Networks

UK Lags In Super-Fast Broadband Stakes

The UK is lagging behind in next-generation broadband (i.e. fibre), but is holding its own regarding penetration and price

14 years ago

Skype Beta Developed For Symbian/Nokia Smartphones

Skype is coming to Nokia smartphones, at least in a beta version

14 years ago

WiGig Offers 7Gbps Wireless Standard To Wi-Fi

Faster wireless could be on the shelves by Christmas 2010, if the new 60GHz standard takes off

14 years ago

Darling’s Broadband Sums Don’t Add Up

It would be good to get 90 percent of the UK on superfast broadband by 2017, as Alistair Darling promised…

14 years ago

Yahoo Indexes Tweets In Search Results

Yahoo is indexing tweets on its search engine, but updates only appear minutes or hours after they are sent, long…

14 years ago

Mobile Internet Users To Top A Billion By 2013

People's need of the Internet shows no sign of slowing, with an IDC report predicting that there will be one…

14 years ago

Broadband Tax Approved In Pre-Budget Report

Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed in his Pre-Budget Report that the 50p-per-month bradband tax will be included in the Finance…

14 years ago

MIT Wins ARPANet Anniversary Competition

Using an inverse pyramid approach, a team from MIT captures the $40,000 (£24,400) first prize to locate 10 large, red…

14 years ago

Skype For SIP Beta Opens Up For Public Use

Businesses now have the opportunity to integrate Skype's VoIP services into their corporate telephone systems, after Skype for SIP opened…

14 years ago

Cisco Expands SMB Push With New Offerings

Cisco continues to chase the SMB sector after expanding its small business portfolio with new networking, security and collaboration solutions

14 years ago

Government’s New ICT Strategy Could Save £3.2bn

UK public services will be delivered via a government cloud and app store, with an emphasis on green IT and…

14 years ago

Starent Settles Lawsuits Blocking Cisco Purchase

Starent Networks, which Cisco Systems wants to buy for $2.9 billion (£1.8bn), settles one of several lawsuits seeking to block…

14 years ago

Network Startup Could Offer Broadband To BT Boss’s Neighbours

Sharedband says it could provide broadband to the neighbours of BT chairman Sir Michael Rake - using its own bonding…

14 years ago

BT Defends Fast Broadband For Its Chairman

BT Chairman Sir Michael Rake has jumped the queue, getting a fast broadband trial link while neighbours struggle on with…

14 years ago

Broadband Tax Will Be Higher – If It Happens

The £6 broadband levy designed to pay for faster broadband in the UK will be boosted by VAT and multiple…

14 years ago

Security Risks In 2010: Pirates, Malicious Networkers And Cloud Criminals

Researchers from IBM and Sophos take a look at the top security risks for enterprises and consumers alike in 2010

14 years ago

Virgin Media Trials File-Sharing Monitoring Tool

One of the UK's leading ISPs has broken ranks with its fellow service providers and is trialing a tool that…

14 years ago

UK Rural Broadband Faces Political Limbo

Radically different policies from Labour and Conservatives could stall investment this side of a general election, the Broadband Stakeholders Group…

14 years ago

Virtualisation Moves On To Conquer Networks And Desktops

With claimed annual savings of £2500 per server and £78 per desktop, virtualisation is moving on to conquer networks and…

14 years ago

Ericsson Wins Bid For Nortel GSM Business

Another piece of bankrupt networking giant Nortel has been sold off, after Ericsson and Kapsch CarrierCom acquired its GSM/GSM-R business

14 years ago

Cumbria Town Bands Together For Fibre Rollout

While Cockermouth residents survey the flood damage, nearby Alston Moor is digging trenches - for the superfast fibre BT wouldn't…

14 years ago

Ciena Snaps Up Nortel’s Optical And Ethernet Assets

Ciena has won an auction to acquire the optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses of former communications giant Nortel

14 years ago

ISPs Hit Back At Digital Economy Bill

The ISPA has mounted an attack against Lord Mandelson's strategy to deal with illegal file-sharers, laid out in the government's…

14 years ago

Twitter To Launch Paid-For Business Accounts

Twitter has confirmed its plans to launch paid-for corporate accounts, designed to bring in new revenue streams for the micro-blogging…

14 years ago

Netgear Looks To SMBs With Dual-Band Access Point

Netgear is offering a new dual band access point for companies dealing with remote offices and a mobile workforce

14 years ago

Spain Plans To Make Broadband A Legal Right

Plans for piracy measures apparently don't conflict with moves to guarantee connection for all

14 years ago

Recession Hurting Fixed Line Data Spending

The economic downturn is taking its toll after research found that fixed-line spending has declined this year, for the first…

14 years ago

UK Businesses Squander Millions On Mobile Calls

UK businesses could potentially be wasting up to £264 million per annum on mobile call costs, due to staff failing…

14 years ago

Blue Coat Beefs Up Web Security Portfolio

Blue Coat is touting the improved performance of its new web security appliances to deal with the rising wave of…

14 years ago

Yahoo! Defends Jobs Site Against SQL Injections

Security firm Imperva has discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in a Yahoo! jobs site

14 years ago