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May 19, 2010 19 May'10
Government wasted £21bn a year on IT, says think-tank.

Transformational Government, Labour's ambitious plan to use IT to transform how citizens and government agencies interact, has been a disaster, says an academic think-tank.
May 19, 2010 19 May'10
HP server sales in double figures in Q2

IT bellwether HP has reported double-digit PC and server sales in its second quarter of 2010, but its services business lagged behind.
May 19, 2010 19 May'10
World Cup could bring UK SMEs to a halt, survey claims

Small and medium businesses could be hit by computer chaos with 54% of UK workers planning to watch 2010 FIFA World Cup games online at work, a survey has revealed.
May 17, 2010 17 May'10
YouTube notches up two billion daily views in five years

YouTube is marking its fifth anniversary by announcing the service has exceeded two billion daily views, demonstrating rapid growth in popularity since reaching...

May 14, 2010 14 May'10
SAP bets on internal innovation combined with strategic acquisition

SAP's planned acquisition of Sybase for $5.8bn ...
May 14, 2010 14 May'10
IT sector braces for public sector cuts, seeks clarity on IT policies

The UK's information and communications (ICT) sector is bracing itself for massive cuts in public sector IT spending, but this may offer fresh opportunities to small and medium (SME) suppliers, says the industry's trade body, Intellect.
May 14, 2010 14 May'10
ITU group will develop cloud standards

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has formed a group to establish global standards for interoperability and secure information exchange across...
May 13, 2010 13 May'10
BT sales beat expectations

BT, the UK's largest fixed-line network operator, reported profits of £1m on sales down 2% at £20.9bn for the year ended 30 March 2010.
May 13, 2010 13 May'10
BT pledges £1bn to increase UK broadband coverage

BT will spend an extra £1bn to increase broadband coverage from 40% to 66% of the nation's homes in the coming year, CEO Ian Livingston, said this morning.
May 10, 2010 10 May'10
BT to get back on broadband wagon

BT, the UK's largest network operator, is expected to reveal plans to extend its broadband service to two-thirds of UK homes when it announces its annual results this week.

May 05, 2010 05 May'10
Microsoft-Nokia mobile alliance delivers first application

Microsoft and Nokia ...
May 04, 2010 04 May'10
IT in the spotlight at M&S as new chairman takes over

Marks & Spencer's new chief executive Marc Bolland starts today at the high street giant, and IT-related decisions are at the top of his in-tray.
April 30, 2010 30 Apr'10
Transport for London starts CCTV modernisation

Transport for London (TfL) has begun a £22.6m project to revamp its closed-circuit TV (CCTV) infrastructure using internet protocol (IP) technology. The transport body has signed a 10-year contract with supplier Easynet for the design, build, ...
April 28, 2010 28 Apr'10
Digital Economy Act – changing the landscape or crawling over the finish line?

The Digital Economy Act implements a number of the recommendations contained in the government's Digital Britain initiative that require legislation. However, many observers feel the Act is as notable for what it omits as for what it contains.
April 21, 2010 21 Apr'10
BT loses bid for retrospective cuts to mobile operators' connection charges

The court of appeal has rejected BT's application for retrospective cuts to charges by mobile operators to connect calls to their networks to win back hundreds...
April 07, 2010 07 Apr'10
Comcast decision casts a long shadow on UK net neutrality

The US government's plans to provide 90% of citizens with 100Mbps broadband access in 10 years could be hijacked by network operators
April 07, 2010 07 Apr'10
Labour ditches 50p broadband tax in wash-up

Government plans to fund high-speed broadband networks were in disarray after ministers admitted there was not enough time to debate the proposed 50p per month tax on fixed-wire phones.
April 07, 2010 07 Apr'10
Election 2010: The main parties' technology policies

All three parties have pushed technology-related issues up the agenda for 2010's General Election. Here's our round-up of the main policies…
April 05, 2010 05 Apr'10
Buyer's guide: New approaches to combating network secuity threats

Polymorphic malware is on the rise. Panda Security identified 25 million new strains of malware in 2009.
April 01, 2010 01 Apr'10
Mobile calls to get much cheaper, Ofcom says

Ofcom plans to cut the price charged by mobile network operators for connecting calls from other network operators to 0.5p from 4.3p by 2015. The regulator...
March 31, 2010 31 Mar'10
Flood hits tens of thousands of BT broadband users in north London

