Networks

Quiz Of The Week: Fibre Broadband

Thanks to optical fibre we have superfast broadband. How well do you know it?

11 years ago

South Korea Pledges £905m To Roll Out 5G By 2020

South Korea wants to be a world leader in 5G development

11 years ago

Davos: Two-Year Investigation Into Future Of The Internet Announced

Commission chair Carl Bildt says open and flexible model of the Internet increasingly under attack

11 years ago

Ofcom Protects Consumers And SMBs From Mid-Contract Price Hikes

New Ofcom rules allow telecoms customers to exit if contracts change

11 years ago

Verizon’s Transparency Report Shows Another Rise In US Data Requests

Verizon reveals the masses of data requests it receives from the US government and law enforcement

11 years ago

Swedish Researchers Uncover Dirty Tor Exit Relays

Researchers find 25 "spoiled onions" used to look through or censor users' Tor traffic

11 years ago

University Of Cumbria To Accept Fees In Bitcoin

Rival university lecturer says Cumbria would be braver to use dogecoin

11 years ago

BT And Alcatel-Lucent Set 1.4Tbps Fibre Bandwidth Record

Researchers say it is possible to achieve such speeds across the whole of BT’s core network

11 years ago

Ofcom Authorises Faster Satellite Wi-Fi For Ships, Planes And Trains

Ofcom expects to issue first licenses for earth stations in February

11 years ago

EE Admits To Security Flaw In Brightbox Routers

EE says it is working on fix to security flaw that could expose customers' personal information

11 years ago

Sky And Vodafone Discuss Possible Alliance To Combat BT – Report

Fearing challenges to their TV and mobile businesses, Sky and Vodafone could team up

11 years ago

Neul Launches A Network For The Internet Of Things

BT is testing a network created by Cambridge start-up Neul for the Weightless machine-to-machine communication standard

11 years ago

39,000 Scottish Homes And Businesses Set To Receive BDUK Boost

Digital Scotland reveals the next Scottish BDUK locations

11 years ago

DDoS Attacks Target Network Timing Protocol

DDoS attacks against the Network Timing Protocol are flooding the market, warns US security body

11 years ago

Alcatel-Lucent Talks With Unify Over Enterprise Unit Sale – Report

Alcatel-Lucent reportedly considers selling off its enterprise business and is said to be talking with Unify

11 years ago

Former HSBC Exec Joe Garner Replaces Liv Garfield As BT Openreach CEO

New BT Openreach CEO hopes to build on predecessor's good work

11 years ago

Lantronix Adds Mobile To Print Server Range

Lantronix's xPrintServer Cloud Print Edition allows existing printers to connect to Android mobile devices

11 years ago

Wales BDUK Fibre Rollout Reaches 100,000 Properties

BDUK-backed Superfast Cymru plans to reach 690,000 homes and businesses by March 2015

11 years ago

Palo Alto Networks Buys Security Firm Morta

Palo Alto Networks is to acquire security startup Morta, established by former NSA and Air Force members

11 years ago

Coinye Currency Launches Despite Threats From Kanye West

Kanye West's cease and desist letter gives the Coinye currency a publicity boost

11 years ago

Oracle Boosts SDN Portfolio With Corente Deal

Oracle is to purchase Corente, which specialises in software-defined networks for WAN environments

11 years ago

TorrentFreak News Site Blocked By Sky Porn Filter

More fury at filters blocking non-offensive websites

11 years ago

Rockstar Group ‘In Talks’ To Sell Patents

Rockstar, backed by Apple, Microsoft and others, is reportedly interested in selling off some of the technology patents it acquired…

11 years ago

BT Awards £26.9m Contracts For Scottish Highlands And Islands Subsea Fibre Rollout

BT is to work with three companies on laying 250 miles of fibre-optic cables off the west coast of Scotland

11 years ago

Study Finds SDN Deployments Emerging Gradually

Amidst strong interest, few enterprises have so far actually deployed software-defined networks, according to Quinstreet Enterprise

11 years ago

O2, Virgin Media And Sky Top Ofcom Customer Service Charts

Ofcom research reveals pay TV and mobile users are happier than landline and broadband consumers

11 years ago

Ofcom Tells BT To Repair And Install Fixed Lines Faster Or Risk Fines

Ofcom seeks to shortern the time telephone and broadband line repairs, as well as finish new installations

11 years ago

GSMA Creates Remotely Managed SIM For M2M Applications

The new embedded standard lets devices connect to the Internet of Things without having to change their SIM

11 years ago

Cisco Offers Up Cloud Desktop Virtualisation Solution

Cisco partners with Citrix and VMware and launches a cloud-based desktop-as-a-service solution

11 years ago

Government Boasts Of 200,000 BDUK Premises As Rollout Accelerates

The government celebrates ‘Super Switch-on Day’, promising 25,000 homes and businesses will be added each week from spring 2014

11 years ago