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Vodafone: Disasters Include Theft!
Peter Judge is a bit confused by Vodafone's disingenuous statements on its network service problems earlier today
Vodafone Network Crippled By Break-In
Did the mobile operator not have a back-up plan in place for theft of its network kit?
Apple First To Make Quick Shift To Intel Thunderbolt
Intel’s Thunderbolt will hit Apple’s new MacBook Pro devices first to bring fast video/audio transfers
QFabric Network Pitches Juniper Against Cisco
Juniper's QFabric networking architecture collapses the traditional three-layer data centre infrastructure
BT Fibre ‘Leaves Out Up To 60 Percent Of Cabinets’
BT is accused of misrepresenting the actual coverage of fibre-based broadband in enabled exchange areas
EC Calls For Urgent Action On Satellite Broadband
The introduction of pan-European satellite broadband services could be blocked by legal obstacles
Libya Cuts Off Internet Service
Arbor Networks has reported that Libya's Internet connection has gone offline, with Bahrain also throttled
Huawei To Invest £50m In London Tube Network
Londoners could soon be able to get signal on the Tube, using underground mobile transmitters from Huawei
Survey Reveals Business Impact Of Day-To-Day Tasks
The impact on businesses of unproductive tasks, such as dealing with spam email, has been revealed
Open Internet: The Devil Is In The Detail
Preserving the open nature of the Internet can be more complicated than it seems, says the Internet Society's Markus Kummer
Rural Broadband Time-Scales In Danger Of Sliding
The Broadband Stakeholders Group believes the rural broadband scheme is already falling behind schedule
SolarWinds Brings Cabling Tangle Out of The Closet
SolarWinds Port Mapper simplifies the time-consuming task of untangling the Gordian knot of network cables
MWC: Google’s Schmidt Praises LTE, Regrets Nokia’s ‘Wrong’ Choice
LTE is fast, NFC is cool, and Nokia is backing the wrong horse, says Google boss Schmidt at Mobile World Congress
Freescale:One-chip Base Stations Are The Future
Single chip base stations will rebalance the network towards simple systems, says Lisa Su of Freescale
MWC: Skype Launches Free Wi-Fi Deal
Skype has introduced two new partner programmes and a free Wi-Fi offer across Spain through 18 February
Broadband Speed Helps Boost House Prices
A study has suggested that super-fast broadband access could increase the asking price of UK homes
MWC: LTE And Tablets Will Lead Agenda
Tablets will get more attention than smartphones, and LTE will see off WiMax, at Mobile World Congress, says GSMA
At MWC, eWEEK Will Cover… Cool Phones!
The readers have spoken, and to our relief we can talk about phones at MWC. Next, tell us what tablets to like
Satellite Broadband: Bridging The Digital Divide
Satellite broadband is not everything to everybody, but it could be crucial for helping the government create a Digital Britain, says Chris Britton
Nominet Consults On Criminal Takedowns
The .uk domain registry Nominet wants you to tell it how to deal with controversial domains
TalkTalk Loses 25,000 Customers, 580 Jobs
TalkTalk had a bad quarter, with a shrinking customer base and job cuts on the cards
In-Stat Claims A Billion 802.11ac Wi-Fi Devices By 2015
According to In-Stat research, the upcoming 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard will see massive adoption by 2015
Microsoft Partners With LifeSize Over Video Collaboration
Under a new deal, the video collaboration expertise of LifeSize will be included in Microsoft's UC portfolio
IPv6: Leave It To Service Providers
The world may be running out of IPv4, but the sky is not falling, and carriers can handle the problems, says Colt's Nicolas Fischbach
Quality Of Service Added To Aryaka WAN Optimisation
End-to-end QoS assurance is now available from Aryaka Networks' software-as-a-service WAN optimiser
Alcatel-Lucent Plans To Destroy Phone Masts
Could tiny lightRadio base stations from Alcatel Lucent make big cell phone masts obsolete?
IPv4 Depletion Won’t Cause IPv6 Stampede
IPv4 address blocks are now depleted, but don’t worry about running out of new addresses just yet, says Wayne Rash
BT Profits Boosted By Strong Broadband Demand
More people are getting broadband, and more than half of them go for BT
IPv4 Will Go On For Twenty Years
The Internet's shift to IPv6 will take a long while, even though the last blocks of IPv4 addresses have been issued