A flood in a BT exchange in the Paddington area has knocked out telephone and broadband services to tens of thousands of customers in north and west London....
March 30, 2010 30 Mar'10
Ofcom wants ISPs to be upfront about broadband speeds

Consumers may be able to get out of their broadband contract if their access speed is "significantly" below the speed they are paying for, communications...
March 30, 2010 30 Mar'10
BT unveils broadband upgrade to 300 exchanges

BT plans to upgrade just over 300 exchanges between autumn 2010 and summer 2011 to extend high-speed broadband to four million more homes.
March 29, 2010 29 Mar'10
British Gas sparks smart meter roll-out

British Gas has signed several multimillion pound contracts to roll out smart meters to nearly 1 million households from the end of 2012. The meters will...
March 24, 2010 24 Mar'10
Budget leaves key network issues unresolved

Alistair Darling's Budget proposal to introduce a 50p per month tax on fixed-wire phones to support the roll-out of high-speed broadband may be overtaken by events.
March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10
BT to open ducts and poles to rivals' fibre

100Mbps broadband is likely to become the norm for millions of citizens following UK telecoms regulator Ofcom's proposals to let third parties roll out their own fibre networks using BT's ducts and poles.
March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10
Political parties dangle the broadband carrot

Access to high-speed broadband networks has become a hot potato for political parties. They promise it will give voters more of what they like, which is mainly better quality television and government services.
March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10
Quality, not speed counts in broadband, says BSG

Politicians' plans to spend billions to provide superfast broadband are misplaced, says industry association the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG).
March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10
Brown's Digital Britain is at odds with Digital Economy Bill

A super-fast broadband network that reaches every home in the country by 2020 will help transform government, making it easier for citizens to transact with officials and mashup government data for their own purposes, says prime minister.
March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10
Gordon Brown turns his focus to digital economy

Gordon Brown's raft of new measures to boost the digital economy has shown the growing awareness in government of the importance of technology.
March 22, 2010 22 Mar'10
Gordon Brown promises every UK home will have high-speed broadband by 2020

Gordon Brown has promised that every home in the UK will have a high-speed broadband connection by 2020.
March 18, 2010 18 Mar'10
Deutsche Telecom aims to double revenue from mobile data, TV and intelligent networks

Mobile data traffic, television and intelligent networks will provide the richest opportunities for revenue growth, says Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann
March 17, 2010 17 Mar'10
Telecoms industry raises concerns over FCC US broadband plan

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) National Broadband Plan has had a mixed reception, according to US reports.
March 16, 2010 16 Mar'10
National broadband plan to set US on path to digital inclusion

In ten years 90% of Americans will have affordable access to 100Mbps broadband, with schools, hospitals and army bases getting 1Gbps access, if Congress...
March 16, 2010 16 Mar'10
Broadband will catapult US economy into growth, says Google CEO

The widespread availability of high-speed broadband networks will "catapult" the US economy into growth and restore its competitive edge in business and science, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
March 15, 2010 15 Mar'10
Mobile broadband spectrum auction may hit legal wall

The government's proposed auction of radio frequencies to enable the roll-out of mobile broadband may be delayed further by legal action.
March 12, 2010 12 Mar'10
Deutsche Post DHL builds wide area network with Vodafone

Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) is rolling out a managed wide area network across 67 countries to improve its tracking capabilities and provide access to bespoke applications
March 11, 2010 11 Mar'10
Tech billionaires’ wealth rises by $55.8bn despite recession

The world's richest technology billionaires upped their collective wealth by $55.8bn last year despite the impact of the recession.

However Bill Gates,...
March 09, 2010 09 Mar'10
Election 2010: Tories told what policy on IT should be

IT industry tells the Conservative Party what it would like the next government to do.
March 05, 2010 05 Mar'10
Lack of broadband is driving businesses out of rural areas, says government advisor

The lack of broadband communications in rural areas is forcing businesses and young people to abandon the countryside, a government advisor says.

The...
March 01, 2010 01 Mar'10
Cambridgeshire Council extends broadband network to isolated places

Cambridgeshire County Council is one of the first local authorities to roll out a high-speed broadband network to more isolated and rural locations.

The...
February 26, 2010 26 Feb'10
France Telecom holds steady despite staff upheaval

France Telecom endured a tough year capped by the resignation of its CEO as it produced stagnant growth, declining margins and a deeply unhappy workforce.

