Networks

Britain Still Lagging In Broadband League TableBritain Still Lagging In Broadband League Table

Britain Still Lagging In Broadband League Table

New figures from Akamai have revealed that Britain's broadband network continues to trail rival European nations

13 years ago
Wikipedia Outage Caused By Cut CableWikipedia Outage Caused By Cut Cable

Wikipedia Outage Caused By Cut Cable

Wikipedia is wondering why its network provider's resiliency measures didn't work

13 years ago
Government Admits Three Month BDUK DelayGovernment Admits Three Month BDUK Delay

Government Admits Three Month BDUK Delay

The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed delay to BDUK procurement timetable

13 years ago
The US Doesn’t Want The Internet Controlled By The UNThe US Doesn’t Want The Internet Controlled By The UN

The US Doesn’t Want The Internet Controlled By The UN

The US will oppose any change to international regulations that could transfer control of the Internet

13 years ago
Huawei Routers Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities, Experts ClaimHuawei Routers Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities, Experts Claim

Huawei Routers Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities, Experts Claim

Security experts claim Huawei routers lack modern security measures and contain multiple vulnerabilities

13 years ago
Cisco Closes £3.2bn Acquisition Of British Firm NDSCisco Closes £3.2bn Acquisition Of British Firm NDS

Cisco Closes £3.2bn Acquisition Of British Firm NDS

Cisco has bolstered its video capabilities after completing the $5 billion (£3.2bn) acquisition of NDS Group

13 years ago
BT Sees 13 Percent Olympics Traffic SpikeBT Sees 13 Percent Olympics Traffic Spike

BT Sees 13 Percent Olympics Traffic Spike

BT releases figures showing just how much of an impact the Olympics has had on its network

13 years ago
Lords Committee Slates Government Broadband StrategyLords Committee Slates Government Broadband Strategy

Lords Committee Slates Government Broadband Strategy

A Lords Committee lambasts the government's broadband strategy, claiming it has too much emphasis on speed

13 years ago
IBM Launches New Network Security ApplianceIBM Launches New Network Security Appliance

IBM Launches New Network Security Appliance

IBM is offering a more detailed insight into an organisation’s IT security thanks to its new network security appliance

13 years ago
Oracle Makes Data Centre Network Move With Xsigo BuyOracle Makes Data Centre Network Move With Xsigo Buy

Oracle Makes Data Centre Network Move With Xsigo Buy

Oracle has acquired Xsigo as it seeks to beef up its I/O expertise to cloud-optimised data centres

13 years ago
BT Battle With Ofcom Refered To Competition CommisionBT Battle With Ofcom Refered To Competition Commision

BT Battle With Ofcom Refered To Competition Commision

The appeal by BT against Ofcom's pricing for local loop unbundling has been referred to the Competition Commission

13 years ago
Google Launches 1Gbps Fibre Service In Kansas CityGoogle Launches 1Gbps Fibre Service In Kansas City

Google Launches 1Gbps Fibre Service In Kansas City

Residents of Kansas City can now start receiving gigabit-speed Internet thanks to the Google Fibre Service

13 years ago
AltNets Meet To Form BT Challenge For BDUK FundingAltNets Meet To Form BT Challenge For BDUK Funding

AltNets Meet To Form BT Challenge For BDUK Funding

Network providers gathered last week to discuss ways to offer alternatives to BT and Fujitsu

13 years ago
CloudFlare CDN: We Have To Stay Open, Even To EvilCloudFlare CDN: We Have To Stay Open, Even To Evil

CloudFlare CDN: We Have To Stay Open, Even To Evil

CloudFlare's network will remain open to all, says CEO Matthew Prince

13 years ago

BT Sales Wilt Amid Economic Downturn

The economic turmoil engulfing European economies and tough times in the financial sector have hit BT's revenues

13 years ago

Virgin Media Superfast Broadband Subscribers Increase To 1.3m

More superfast broadband customers contributes to Q2 revenues of £1bn

13 years ago

European Commission Wants Answers On Net Neutrality

The Commission's consultation follows findings of widespread service throttling

13 years ago

VMware Pays $1.26bn For Virtual Networking Start-Up Nicira

Nicira's software-defined networking technology takes VMware into Cisco Systems' territory

13 years ago

Avanti Launches Pay-As–You-Go Satellite Broadband

Avanti tries to make Internet access in broadband “notspots” easier than ever

13 years ago

Wales Expects EU Green Light For BDUK Broadband Rollout This Autumn

Wales expects to start laying down fibre for its BDUK project this autumn

13 years ago

BT Wins Wales BDUK Deal – But Brussels Probe Looms

Another BDUK contract goes to BT, but the European Commission continues to dig its heels in

13 years ago

O2 Problem Raises Compensation Questions

Compensation for the O2 problem could be a legal minefield, and Patrick Clark says consolidation may make it worse

13 years ago

O2 Offers Network Victims A Ten Percent Discount

A gesture for those hit by last week's big O2 meltdown

13 years ago

Majority Of UK Homes Can Have 20 Mbps Broadband, Says Ofcom

Fixed broadband access is available to almost every house in the country

13 years ago

Scottish Power Launches Ipswich Smart Meter Trial

Ipswich gets 1000 smart meters, while the UK lags other countries

13 years ago

Skype Fixes Random-IM Security Flaw

Update stops instant messages being sent to the wrong person

13 years ago

BT Wins Another BDUK Race With North Yorkshire Contract

N Yorkshire gets its fibre while others wait, because the deal got early EU approval

13 years ago

Skype Security Flaw Sends IMs To Random Contacts

Skype admits the existence of flaw and says it is working on an update

13 years ago

Yahoo Passwords Hacked And Posted Online

Hackers break into VoIP user-base, as a "wake up call"

13 years ago