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Voice networking and VoIP

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low

  A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  How will the 4G LTE roll-out benefit your business?

  An EE survey of the business benefits of 4G LTE shows improved mobile working and innovation the main advantages of the superfast broadband

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  4G services launched in 11 UK cities

  EE has launched the UK’s first superfast 4G broadband services for consumers and businesses in 11 cities

• September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  Irish environment department goes green with Polycom

  Around 900 government workers will be able to use the unified communications system for video and content sharing

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Vodafone appoints new CEO of Cable & Wireless Worldwide

  Following the acquisition of C&WW, Vodafone has transferred its head of global enterprise to run the new venture

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  Skype works to fix privacy bug as instant messages leak

  Internet telephony service Skype has confirmed that a bug in its software has been sending copies of instant messages to unintended recipients

• June 18, 2012 18 Jun'12

  Ofcom announces leased line consultation

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom proposes regulation for 1Gbps connections but takes lighter approach to BT wholesale broadband pricing in London

• May 11, 2012 11 May'12

  Can mobile operators take on 'over-the-top' service providers?

  With Telefonica launching a rival to Skype, can mobile operators claw back revenues lost to internet start-ups?

• February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12

  Cisco wants EU to reconsider Microsoft Skype deal

  Cisco is calling on European Union authorities to reconsider the unconditional approval of Microsoft’s $8.5bn acquisition of Skype.

• February 09, 2012 09 Feb'12

  Cisco back on acquisition trail after record quarter

  Cisco Systems has reported record revenues of $11.5bn for the second fiscal quarter that ended 28 January 2012, up 11% on the year-ago quarter, and profits of $2.6bn or 47 cents a share, up 27%.

• December 16, 2011 16 Dec'11

  Sainsbury's rolls out superfast broadband

  Sainsbury’s has signed a deal with BT to deploy network connections of 24Mbps to its 1,000 stores in a move which will enable real-time data sharing.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  Network reliability to win over innovation in 2012, says Cisco survey

  Cisco’s first TechWatch 2012 report finds network reliability as opposed to innovation or performance is the most important factor for network architects in the new year ahead.

• November 29, 2011 29 Nov'11

  Standard Life overhauls IT department and cuts jobs

  Insurer Standard Life is to axe a number of IT staff following a review of its IT and operations division.

• November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11

  Government trials voice recognition for Universal Credit benefit claims

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is testing a voice recognition system to authenticate claimants of its flagship Universal Credits system, as part of the department's work on identity assurance (IDA).

• October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11

  IP network critical to video technology at FA’s St George's Park development

  The Football Association (FA) is implementing the latest networking and video technology at its coaching and education centre. The St George's Park centre will be the FA's second major centre alongside Wembley, where operations are currently centred.

• September 13, 2011 13 Sep'11

  Openreach expands fibre to 114 more exchanges

  BT Openreach has unveiled 114 exchanges that will be upgraded to deliver fibre broadband as part of its plan to deliver fibre to two-thirds of the UK by the end of 2015.

• August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11

  Blackberry to co-operate with police after youths used BBM to organise riots

  Research in Motion has said that it will co-operate with the police after it was revealed that London rioters used Blackberry Messenger rather than Twitter to organise looting sprees across the capital, with violence later spreading to Birmingham, ...

• August 08, 2011 08 Aug'11

  Who needs MPLS? A dark fibre network saves York Council

  The City of York Council set out to rethink its Internet and voice network services and ended up building a dark fibre network that will support city-wide free wireless.

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  BSkyB wins 174,000 new broadband subscribers

  BSkyB has reported a surge in its broadband business in yearly results, taking its subscriber base to 711,000.

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  Virgin Media sees small drop in business sales, and loses 18,000 broadband users

  Cable telecoms supplier Virgin Media has reported a small drop in business revenue for its second quarter, while the firm also revealed it has lost 18,000 broadband users...

• July 26, 2011 26 Jul'11

  UK fails to make world’s top 10 high-speed broadband countries - but Ireland scrapes in

  The UK has failed to make it into the top 10 countries with the highest average broadband speed, but neighbouring Ireland scrapes in...

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  Vodafone increases UK enterprise sales, driven by greater data traffic

  Vodafone's latest results reflect increased use of smartphones and data consumption within the workplace.

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Carphone Warehouse uses business process management to increase customer satisfaction

  Retailer Carphone Warehouse is claiming a 25% jump in its customer satisfaction ratings after investing in BPM software to help staff deal with sales, queries and complaints.

