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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...
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.
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.
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.

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.
May 26, 2010 26 May'10
Fifa World Cup supercomputer is based in Slough

Fifa has unveiled its Fifa.com supercomputer site, which will support online access to the world cup.
May 26, 2010 26 May'10
CWU to vote on strike action at BT

Communications workers will vote this morning on whether to ballot members on a strike at BT, the UK's biggest network operator. The move follows a...
May 25, 2010 25 May'10
Spectrum bonanza unlikely as government sits on auction plans

The moderate prices achieved in the German auction of next-generation mobile spectrum suggest the UK government will get nothing like the £24.6bn bonanza...
May 24, 2010 24 May'10
IBM spends £1.4bn on Sterling Commerce purchase

IBM has acquired Sterling Commerce from AT&T for $1.4bn, as part of its planned $20bn acquisition spree to bolster in high-growth markets.

With the...
May 24, 2010 24 May'10
Speed of light is too slow for mobile comms, says RIM CTO

The problem with the speed of light is that it is just too slow, says David Yach, CTO of Research in Motion's software.

May 20, 2010 20 May'10
Mobility and sustainability dominate SAP vision

SAP's new leaders have detailed various aspects of their product strategy at the software maker's annual customer and partner conference, making commitments to real-time analytics, mobility and sustainability, but did they go far enough?
May 20, 2010 20 May'10
Licence fee could fund part of UK broadband rollout

The BBC licence fee could be used to help fund part of the rollout of superfast broadband in the UK.
May 20, 2010 20 May'10
CSC profits down, but hopes up

CSC reported a fall in profits for its latest quarter, but a rise in sales for the final three months of the financial year sets the scene for the company to grow next year.
May 20, 2010 20 May'10
ISPA shortlists top internet service providers for awards

The UK's Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA) has announced the finalists for the 12th Annual Uk Internet Industry Awards.
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.