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• 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.