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Voice networking and VoIP

• December 02, 2010 02 Dec'10

  UK consumers turning to internet access on the move, says Ofcom

  Staying connected while on the move is the key characteristic of the UK communications consumer, according to the latest research from Ofcom

• December 02, 2010 02 Dec'10

  HTC defends HD7 handsets after antenna problems reported

  HTC has spoken out against internet reports that claim HTC HD7 handsets suffer from antenna 'death grip' problems, similar to those experienced by Apple's iPhone 4 users.

• December 02, 2010 02 Dec'10

  Remote working systems help suppliers beat the snow

  Ian Gotts, chief executive of software supplier and consultancy Nimbus Partners, was less worried than most company chiefs, when the snow caused major disruption to the country's transport systems this week.

• November 30, 2010 30 Nov'10

  Communications costs comprise 12% of UK household spending

  UK consumers spent more on communications than on alcohol and tobacco as a result of more homes having computers and internet connections, the Office for National Statistics revealed on Tuesday.

• November 29, 2010 29 Nov'10

  PC sales slow as IT buyers turn to tablets and smartphones

  Global PC shipments for 2010 will fall short of expectations

• November 29, 2010 29 Nov'10

  Google-backed O3b brings satellite broadband to developing countries

  Google-backed O3b Networks plans to launch satellite-enabled broadband for developing countries in 2013 after securing $1.2bn funding.

• November 29, 2010 29 Nov'10

  Chinese government hacked Google, claims Wikileaks leaked US diplomatic cables

  The Chinese government hacked into Google's computer systems, a leaked US diplomatic report claims.

• November 26, 2010 26 Nov'10

  Windows Phone 7 Marketplace reaches 3,000 apps milestone

  Microsoft has announced that its application store, Marketplace, has almost 3,000 applications and games available to download for the Windows Phone 7 operating system (OS).

• November 25, 2010 25 Nov'10

  Win a job - MLL Telecom sponsors student competition

  With jobs in IT and telecoms hard to find, a competition to find the Young Telecoms Engineer of the Year is a welcome development.

• November 24, 2010 24 Nov'10

  Fight looms over shared infrastructure for broadband networks

  How to share infrastructure is likely to become the hottest topic in rolling out next generation broadband access (NGA), especially in rural areas, it emerged at the NextGen10 conference in Birmingham this week.

• November 23, 2010 23 Nov'10

  BT’s T&Cs put broadband providers off £830m rural pilot bids

  The government's plans to attract competitive bids for four rural broadband pilot projects may be disrupted because non-BT network operators say they lack...

• November 22, 2010 22 Nov'10

  Vaizey backtracks and supports Berners-Lee on net neutrality after ‘two-tier’ mix-up

  Communications minister Ed Vaizey has said he does support net neutrality and claimed that a speech he made about a "two-tier" internet policy was misinterpreted....

• November 16, 2010 16 Nov'10

  The IT SME procurement challenge

  The government has announced it will increase SME procurement to 25% of public sector contracts. But is it likely to meet this quota with small IT businesses?

• November 16, 2010 16 Nov'10

  Comms minister Vaizey to explain business rates to network operators

  Network operators have been invited to a private meeting with communications minister Ed Vaizey to be briefed on the business rating system for communications networks, and broadband networks in particular.

• November 11, 2010 11 Nov'10

  Sweated assets pay off for BT

  Sweating its assets has enabled BT, the UK's biggest network operator, to declare a 48% increase in profits to £406m on sales that dipped slightly to £4.98bn for FY2Q11.