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February 10, 2009 10 Feb'09
Essex council to be sued by BT over cancelled IT contract

Essex county council faces being sued by BT after it terminated an IT services contract more than three years before it was due to end.
February 09, 2009 09 Feb'09
T-Mobile boosts network to support iPhone and 3G dongle explosion

T-Mobile is using network acceleration technology from F5 and Bytemobile to support the rise in the use of mobile data due to the iPhone and the popularity...
February 02, 2009 02 Feb'09
BT and TalkTalk at war to win market in small business broadband services

The simultaneous launch of new small business broadband packages by BT and Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk was a complete coincidence, according to both firms. But the 'everything you can do I can do better' debate between the firms looks set to ...
February 02, 2009 02 Feb'09
Digital dividend consultation launched by Ofcom, to free up 800MHz spectrum for broadband

Ofcom today launched a consultation that could give mobile broadband users a big increase in the amount of radio spectrum available to them. The airwaves, in the 800Mhz band, are particularly important because the signals they can carry over long ...

February 02, 2009 02 Feb'09
Juniper launches new 25Tbps TX Matrix Plus router, easily handles a nation of WoW-playing VOIP users

Juniper Networks today launched a router capable of handling the volume of Internet traffic that would be generated by the entire UK population simultaneously playing World of Warcraft while calling each other on VoIP telephones.
February 01, 2009 01 Feb'09
Carphone Warehouse aims for BT customers with £10 business broadband

The business-to-business division of Carphone Warehouse-owned TalkTalk is launching a business broadband package for £10 per month.
January 30, 2009 30 Jan'09
Broadband users could pick up cost of copyright policing

UK broadband consumers could have to pay more if the government acts on proposals to set up a copyright protection agency.
January 30, 2009 30 Jan'09
Business and industry underwhelmed by Carter's Digital Britain review

Businesses and network operators reacted cautiously to Lord Carter's interim review on Digital Britain, the government's plan to give every household a 2Mbps broadband connection by 2012.
January 29, 2009 29 Jan'09
IBM cleans up in Whirlpool global IT contract

Appliance manufacturer Whirlpool has signed a multi-year IT services agreement with IBM to provide global infrastructure services in more than 40 countries.
January 29, 2009 29 Jan'09
Government promises broadband for every UK home by 2012

The government will ensure that 2mbps broadband is delivered to every home in Britain by 2012, communications minister Lord Carter confirmed today.

January 29, 2009 29 Jan'09
Carter calls for 2mbps universal broadband obligation

The government set out 22 recommendations to create Digital Britain.
January 29, 2009 29 Jan'09
Brown calls for private-public partnerships to build digital infrastructure

Digital networks are "as essential to our future prosperity in the 21st century as roads, bridges, trains and electricity were in the 20th century," said...
January 29, 2009 29 Jan'09
Lord Carter's Digital Britian report expected at lunchtime

Communications minister Lord Carter will release his interim report into Digital Britain at lunchtime today.
January 22, 2009 22 Jan'09
Future of UK broadband hinges on Carter’s Digital Britain report

The long-term future of the British economy may hinge on what communications minister Stephen Carter says next week in his interim report on how to create “Digital Britain”
January 21, 2009 21 Jan'09
Nottingham Trent combines Cisco and MS unified comms

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is to roll out a multi-million pound unified communications network to allow students to work from anywhere...
January 20, 2009 20 Jan'09
Bournemouth will have 100mbps broadband by March

Bournemouth will see its first 100mbps broadband homes connected by March. H2O Networks chose Bournemouth to become the UK's first fibre-optic broadband...
January 19, 2009 19 Jan'09
Government urged to do spectrum deal with industry to deliver fibre-broadband to all

NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, has called on the government to deliver faster fibre-based broadband access across the...
January 15, 2009 15 Jan'09
Nortel will supply London Olympics despite filing for bankruptcy

