Networks

MWC 2012: Cisco Touts Small Cell Solution For Operators

Cisco is to offer a "small cell" solution to provide mobile operators with connectivity across heterogeneous networks

13 years ago

Google To Patent Fibre Optic Cable Deployment Method

The “edging strip” could make fibre-to-the-home installation simpler by removing needed to dig trenches in customers' gardens

13 years ago

Hotter Data Centres Need To Find Tougher Kit

Hotter data centres waste less energy but we need vendors to support higher temperature tolerance in their hardware, says Peter…

13 years ago

Cisco To Buy Optical Networker Lightwire For £171m

Cisco takeover is signal of intent as it makes second significant optical IT acquisition in two years

13 years ago

Dell Launches Hot Servers And Upgrades Networking

Hot-running Xeon E5 servers and Gigabit Ethernet are top news in Dell's "Spring Collection"

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Skype Beta Launches On Windows Phone

Microsoft and Skype announce the long-awaited VoIP app for Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system

13 years ago

New Standard Takes The Pain Out Of Wi-Fi Hotspots

Future hotspots will take the strain, moving users easily from mobile to Wi-Fi networks

13 years ago

MEF Touts Benefits Of Carrier Ethernet 2.0

Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe says this release of the telco Ethernet protocol is a "new generation"

13 years ago

Juniper To Halt Web App Attacks With Mykonos Buy

Attacks against web applications are a growing threat that Juniper hopes to challenge with its Mykonos purchase

13 years ago

Everything Everywhere Could Launch First UK 4G Network

A new LTE network could run on Everything Everywhere's existing spectrum, said CEO Olaf Swantee

13 years ago

Tata Communications Becomes Official F1 Connectivity Provider

Tata says it wants to showcase its portfolio of services in a sport that uses "technology at its best"

13 years ago

One Third Of The UK Has Slower Than 5Mbps Broadband

uSwitch says much of the UK has broadband speeds "that are more snail’s pace than super-fast"

13 years ago

Ericsson’s BelAir Networks Buy Expands Mobile Broadband Offerings

The acquisition of BelAir Networks will offer wireless carriers Wi-Fi connectivity from Ericsson

13 years ago

Huawei Claims Biggest Desktop Virtualisation Deployment

45,000 Huawei engineers are using its Desktop Cloud, along with 100,000 other users across 30 countries

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Nokia Siemens And Qualcomm To Demo HSPA+ Booster

Multiflow feature can double HSPA+ speeds at the edges of a mobile cell by connecting to a second one

13 years ago

US 4G Network LightSquared Airs Dispute With Inmarsat

4G network LightSquared's latest troubles centre upon a financial dispute with satellite partner Inmarsat

13 years ago

UK Misses Out In World Fibre Rankings

The UK has still not entered the worldwide rankings for fibre-optic broadband deployments, while Asia and the US surge ahead

13 years ago

UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call And Email

Plans could force ISPs and phone operators to hand over records on all phone calls, emails, Tweets and Facebook messages

13 years ago

RSA Denies X.509 Public Key Algorithm Weakness Is A Flaw

RSA accepts X.509 weaknesses but says that research revelations raise questions about poor implementation

13 years ago

House Of Lords To Investigate Government Broadband Plans

The House of Lords is to investigate the Government's claims about superfast broadband in the UK

13 years ago

Intel Announces Crystal Forest Platform For Faster Network Traffic

Intel says new chipset will allow manufacturers and service providers to create more-efficient, scalable networks

13 years ago

Cisco Protests To EC About Microsoft’s Skype Deal

Cisco has accused the EC of not being circumspect about the interoperability implications of Microsoft's Skype acquisition

13 years ago

Tesco Launches £2.50 A Month Broadband Deal

Subscribers to supermarket chains low-price deal will have to contend with additional line rental and fair usage policy

13 years ago

Goodbye Forever, Darling, I’m Working From Home

What would you give up to work from home? Some Americans would ditch their partner to join the pyjama brigade,…

13 years ago

HP Shows Gen8 Servers With ‘Sea Of Sensors’

At its first global partner conference, HP has updated its ProLiant range with 'intelligent' Gen8 servers

13 years ago

Iran Begins Blocking Sites Using HTTPS Protocol

Reports suggest that Iran is clamping down on sites in the build-up to the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

13 years ago

TalkTalk Loses 50,000 Customers In Three Months

TalkTalk may have raised its profit forecasts but it has failed to stem the haemorrhaging of subscriber defections

13 years ago

BT Reaches 3.5m Wi-Fi Hotspot Milestone

BT also releases BT FON app for BlackBerry users to locate nearest hotspot

13 years ago

TalkTalk Makes New Customers View Parental Controls

TalkTalk says new customers will have to make an active choice whether or not to filter a number of content…

13 years ago

Researchers Integrate Electronic Components Into Optical Fibre

Transatlantic team of scientists develop technique which could make communications technology faster, cheaper and more efficient

13 years ago