Outgoing...
February 26, 2010 26 Feb'10
Novell reports increase in profit despite sales decline

Network firm Novell reported a slight drop in sales, but increased profits and doubled earnings per share in its first quarter 2010.
February 25, 2010 25 Feb'10
MPs call for end to BT's tax privileges

BT should pay the same business rates as its competitors, MPs said this week.
February 25, 2010 25 Feb'10
UK misses fibre to the home list - again

The UK is still absent from the list of the top European countries offering optical fibre links to homes

But France, Portugal, the Czech Republic and...
February 25, 2010 25 Feb'10
Virgin Media to meet demand for 100Mbps broadband

Virgin Media has issued sparkling results for the fourth quarter of 2009 and said it will launch a commercial 100Mbps broadband service later this year.
February 18, 2010 18 Feb'10
MNOs face big squeeze on cost, bandwidth and regulation

CIOs should be wary of mobile network operators' (MNOs) claims to offer access to customers and staff anywhere, any time using mobile apps.

MNOs face...
February 15, 2010 15 Feb'10
Mobile World Congress: Can 4G extend enterprise IT?

Mobile World Congress has kicked off with a raft of announcements covering new operating systems and apps for smartphones from the likes of Intel, Nokia,...
February 12, 2010 12 Feb'10
CMA calls for new communications act

The next government should set up a single department to oversee telecommunications and broadband, according to the Communication Managers Association (CMA).
February 11, 2010 11 Feb'10
Alcatel-Lucent posts first net profit

Alcatel-Lucent today posted its first quarterly net profit since its inception in 2006, but its full year figures were blighted by the impact of the recession...
February 11, 2010 11 Feb'10
Google to build 1Gbps ultra-high-speed broadband networks

Google has announced plans to build a set of experimental high-speed networks that will provide broadband connectivity at speeds 100 times faster than current US broadband connections.
February 10, 2010 10 Feb'10
DWP awards £237m contract extension to BT

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has awarded a £237m contract extension to BT.
February 08, 2010 08 Feb'10
Winterflood gains space and power with Cisco UCS

City trading firm Winterflood, the first UK company to use Cisco's Unified Computing Solution (UCS), has released details of its configuration and use.
February 08, 2010 08 Feb'10
Network users get great clarity on call pricing

Network users will have greater insight into suppliers' pricing following Ofcom's decision to insist on the publication of prices lists for call termination rates.
February 04, 2010 04 Feb'10
Tories would push fibre to the home to meet 100Mbps target

The Conservative Party ...
February 04, 2010 04 Feb'10
VOA disputes Tories' BT fibre valuation

The government's Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has disputed Conservative Party claims that BT pays trivial business taxes on its fibre network links.
February 04, 2010 04 Feb'10
UK authorities await EC approval to investigate Orange/T-Mobile merger

The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has asked the European Commission (EC) for the right to review the planned merger of France Telecom
February 04, 2010 04 Feb'10
Cisco results signal economic recovery

Cisco Systems has reported a return to revenue growth after declines in the past four quarters.

The network equipment maker and industry bellwether...
February 03, 2010 03 Feb'10
VOA to meet industry over tax on wireless and fibre networks

The government's Valuation Office Agency is to meet communications industry representatives in the next few weeks to discuss the application of business rates taxes to wireless and fibre networks.
February 03, 2010 03 Feb'10
Winterflood picks Cisco UCS to manage 250 million daily updates

Winterflood Securities has become the first UK firm to implement Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) to improve data throughput at lower cost.
February 03, 2010 03 Feb'10
UK authorities seek to scrutinise Orange/T-Mobile merger

UK regulators will push to get involved in reviewing the proposed merger...
February 01, 2010 01 Feb'10
Tories promise 100Mbps broadband to two-thirds of UK homes by 2017

The Conservative Party has promised to give most UK homes 100Mbps broadband network access by 2017 as part of a revamp of Britain's communications regulations.
January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10
Business taxes may give BT an unfair advantage, says judge

The business rating system may give BT a huge cost advantage over its fibre network competitors, which could restrict competition, keep prices high and slow...
January 26, 2010 26 Jan'10
Microsoft calls for greater spectrum to support cloud computing

Microsoft has called on European governments to ensure they deliver low-cost broadband networks to support cloud computing.

