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December 14, 2009
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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.
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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,...
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December 10, 2009
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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
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December 08, 2009
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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
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December 08, 2009
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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...
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December 04, 2009
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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...
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December 04, 2009
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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...
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December 03, 2009
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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.
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December 02, 2009
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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...
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December 01, 2009
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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...
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November 30, 2009
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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.
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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.
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November 23, 2009
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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...
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November 20, 2009
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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
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November 19, 2009
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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.
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November 18, 2009
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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.
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November 18, 2009
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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.
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November 12, 2009
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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...
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November 11, 2009
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Nov'09
UK mobile web surfers top 10m
UK mobile web surfers now top 10m, research has revealed.
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November 06, 2009
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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.
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November 06, 2009
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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...
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November 06, 2009
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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.
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November 05, 2009
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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...
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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....
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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.
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November 04, 2009
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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
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November 04, 2009
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Nov'09
Second Life launches standalone firewall
Second Life has launched a standalone firewall, boosting the number of possible business uses of the service.
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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...
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November 03, 2009
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Nov'09
Digital Britain: UK in broadband 'time warp', says FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has slammed government broadband...
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November 03, 2009
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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.
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November 02, 2009
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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
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October 30, 2009
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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.
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October 29, 2009
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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.
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October 26, 2009
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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.
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October 23, 2009
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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.
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October 22, 2009
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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...
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October 19, 2009
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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...
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October 16, 2009
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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...
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October 15, 2009
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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...
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October 14, 2009
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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.
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October 14, 2009
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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.
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October 13, 2009
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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)
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October 13, 2009
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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...
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October 12, 2009
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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...
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October 09, 2009
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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.
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October 09, 2009
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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.
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October 08, 2009
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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...
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October 06, 2009
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Italy joins ITU's cybersecurity network
The International Telecommunications Union's Impact global cybersecurity alerting system ...
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October 06, 2009
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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.
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October 05, 2009
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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...