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December 14, 2009 14 Dec'09
UK has cheap broadband, average penetration, OECD finds

The UK is comfortably among the mid-table countries for broadband penetration and average advertised speeds, a report from theOECD has found.
December 14, 2009 14 Dec'09
UK super-fast broadband network is a no-brainer, says OECD

The UK government could justify building a national point-to-point, fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network if it saved just 0.5% of costs in each of the electricity,...
December 10, 2009 10 Dec'09
Broadband tax for everyone with a landline

A tax of 50p per month will be forced on every home that has a fixed landline as the government looks at ways to get broadband services
December 08, 2009 08 Dec'09
10gbps network speeds up Manchester's media dream

BT Business beat off competition from 17 other network suppliers to win a contract said to be worth close to £10m to install a 10gbps network in

December 08, 2009 08 Dec'09
One in four 'too rural' for fast broadband, says study

Up to a quarter of the British population will not have access to broadband at faster than 2Mbps, according to a national study of existing optical fibre...
December 04, 2009 04 Dec'09
Government and BT fund high-speed broadband in Northern Ireland

The government and BT are to invest £48m in Northern Ireland's telecommunication network.

The Next Generation Broadband project, a partnership...
December 04, 2009 04 Dec'09
Cisco will buy Tandberg despite falling short on shares

Cisco says it will go ahead with the purchase of Tandberg despite receiving preliminary acceptances of its cash offer for only 89% of the Norwegian video...
December 03, 2009 03 Dec'09
Technology options for centralised UK smart energy network

Britain's root and branch revamp of its energy supply system can now begin, after the government announced it will push for a centralised "smart grid" communications network to link some 47 million smart gas and electricity meters by 2020.
December 02, 2009 02 Dec'09
Government picks centralised network for £10bn smart meter project

The government has opted for a centralised communications network to control information flows to and from 47 million smart meters that will replace the...
December 01, 2009 01 Dec'09
TfL offers IT contracts worth £150m

Transport for London has issued tenders for two contracts with a potential combined value of £150m.

The first seeks suppliers to "ensure successful...

November 30, 2009 30 Nov'09
BT expresses sympathy as villagers slam chairman's broadband

Villagers in Hambledon, near Henley-on-Thames, are outraged because a local resident who happens to be the chairman of BT is the only person in the village with broadband.
November 30, 2009 30 Nov'09
Soaring demand for mobile video threatens UK 3G infrastructure

Demand for video and TV on smartphones is threatening to take down the UK 3G mobile infrastructure, according to reports.
November 23, 2009 23 Nov'09
Ciena picks up Nortel units

Network infrastructure supplier Ciena has won the auction for Nortel's optical networking and carrier Ethernet business with a bid of $769m (£463m).

The...
November 20, 2009 20 Nov'09
Digital Economy Bill supports creative and digital industries

The UK digital economy accounts for nearly 10% of the revenue produced by the whole British economy each year, according to business secretary
November 19, 2009 19 Nov'09
Facebook stock value up 42% to $9.5bn

The price of Facebook stock has jumped as much as 42% in the past four months. Membership is topping 300 million users to take Facebook into profit for the first time.
November 18, 2009 18 Nov'09
O2 to build 1,500 more network sites

O2 will build 1,500 network sites across the UK next year, with 200 sites planned for London alone.
November 18, 2009 18 Nov'09
Ofcom opens up TV spectrum for rural broadband

Ofcom has cleared the way for spare television spectrum to be used to provide broadband internet connections to UK rural areas.
November 12, 2009 12 Nov'09
HP to buy 3Com for €2.7bn

Hewlett-Packard is to acquire 3Com for €2.7bn, making it the dominant force in the strategically important Chinese networking market and increasing the...
November 11, 2009 11 Nov'09
UK mobile web surfers top 10m

UK mobile web surfers now top 10m, research has revealed.
November 06, 2009 06 Nov'09
Tories promise to review broadband tax

The Conservative Party will prioritise a review of the business rates tax on fibre networks if it comes to power.
November 06, 2009 06 Nov'09
EU weakens net neutrality to pass telecoms reform package

A net neutrality revision has allowed European legislators to implement long-awaited reforms that will introduce a single competitive market in telecoms...
November 06, 2009 06 Nov'09
T-Mobile and Orange to merge

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have signed contracts to set up a 50:50 joint venture that combines their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange.
November 05, 2009 05 Nov'09
Ethernet switch for WAN could cut telecom bill by 30%

Most firms could save 30% of their telecommunications bill by optimising their wide area networks and switching to Ethernet, according to research.

