bn, an increase of more than 28% compared to Q4 2009.
For...
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August 11, 2010
11
Aug'10
Vtesse fills broadband 'not spot' in Birch Green
Broadband minister Ed Vaizey opened a fibre-to-the-cabinet project in Birch Green, Hertfordshire on Tuesday that will see some 200 homes in the former "not...
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August 11, 2010
11
Aug'10
Vaizey backtracks on promise to review fibre tax
The government has gone back on a pre-election promise to review business rates on fibre networks, which are said to be the single biggest inhibitor of investment in next-generation networks.
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August 10, 2010
10
Aug'10
DNSSEC not a panacea for cybercrime, but a step in the right direction
The global roll-out in mid-July of technology aimed at making the internet safer was billed as a decisive blow against cyber criminals, but has it made a difference?
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August 09, 2010
09
Aug'10
Inmarsat to set up global 50Mbps satellite broadband network
Inmarsat is to spend $1.2bn to build a new global satellite-based network to deliver data speeds up to 50Mbps on demand to customers from 2014.
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August 05, 2010
05
Aug'10
Indespension aims for 50% saving with outsourced network
Trailer manufacturer Indespension is improving its communications infrastructure through a £50,000 deal with IT services provider Imerja.
Imerja is...
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August 03, 2010
03
Aug'10
Average UK broadband speeds crawl past 5Mbps
The average UK broadband speed has increased by 0.91Mbps to 5.106Mbps, following
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August 03, 2010
03
Aug'10
CIOs drive app development to understand customers
Developing business applications is a top priority for CIOs for 2010. Forty six per cent of CIOs surveyed said they were actively developing their CRM applications. In the survey of 200 CIOs by Vodafone, data collection was the second highest ...
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July 30, 2010
30
Jul'10
STA Travel signs Azzurri for global wide area network
STA Travel has awarded service provider Azzurri Communications a five-year contract to provide a global wide area network (Wan).
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July 30, 2010
30
Jul'10
Lunchtime surfers put strain on company bandwidth
Heavy internet usage during lunch hours could be putting too much pressure on companies' bandwidth.
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July 30, 2010
30
Jul'10
Intel shows silicon laser chip for 50Gbit/s links
Intel has stepped up its interest in using optical fibres for high speed interconnects in processor-based systems.
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July 29, 2010
29
Jul'10
Cost-cutting boosts BT's profits
Despite falling revenue, BT saw its profits climb to £375m for the first three months to 30 June, up 38 % compared to the same period last year.
The...
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July 29, 2010
29
Jul'10
Cardiff University invests £1m in infrastructure upgrade
Cardiff University has invested £1m in its IT network as part of an ongoing upgrade to its infrastructure.
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July 28, 2010
28
Jul'10
4G spectrum auction set for late 2011
The long-awaited auction for so-called 4G mobile licences will take place at the end of 2011, communications minister Ed Vaizey announced on Wednesday.
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July 27, 2010
27
Jul'10
CIO interview: Greater London Authority ramps up IT while cutting costs
The GLA is in a unique position for a public sector body - taking on more responsibilities, a potentially higher budget, and employing more staff as it absorbs the work of other organisations that are likely to be closed.
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July 22, 2010
22
Jul'10
No room for BT complacency, said chairman
BT chairman Sir Michael Rake said the previous financial year had been a "year of delivery" at the company's annual general meeting in Liverpool today.
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July 20, 2010
20
Jul'10
NSN consolidates second place with $1.2bn Motorola deal
Nokia Siemens Networks' (NSN) proposed $1.2bn takeover of most of Motorola's wireless business will strengthen its position as a supplier of mobile and fixed wireless network infrastructure, but leaves the company still number two to Alcatel-Lucent ...
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July 19, 2010
19
Jul'10
BT hitches onto Arqiva wagon for utility smart meter ride
Signal distribution company Arqiva has attracted BT and security specialist Detica as partners to address communications for the UK's £10bn smart meter roll-out programme.
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July 19, 2010
19
Jul'10
Digital Britain minister seeks Valuation Office Agency meeting over fibre business rates
The government is seeking a meeting with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to discuss how business rates create a barrier to investment in next generation broadband networks.
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July 14, 2010
14
Jul'10
Google launches website for ultra high-speed broadband project
Google has launched a website dedicated to its project to build experimental ultra high-speed fibre optic networks to demonstrate how to achieve universal access at one gigabit per second.
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July 14, 2010
14
Jul'10
Lords query £140k grant to rural broadband quango
Questions have been raised in the House of Lords about £140,500 of taxpayers' money given to support a mentoring scheme for rural broadband projects, but more may be at stake.
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July 13, 2010
13
Jul'10
Cambridge village gets fibre to the home
Villagers in Broughton, a Cambridgeshire hamlet near Huntingdon, will have access to superfast broadband through a fibre to the home (FTTH) network supplied by Vtesse Broadband, the new broadband arm of Vtesse Networks.