Nortel has said it will remain fully behind the 2012 London Olympics, after filing for bankruptcy
January 15, 2009 15 Jan'09
Broadband to become a universal service obligation

The Carter Report on Digital Britain will recommend that broadband access be made a universal obligation on network operators, according to reports.
January 13, 2009 13 Jan'09
CLA seeks help to identify broadband blackspots

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is seeking help to identify the last remaining broadband blackspots.
January 09, 2009 09 Jan'09
Conservatives commit to high-speed broadband action plan

The Conservative Party would ensure at least half of Britons had access to high-speed broadband within five years, and would make it a universal service as soon as possible after that.
January 08, 2009 08 Jan'09
Most UK broadband far slower than advertised

UK internet users are achieving an average broadband speed of just 3.6 megabits per second - well below advertised figures - according to a study from Ofcom, the regulator for the UK communications industries.
January 08, 2009 08 Jan'09
BT broadens free call numbers

People who have a BT Anytime landline phone subscription will now be able to call 0845 and 0898 numbers for free. Many UK companies including banks...
January 07, 2009 07 Jan'09
Figleaves.com goes to Citrix for optimum coverage

Online lingerie firm figleaves.com has selected Citrix NetScaler to provide load balancing and secure accelerated web application delivery to its site.
January 07, 2009 07 Jan'09
Orange provides extra juice to mobile broadband network

Operator builds out mobile broadband network in Northern Ireland and expects 20% improvement for voice and data performance
January 05, 2009 05 Jan'09
Broadband drops 25% at peak times

UK broadband speeds drop by over 25% when demand is at its highest, according to a comparison site
December 22, 2008 22 Dec'08
Ofcom acts against rip-off comms charges

UK communications regulator Ofcom has issued new guidelines that limit extra charges that communications suppliers levy on consumers for a range of events, notably early cancellation of contracts and for not paying by direct debit.
December 19, 2008 19 Dec'08
Cable damage disrupts internet services

A sub-sea cable carrying more than 75% of traffic between the Middle East, Europe and America has been damaged.

According to news service Bloomberg,...
December 18, 2008 18 Dec'08
Broadband speed queen Bowe to chair Ofcom

Colette Bowe, who chaired Ofcom's Consumer Panel from its inception in 2003 to December 2007, is to replace David Currie as chairman of Ofcom.

Her...
December 16, 2008 16 Dec'08
Free Software Foundation to sue Cisco over LinkSys violation

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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco alleging that various products have violated...
December 11, 2008 11 Dec'08
BT, BBC, ITV join up to spoil Virgin's 50-meg broadband party

BT has stolen some of Virgin Media's high-speed broadband thunder with an announcement today that it is teaming up with television broadcasters BBC and ITV to offer video-on-demand services over broadband.
December 10, 2008 10 Dec'08
Taylor Wessing improves network with Geo fibre

European law firm Taylor Wessing is improving it operations with a dedicated high-speed fibre network from Geo.
December 09, 2008 09 Dec'08
Morrisons links 430 UK sites with Cable & Wireless

Supermarket chain Morrisons ...
December 09, 2008 09 Dec'08
Government aims to improve emergency response with extranet

The Cabinet Office has enlisted BT to build...
December 04, 2008 04 Dec'08
Cisco calls on Obama to prioritise broadband strategy

Cisco has called on president-elect Barack Obama's incoming administration to deliver a national broadband strategy for the US.
November 27, 2008 27 Nov'08
Cloud computing – buyer beware

Switching to the cloud computing model of buying...
November 26, 2008 26 Nov'08
Private sector should drive demand for high-speed broadband

The public sector could not and should not drive demand for high-speed...
November 26, 2008 26 Nov'08
Low-cost broadband to help Welsh hill farmers compete with city slickers

Welsh hill farmers will be able to compete with London city slickers for the price they pay for broadband communications from next year.