The...
November 05, 2009 05 Nov'09
Recovery has begun for Cisco, claims CEO

Cisco CEO John Chambers is certain the economic recovery is a reality after hailing the highest sequential gains for Q1 revenues and profits in five years....
November 05, 2009 05 Nov'09
Cisco reports 13% drop in sales

Network equipment maker Cisco reported a 13% drop in year-on-year sales to $9bn for the first quarter of its 2010 financial year, which pushed down earnings 19% to $2.1bn.
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
How the government taxes UK’s broadband future

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
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
Second Life launches standalone firewall

Second Life has launched a standalone firewall, boosting the number of possible business uses of the service.
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
Cisco partners with EMC to take on HP and IBM

Cisco Systems has formed an alliance with EMC to combine computing equipment and services. The move is aimed at challenging market leaders Hewlett-Packard...
November 03, 2009 03 Nov'09
Digital Britain: UK in broadband 'time warp', says FSB

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has slammed government broadband...
November 03, 2009 03 Nov'09
Cisco resists calls to raise £1.9bn Tandberg offer

Cisco is resisting calls to increase its £1.9bn bid for Norwegian videoconferencing firm Tandberg, its first European acquisition.
November 02, 2009 02 Nov'09
Eutelsat service to boost Ireland's rural internet access

Ireland's National Broadband Scheme is to use a satellite broadband service to deliver high-speed broadband
October 30, 2009 30 Oct'09
VOA preserves networks' advantage in rates draft

The proposed business rates on optical fibre networks for the next five years preserve the present 11% tax advantage enjoyed by large network operators over smaller ones and new entrants.
October 29, 2009 29 Oct'09
Business rates are killing Digital Britain

The government's Digital Britain policy may fail to meet its original goal unless it changes the way it values broadband networks for business tax, a Computer Weekly investigation has revealed.
October 26, 2009 26 Oct'09
802-11n WLan standard to take off after ratification

Enterprises can now consider replacing high speed networks with wireless equivalents with the recent ratification of the 802.11n wireless standard, says wireless Lan management firm AirMagnet.
October 23, 2009 23 Oct'09
BMC tackles virtual server sprawl with Tideway

BMC has acquired UK IT management tools firm Tideway as it builds its strategy to support IT management for cloud computing.
October 22, 2009 22 Oct'09
Spectrum reallocation is key to Digital Britain

Ofcom must resolve uncertainty around the reallocation of mobile radio frequencies if the government is to realise its dream of a Digital Britain.

Much...
October 19, 2009 19 Oct'09
BT overcharged network operators £41.7m

BT will have to refund and pay interest on £41.7m it overcharged fellow network operators for rent on 2Mbps trunk services between 24 June 2004 to 30 September...
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Mobile network owners to get indefinite licences - if they fill in the blanks

Mobile network owners will get indefinite 3G licences in return for giving mobile broadband access to more people, but they face caps on how much spectrum...
October 15, 2009 15 Oct'09
Stephen Timms guarantees minimum broadband speed

The government has promised consumers a guaranteed minimum broadband speed of at least 2MBs.

Communications minister Stephen Timms said that the 2MBs...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Should the UK spend £10bn on smart meters?

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is expected to reveal its decision this month on how to implement a £10bn plan to replace 47 million gas and electricity meters with new smart energy meters.
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Cisco goes mobile with $2.9bn Starent buy

Network equipment maker Cisco today said it would pay $2.9bn to acquire Starent Networks, a supplier of IP-based networking equipment for mobile and converged carriers.
October 13, 2009 13 Oct'09
Cisco adds IPv6 support for carrier networks

Network equipment maker Cisco today announced support for a carrier-grade version of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
October 13, 2009 13 Oct'09
Enisa leads trickle to IPv6 for web addressing

The European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) has become the first EU Agency to delivers its web site content over the new internet protocol...
October 12, 2009 12 Oct'09
Nortel's former boss wants $12m pay off

Nortel's former CEO Mike Zafirovski is trying to get millions of pounds from the insolvent networking equipment maker.

Zafirovski, who...
October 09, 2009 09 Oct'09
Cornwall villages trial 50Mbps broadband

Up to two million businesses and homes in remote rural areas could get high-speed broadband if trials of a 50Mbps broadband service in two Cornish towns proves its technical and commercial viability.
October 09, 2009 09 Oct'09
Qualcomm joins net neutrality debate

US mobile phone chipmaker Qualcomm has called for measures to limit heavy data users as wireless networks reach capacity.
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
Highlands and Islands could get £480m fibre broadband links

Scotland's Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is considering spending up to £480m to provide fibre-based broadband connections to premises throughout...
October 06, 2009 06 Oct'09
Italy joins ITU's cybersecurity network

The International Telecommunications Union's Impact global cybersecurity alerting system ...
October 06, 2009 06 Oct'09
CSC seeks new $2.bn deal with Zurich Financial Services

Zurich Financial Services Group has entered exclusive negotiations with IT outsourcer CSC 10-year contract valued at $2.4bn.
October 05, 2009 05 Oct'09
Consumers wait for government investment in next generation networks -ITU

The recession had failed to dent demand for information and communications (ICT) services, but governments needed to support the roll-out of next generation...