Networks

IT Life: The Scot Who’s Connecting The Commonwealth Games

Cisco's Donald McLaughlin is networking the Commonwealth Games, in his home town of Glasgow

10 years ago

Ofcom Reports On Successful Implementation Of ‘Porn Filters’

Just 4 percent of new Virgin Media customers have adopted the tools designed to protect children online

10 years ago

Ofcom: UK Consumers Say Mobile Phones And Internet Are ‘Essential’ Services

Ofcom promises to ensure essential communication services remain affordable

10 years ago

EE Apologises For Bombarding Orange Users With Texts

EE says a technical issue is causing Orange customers to receive duplicate texts about Magic Numbers

10 years ago

Vodafone Invites Rural Communities To Apply For Better 3G Coverage

Vodafone wants to improve mobile coverage in remote areas with its Sure Signal femtocell technology

10 years ago

Google Says It Has No ‘Serious’ Plans To Bring Fibre To The UK

Google fibre won't be coming to the UK any time soon

10 years ago

Huawei Credits Strong 4G Demand For 19 Percent Rise In Revenues

Chinese network equipment manufacturer says LTE equipment and consumer device sales have contributed to strong sales during the first half…

10 years ago

Vodafone Agrees Fibre Sharing Deal With Portugal Telecom

Vodafone Portugal expands fibre reach to strengthen quad play and unified communications services

10 years ago

Three And Carphone Warehouse Hold MVNO Talks

Carphone Warehouse seeks mobile partner for network to power IoT-focused MVNO

10 years ago

Alcatel-Lucent Opens Online Video Lab In Cambridge

The new facility under the Bell Labs banner will look at ways of compressing your funny cat videos

10 years ago

BBC To Test 4G And 4K UHD Broadcasts At Commonwealth Games

BBC Commonwealth Games trials to see LTE eMBMS and IP networks used to discover new ways of transmitting content to…

10 years ago

Three Customers Gain Access To London Tube Wi-Fi Network

Three becomes the last major operator to give users free access to the tube Wi-Fi network after it agrees deal…

10 years ago

BT Returns To Mobile With One Phone Unified Communications For SMBs

One Phone unified communications service signals start of major BT mobile push

10 years ago

Scottish Government Pledges £2.5m For Rural Broadband As BDUK Rollout Continues

Scottish broadband boost as Holyrood provides more funding and plans for a post-independence Scotland

10 years ago

DRIP Surveillance Bill Successfully Passes Commons Vote

As the controversial bill is fast-tracked through the parliament, privacy campaigners warn it extends UK surveillance powers worldwide

10 years ago

New Three SIM-Only Deals Offer Free 0800 Calls And Up to 4GB Tethering

New Three SIM-only tariffs offer spending caps and cheaper calls to non-geographic numbers

10 years ago

Caterham: How Tech Fuelled An F1 Challenge

What IT does an F1 team need to operate both trackside and in the factory and what does the future…

10 years ago

Google’s Nest Establishes Yet Another IoT Standards Group

The Thread Group, which promotes the eponymous standard, already includes ARM, Samsung and Freescale

10 years ago

The Guardian And GCHQ Named Internet Heroes And Villains At 2014 ISPA Awards

Hyperoptic, Sky and Plusnet all receive gongs as the 16th annual ISPA Awards for the Internet industry

10 years ago

The Internet Association Promotes Net Neutrality In FCC Filing

Association of tech giants including Google and Facebook turns the screw on FCC over net neutrality rules, plans a publicity…

10 years ago

BT Customers Complain Of Mail Outage

BT promises to fix fault that has left many unable to access email for days

10 years ago

EU Offers Finance And Support For Community Broadband Projects

EU invites proposals for support and funding from broadband organisations as it seeks to improve superfast coverage

10 years ago

UK Broadband ‘Not Fit For Purpose’

Federation of Small Businesses slams the current state of broadband - claiming 45,000 are still on dial up

10 years ago

Mobile Operators To Improve Coverage In National Parks

Mobile Operators Association and National Parks England agree partnership to help sustain businesses in National Parks

10 years ago

Silent Circle Challenges Mobile And VoIP Operators With Encrypted Landline Calls

Silent Circle 'Out-Circle Calling' claims to make it cheaper and easier to make encrypted international calls to landlines and mobiles

10 years ago

Free Glasgow Wi-Fi Network Goes Live

Free Glasgow Wi-Fi to benefit spectators at the Commonwealth Games this summer

10 years ago

Cisco To Teach Electricians About The Internet Of Things

In order to roll out 53 million smart meters, UK will need electrical engineers who understand networking

10 years ago

TalkTalk Chastised Over Budget Broadband Advert

Another week, another misleading broadband advert as TalkTalk is pinged by advertising watchdog

10 years ago

Alcatel-Lucent Sends 10Gbps Over Copper Telephone Lines

Prototype XG-FAST technology could be used to vastly improve connection speeds between the street and the premises – no fibre…

10 years ago

Post Office MVNO Expands Company’s Telecom Ambitions

The Post Office is to offer mobile services from a "trusted brand" using EE's mobile network from later this year

10 years ago