This follows...
November 25, 2008 25 Nov'08
Cisco puts the crunch on UK operations over New Year holidays

Network equipment maker Cisco will shut its US and Canadian operations for four days over New Year, and will encourage its British staff to take holiday over the same period, to help save $1bn in costs.
November 24, 2008 24 Nov'08
European datacentres running out of capacity as importance grows

Datacentres critically close to exceeding their limits yet senior management failing to understand how essential they are
November 12, 2008 12 Nov'08
Virgin Media to cut 2,200 jobs

Virgin Media will starting slashing 2,200 jobs from its workforce from next year to cut costs and help reduce the company's debt. The jobs to go represent...
November 10, 2008 10 Nov'08
Mobile operators face penalty if retailers mis-sell

Mobile network operators could face fines of up to 10% of turnover if proposals now...
November 04, 2008 04 Nov'08
US election promises universal internet access

The US presidential election promises to open up broadband access across the US following pledgesby both candidates to giveevery citizenonline access.
November 03, 2008 03 Nov'08
Two-thirds of firms are using cloud computing, despite risks

Two in three businesses have embraced cloud-based computing, despite awareness of security and management risks, according to a survey from Citrix.
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Lincs boy arrested by police for allegedly surfing on neighbour’s Wi-Fi connection

Lincolnshire police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected of hacking into his next door neighbour's Wi-Fi...
October 29, 2008 29 Oct'08
Google: First Earth, now the solar system

Google is working with NASA to develop a new efficient communications system in space.

Having jointly designed the networking protocols that launched...
October 29, 2008 29 Oct'08
Computer glitches hit BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland was hit by computer problems this week that disrupted yesterday's (Tuesday) transmission of the midday radio current affairs programme.
October 28, 2008 28 Oct'08
Average broadband speeds rise, but don't go wireless just yet

Average broadband speeds to homes are more than twice as fast as average mobile broadband speeds, according to broadband comparison website Broadband Expert.
October 25, 2008 25 Oct'08
IT key to Olympic Games London 2012

IT will play a key role in the London Olympic Games in 2012.
October 22, 2008 22 Oct'08
Government report to champion high-speed broadband

Stephen Carter, the minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, is to publish an action plan to show how the government can promote IT and...
October 14, 2008 14 Oct'08
SMBs may not see cloud’s silver lining

Many SMBs seriously considering a switch to cloud computing but failing to see changes needed to obtain the rewards
October 13, 2008 13 Oct'08
BT to pilot fibre to the kerb broadband next summer

BT will start rolling out fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) in summer as part of the £1.5bn network upgrade it announced in July.
October 13, 2008 13 Oct'08
Britannia and Co-op in latest integration talks

Britannia building society and Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) could be the next UK financial services firms to integrate their systems.

Britannia,...
October 10, 2008 10 Oct'08
Scots demand next-generation broadband

There is huge demand for next-generation broadband in Scotland, although like the rest of the UK there is a severe shortage of fibre connectivity to the home to allow it.
October 09, 2008 09 Oct'08
Open up broadband 'duopoly', Ofcom urged

What can I get, when can I get it, what will it cost me, and is it worth it? These are questions CIOs are asking themselves following a blizzard of reports last month on the future national broadband network.
October 06, 2008 06 Oct'08
T-Mobile admits to losing 17 million German customer records

T-Mobile has admitted losing 17 million German customer records, with the records being offered online by criminals.

The records included customer...
October 06, 2008 06 Oct'08
T-Mobile and 3 to use BT’s 21CN to support mobile broadband

T-Mobile and 3 have selected BT's IP-based...
October 03, 2008 03 Oct'08
Schwarzenegger terminates RFID skimming

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill making it illegal to wirelessly hack a person's radio frequency identification technology
October 02, 2008 02 Oct'08
Hewlett-Packard boosts SME storage and virtualisation offering after grabbing LeftHand for £200m

Hewlett-Packard has acquired LeftHand Networks to extend its storage and virtualisation offering in the SME and branch office market segments.
September 26, 2008 26 Sep'08
Visa develops mobile payments software around Google Android