• June 20, 2011 20 Jun'11

  Ofcom grants mobile phone operators right to trade radio spectrum to expand capacity

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom has given mobile phone operators rights to trade radio spectrum holdings to help increase mobile network capacity for consumers.

• June 10, 2011 10 Jun'11

  Former T-Mobile employees ordered to pay nearly £80,000 for data theft

  The Chester Crown Court has ordered two former employees of UK mobile operator T-Mobile to pay a total of £73,700 after stealing and selling customer data from the company in 2008.

• June 07, 2011 07 Jun'11

  Skype suffers second outage as users locked out

  Some Skype users have been unable to sign into accounts after the service suffered a second outage in as many weeks.

• May 27, 2011 27 May'11

  Skype users locked out as internet telephony service works on fix

  Skype was forced to issue a workaround for users unable to sign into their accounts while the internet telephony service worked on a permanent fix.

• May 25, 2011 25 May'11

  BT and Everything Everywhere trial 800MHz 4G LTE broadband in Newquay

  BT and mobile operator Everything Everywhere are seeking 200 volunteers in South Newquay, Cornwall to trial a joint high-speed 4G broadband initiative.

• May 13, 2011 13 May'11

  Analysis: What does Microsoft's Skype acquisition mean for businesses?

  Microsoft's planned acquisition of internet telephony services firm Skype for $8.5bn has caused quite a stir in the consumer world, but what will it mean for business?

• March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11

  3UK offers unlimited data service to pay-as-you-go customers

  Mobile phone service 3UK is to launch a £15 per month 'all-you-can-eat' data service for pay as you go customers.

• March 04, 2011 04 Mar'11

  Azure propels Southampton's Windows Phone 7 balloon above the clouds

  Microsoft Azure is helping Southampton University to reach above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle.

• February 28, 2011 28 Feb'11

  UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage

  The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network.

• February 25, 2011 25 Feb'11

  Intel rolls out high speed cable 'Thunderbolt'

  Intel has rolled out a high-speed PC connection technology named Thunderbolt, in collaboration with Apple.

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  Middle East governments stepping up internet control, study shows

  The internet has proved to be a powerful tool for rallying social and political change, but Middle East governments have also recognised their capability to disrupt communications

• February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11

  Vodafone protests Egyptian government propaganda on network

  Vodafone has described the Egyptian authorities' use of its network to send pro-government texts as unacceptable.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  Broadband boosts BT profits to £531m

  An early return to positive cash flow at Global Services helped BT to produce earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation 7% higher on sales that fell 3%

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Vodafone restores services to Egypt after mobile shutdown

  Mobile operator, Vodafone, has restored mobile phone services in Egypt after a 24-hour shutdown.

• January 28, 2011 28 Jan'11

  Tesco rolls out in-store mobile phone network

  Supermarket Tesco is rolling out a converged fixed and mobile voice network across its stores based on GSM technology. Cliff Saran finds out how the rollout is progressing.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

  Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Rackspace launches system administrator app

  Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment.

• January 20, 2011 20 Jan'11

  Iran gets access to Google Earth, Picasa and Chrome

  Google has announced that Iranians are to be able to download Google Earth, Picasa and Chrome, available for the first time following the easing of US export controls.

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  Vodafone Australia sacks employees over data leak

  Vodafone Australia has sacked several people after four million customer records were exposed in a privacy leak

• January 11, 2011 11 Jan'11

  Cambridge village competes with South Korea on broadband speeds

  Residents of Broughton have become among the first UK consumers to get access to 1Gbps broadband speeds

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Ofcom frees spectrum for better data, internet access

  From Thursday UK mobile network operators will be allowed to offer data services over their 2G networks, giving consumers better indoor and outdoor access...

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Most people who sell their old mobiles don't clear personal data

  Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Steve Ballmer heralds new era of technology

  Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer highlighted that the next version of Windows will be the first to run on ARM processors in his keynote address at the opening of the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

• November 23, 2009 23 Nov'09

  CBI: Eight things you didn’t know about digital communications

  Interesting facts from the CBI report, The shape of business – the next 10 years

• December 24, 2008 24 Dec'08

  Technology of the year award

  TechTarget ANZ Editor Simon Sharwood names his Technology of the Year. Do you agree with the choice?

• December 24, 2008 24 Dec'08

  Predictions for 2009

  Wondering what will be important in 2009? We've rounded up eight predictions for the year ahead for your reading pleasure.

• December 24, 2008 24 Dec'08

  Ian Yates' quite literal year in review

  Ian Yates product reviews are unique and make ideal holiday reading.