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July 13, 2010
13
Jul'10
BT wins more time to fight £42m overcharge case
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has granted BT extra time to prepare its appeal against an Ofcom finding that it overcharged other network operators almost £42m for partial private circuits for five years
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July 12, 2010
12
Jul'10
Queue forms for UK broadband industry day with cheap ‘not-spot’ fixes
More than 80 companies have registered to attend the government's industry open day on 15 July on the funding of broadband networks in uneconomic areas.
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July 09, 2010
09
Jul'10
Kent County Council fills in rural broadband 'not-spots'
Kent County Council has spent £486,000 to fund the roll-out of high-speed broadband to nearly a dozen villages and parishes
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July 07, 2010
07
Jul'10
France Telecom to buy new national optical fibre network
France Telecom/Orange is to spend €2bn on a new optical fibre network that will cover 40% of French homes by 2012, and every French dèpartement by 2015.
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July 06, 2010
06
Jul'10
Union calls off BT strike ballot
The Communication Workers Union has cancelled a strike ballot that was expected to favour the start of the first national strike in 23 years at BT.
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July 01, 2010
01
Jul'10
NHS spent £1.6bn on IT in 2009
The NHS spent £1.6bn on IT in 2009, the government has revealed.
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June 28, 2010
28
Jun'10
Government eyes 'big society' rural broadband option
The government could rely on its "big society" idea to get broadband into rural communities.
The idea that communities club together and set up their...
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June 28, 2010
28
Jun'10
Cisco signs network agreement with Abu Dhabi government
US network equipment maker Cisco has signed a framework agreement with Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (Adsic), the information and communications technology arm of the Abu Dhabi government.
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June 25, 2010
25
Jun'10
Smaller networks hit by fibre charges
The Valuation Office Agency plans to publish new business tax rates on optical fibre networks in July, but few if any smaller network operators have been consulted.
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June 24, 2010
24
Jun'10
Net neutrality: Ofcom asks for comment on traffic blocking and choking
Communications regulator Ofcom is asking for comment on internet traffic management practices - or net neutrality - just as mobile network operator O2's plan to cap data traffic on its network comes into force.
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June 24, 2010
24
Jun'10
HP collaborates with VMware to slash virtualisation costs
HP is collaborating with VMware to provide integrated storage, desktop and connectivity to support virtualisation in the datacentre and pave the way towards...
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June 23, 2010
23
Jun'10
Two London teenagers arrested in cybercrime investigation
The Metropolitan Police's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested two teenagers in an international cybercrime investigation.
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June 23, 2010
23
Jun'10
London schools save £390m with private fibre network
London's 33 boroughs are saving £131m a year by aggregating their schools network and content delivery applications onto a newly-upgraded Juniper Networks-based fibre optic network.
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June 22, 2010
22
Jun'10
Sewer-based dark fibre operator up for entrepreneur of the year
Elfed Thomas, CEO of metropolitan dark fibre network operator i3, will represent the North West in Ernst & Young’s search to find the UK entrepreneur of the year.
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June 21, 2010
21
Jun'10
Government seeks no-cost ideas for universal 2Mbps broadband
The government is to hold a open day on 15 July in London to hear ideas from industry about how to provide and pay for a minimum 2Mbps broadband service to the UK's "not spots", and how to roll a "superfast" service at the same time
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June 18, 2010
18
Jun'10
Banks rank cable TV firms less risky than telcos for broadband roll-out
Banks see cable TV companies as better bets than telecommunications companies in the race to deliver national high-speed broadband, it emerged last night.
Jeffrey...
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June 17, 2010
17
Jun'10
Colt plans concrete moves with cloud
Colt (formerly Colt Telecom) is using the hype around cloud computing to boost its claim to a greater share of the hosted infrastructure and services market.
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June 14, 2010
14
Jun'10
World Cup 2010: Huge internet spike expected on 23 June
UK internet traffic is expected to be almost 50% higher than normal on 23 June, when England plays its final group qualifying match in the 2010 World Cup.
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June 14, 2010
14
Jun'10
Pizza-sized 4G base stations to become $13bn market
The increasing density of users with high capacity smart phones could cause a hundred-fold increase in data traffic, putting pressure on next generation...
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June 11, 2010
11
Jun'10
Cisco debuts Quad collaboration and Prosumer Video
Cisco has launched an enterprise collaboration platform, called Quad, that offers video, real time instant messaging (IM) and social networking capabilities.
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June 10, 2010
10
Jun'10
Government introduces Digital Britain 2.0
"Within this parliament we want Britain to have the best superfast broadband network in Europe," culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said, setting out the new government's ambitions with respect to creating a digital economy in the UK.
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June 09, 2010
09
Jun'10
India to check all Chinese telecoms equipment for spyware
India is appointing auditors to check that all telecoms equipment imported from China is free of software designed to monitor data transmissions.
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June 04, 2010
04
Jun'10
Union ultimatum as BT staff move on with strike ballot
Over 50,000 workers at BT will now be balloted for strike action after the Communication Workers Union expressed disappointment that BT will not improve its offer of a 2% pay increase.