In a speech...
January 22, 2010 22 Jan'10
BT undercuts competitors with superfast broadband

BT has launched a "superfast" 40Mbps optical fibre broadband service for £20 a month, £8 cheaper than a similar service from rival Virgin Media.
January 20, 2010 20 Jan'10
Broadband growth prompts Carphone Warehouse to consider its own fibre network

Carphone Warehouse, the UK's second largest broadband supplier, may build its optical fibre network capacity following a possible re-regulation of BT's communications infrastructure
January 15, 2010 15 Jan'10
TSF sends comms equipment and support teams to Haiti

Telecoms San Frontieres (TSF) has sent an emergency team...
January 14, 2010 14 Jan'10
ITU sends $1m tech boost to Haiti

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is joining the fight to help those affected by the earthquake in Haiti with $1m worth of technology equipment.
January 14, 2010 14 Jan'10
York to get £13m dark fibre network from H2O

The City of York has signed a £13.7m, eight-year renewable contract for a city-wide managed fibre network with Pinacl Solutions and H2O Networks.
January 13, 2010 13 Jan'10
UK hogs middle of broadband superhighway

The UK's position in the middle of the information superhighway has been highlighted by the latest stateoftheinternet report from web content delivery firm Akamai.
January 12, 2010 12 Jan'10
Google extends Apps with shared enterprise storage

Google has extended its Apps Premier Edition cloud-based office productivity suite, with tools and services to aid online collaboration.
January 11, 2010 11 Jan'10
Green Touch consortium aims to slash internet's carbon footprint

The internet could be running on 1,000 times less energy that it presently uses within five years, say members of a consortium of IT and communications equipment and services suppliers.
January 11, 2010 11 Jan'10
China’s Huawei to invest $500m in Indian operations

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies is to invest $500m in its research and development operations in the southern Indian city of Bangalore by 2015.
January 08, 2010 08 Jan'10
FCC asks for more time on US national broadband plan

The US Federal Communications Commission has asked Congress for a one month delay in publishing its long-awaited national broadband plan.
January 07, 2010 07 Jan'10
Optical fibre inventors get more government money

Southampton University, which has invented some of the key optical fibre technologies that now enable the internet, is one of three research and development centres to receive new government money to further its work.
January 07, 2010 07 Jan'10
Government asks how it should spend 50p phone levy

The government has launched a consultation on how best to spend part of the £1bn it hopes to raise from the 50p levy on fixed-line phones to extend high-speed broadband access across the UK.
January 07, 2010 07 Jan'10
Networks & telecoms trends to watch in 2010

The single most important event in the UK telecommunications market in 2010 is likely to be the passing of the Digital Economy Bill.
January 04, 2010 04 Jan'10
Conservative manifesto would revamp NHS IT

The Conservative Party has published a draft manifesto for the NHS, which could have a material impact on the NHS National Programme for IT.
January 04, 2010 04 Jan'10
UK broadband gains speed

Average broadband speeds grew 22% during 2009, research by analysts at internet comparison site broadband.co.uk ...
December 22, 2009 22 Dec'09
Digital Britain in action: plans well underway, says government

The government says it is a quarter of the way through implementing the plans set out in the Digital Britain report.
December 21, 2009 21 Dec'09
Top 10 stories in telecoms and networks 2009

The Digital Britain report, broadband speeds, taxes and privacy have dominated the world of networks and telecoms this year…
December 18, 2009 18 Dec'09
Vtesse appeal on business rates goes to court

Vtesse Networks has appealed a Lands Tribunal decision to uphold a 2003 Valuation Office assessment of the rateable value of its optical fibre networks.
December 17, 2009 17 Dec'09
Vtesse to test government's 2mbps broadband promise

Vtesse Networks is to test the economic viability of providing superfast fixed wireless broadband to the UK's broadband "not-spots" by installing a network in rural Wiltshire. It will use the results to press its case for government money to roll ...
December 17, 2009 17 Dec'09
Wi-Fi operator may quit UK over wireless tax

Valuation Office plans to tax Wi-Fi and Wi-Max networks could lead to at least one Wi-Fi network operator closing down and leaving the country.
December 17, 2009 17 Dec'09
Orange map shows broadband hotspots

Mobile network operator Orange has produced an online interactive map, based on its research findings.
December 16, 2009 16 Dec'09
Swindon hopes to profit from free Wi-Fi mesh network

Swindon Borough Council hopes to eclipse previous failed attempts to provide ratepayers with free wireless internet connections when it switches on a private-public Wi-Fi system on 16 December.
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