Visa is developing mobile payments software for handsets running Google's Android mobile phone operating system.
September 26, 2008 26 Sep'08
Most emergency services successfully transmitting patient data to GPs

Most emergency health services are using automated electronic systems to share and transmit patient assessments to GPs.
September 25, 2008 25 Sep'08
BASF standardised on BT Global Services

German chemicals maker BASF has standardised on BT Global Services for its world-wide network needs with the signing of a contract for wide-area data network in the Asia-Pacific region.
September 25, 2008 25 Sep'08
E-mail trail leads OFT to investigate grocery price collusion

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed it is investigating the UK's top retailers and grocery manufacturers for possible collusion on pricing.
September 23, 2008 23 Sep'08
Ofcom to let BT set own prices for fibre broadband

BT should set its own wholesale prices for broadband in an effort to speed up investment in optical fibre networks, the telecoms watchdog said today.
September 23, 2008 23 Sep'08
Labour Conference: Broadband should be left to market, says minister

The market should be left to its own devices when it comes to investing in next generation broadband, said cabinet office minister Tom Watson, speaking at the Labour party conference yesterday.
September 22, 2008 22 Sep'08
Carphone Warehouse bids £450m for Tiscali UK

Carphone Warehouse ...
September 18, 2008 18 Sep'08
VMWorld: Cisco switch will make virtualisation easier

Cisco claims virtualisation will become easier for network administrators in the next year when it releases its first software network switch, The...
September 17, 2008 17 Sep'08
HSBC puts video conference strategy in place

HSBC's is installing 1000 video conferencing systems in 60 countries, as it steps up its plans to cut travel cost and the bank's carbon footprint.

The...
September 16, 2008 16 Sep'08
Independent broadband reports calls for private sector investment

Leaving the development of the broadband market to the private sector is a tacit acknowledgement that the government cannot respond fast enough to technology...
September 16, 2008 16 Sep'08
Government slammed for not putting public cash into next generation rural broadband

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has slammed the government for deciding not to plough public money into next generation broadband.
September 12, 2008 12 Sep'08
Steady as she goes, as government holds broadband on course

The government should leave the roll-out...
September 12, 2008 12 Sep'08
UK in bottom half of broadband league table

The quality of broadband connections in the UK are below the average recorded in 42 countries, a Cisco study has revealed. The networking company's...
September 10, 2008 10 Sep'08
Microsoft Hyper-V licensing could restrict server maintenance

Microsoft's licensing of its Hyper-V hypervisor technology could double the licence...
September 10, 2008 10 Sep'08
Google backs satellite network for third-world internet access

Google is backing a multi-million pound plan to use satellites to provide internet access to three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.
September 03, 2008 03 Sep'08
Digital divide can be tackled with next generation broadband, says Ofcom

The Ofcom Consumer Panel has called on policy-makers to tackle the digital divide
September 02, 2008 02 Sep'08
Shropshire fire service improves delivery of risk data to fire engines

Fire crews at the Shropshire Fire & Rescue service are being given improved access to emergency incident risk data on route to incidents. They are being...
August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08
Bank IT systems under constant pressure

Technology has made banking services more available and raised the expectations of customers, according to the British Banking Association.
August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08
Bluecoat Wan accelerator speeds up Kettering NHS' Pacs

Kettering General Hospital has deployed network acceleration technology from Blue Coat to enable it to send large X-ray images electronically.
August 19, 2008 19 Aug'08
Inmarsat completes global satellite broadband network

Inmarsat has completed its broadband satellite network with the launch of the third Inmarsat-4 satellite.
August 15, 2008 15 Aug'08
Latest Heathrow computer fault disrupts thousands

A failure in the computer network at Heathrow airport's terminal 3 yesterday disrupted flights for thousands of passengers. Two flights were cancelled,...
August 08, 2008 08 Aug'08
Make sure you won't get lost in cyberspace

The internet industry is unprepared for the fundamental change in how it sends messages that will happen on New Year's Day 2009.
August 05, 2008 05 Aug'08
British Energy: how to build a secure government network on the cheap

British Energy has demonstrated...
July 30, 2008 30 Jul'08
Nortel to support London Olympics network and comms

Nortel will provide BT with routers, switches and networking equipment required to build and support the network and communications infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympics.
July 30, 2008 30 Jul'08
Trinity Mirror group migrates to blade servers

Publisher Trinity Mirror group has migrated to blade servers following the upgrade of its publishing infrastructure for three newspapers.

The company...
July 29, 2008 29 Jul'08
HP, Yahoo and Intel partner on cloud computing

Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo have developed a global testbed to help businesses, government, academia and the IT industry develop and use cloud-based...
July 18, 2008 18 Jul'08
What will be the impact of BT's fibre optic network?

Anew national fibre optic network could fuel demand for bandwidth-hungry applications such as videoconferencing ,...
July 16, 2008 16 Jul'08
BT to work with councils on £1.5bn fast broadband roll-out

BT is to work with the government and local authorities on the roll out plan for its £1.5bn fibre network, which promises to deliver connection speeds of 40mbps to domestic internet users.
July 16, 2008 16 Jul'08
Lenovo, Vodafone and Ericsson bring down cost of integrated laptop mobile broadband

Lenovo, Vodafone and Ericsson have joined forces to lower the cost of integrated mobile broadband
July 15, 2008 15 Jul'08
Mobile WiMAX take-up boosted by falling chipset prices

Falling WiMAX chipset prices could be critical for inclusion of the technology in smaller mobile devices
July 15, 2008 15 Jul'08
BT ploughs £1.5bn into fibre broadband services for 10m homes

BT plans to invest £1.5bn to deliver high-speed fibre...
July 14, 2008 14 Jul'08
Global bandwidth famine to impact all internet users

Demand for Internet bandwidth will more than double in two years and grow by an order of magnitude in five years
July 14, 2008 14 Jul'08
Rural broadband customers to be offered 400mbps

Rural telcos are being offered a new broadband technology that can give their customers access speeds of up to 400mbps.

The new technology is called...
July 14, 2008 14 Jul'08
BT to deploy cost-saving Cisco router as part of network contracts

BT Global Services will use the new Cisco ASR 1000 Series aggregation services routers in future networking contracts to ease deployments and save customers money.
July 11, 2008 11 Jul'08
ntl:Telewest offers DSL bandwidth guarantee

DSL broadband service provider ntl:Telewest is offering businesses a way to improve the quality of their network connection, which it says would make DSL more practical for corporate use.
July 09, 2008 09 Jul'08
Firms pay different prices for same VPN services, study finds

Companies that use global virtual and dedicated private networks are battling to get best value for money in the face of widely differing prices for the same services, a study has revealed.
July 08, 2008 08 Jul'08
Exeter University upgrades network in bid to join top 10

The University of Exeter is upgrading its network as part of its attempt to become a top ten UK university.

The new 10,000 port network being built...
July 02, 2008 02 Jul'08
BT takes Virgin to ASA over broadband speeds

A BT complaint that a Virgin Media advertisement misled the public over broadband speeds has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority
July 02, 2008 02 Jul'08
CfBT picks Thus for global managed IP network

Education charity CfBT Education Trust is to use a fully managed internet protocol virtual private network (IPVPN) to connect 30 UK and 150 worldwide sites.
July 01, 2008 01 Jul'08
Messaging roaming price cuts imminent

Failure to heed EU Commissioner's warning operators that price cust woudl follock lack of credible data roaming tariffs
June 30, 2008 30 Jun'08
T-mobile switches HSDPA on for London

From 1 July, T-Mobile will be the first operator to deploy HSUPA technology on a nationwide basis - meaning users across the UK will be able to upload documents, photos and videos at speeds of up to 1.4mbps.