Networks

Cisco Protests To EC About Microsoft’s Skype DealCisco Protests To EC About Microsoft’s Skype Deal

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 DealTesco Launches £2.50 A Month Broadband Deal

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 HomeGoodbye Forever, Darling, I’m Working From Home

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’HP Shows Gen8 Servers With ‘Sea Of Sensors’

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 ProtocolIran Begins Blocking Sites Using HTTPS Protocol

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 MonthsTalkTalk Loses 50,000 Customers In Three Months

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 MilestoneBT Reaches 3.5m Wi-Fi Hotspot Milestone

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 ControlsTalkTalk Makes New Customers View Parental Controls

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 FibreResearchers Integrate Electronic Components Into Optical Fibre

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
Cisco Warns Its B440 Blade Server Could Crash And BurnCisco Warns Its B440 Blade Server Could Crash And Burn

Cisco Warns Its B440 Blade Server Could Crash And Burn

The B440 blade server could overheat, according to a field notice from Cisco

13 years ago
Google Begins Construction Of Super-Fast Broadband NetworkGoogle Begins Construction Of Super-Fast Broadband Network

Google Begins Construction Of Super-Fast Broadband Network

Google Fibre has begun laying cable for its 1Gbps broadband network in Kansas, and will also be testing a Wi-Fi…

13 years ago
Virgin Media 100Mbps Rollout Hits 10m HomesVirgin Media 100Mbps Rollout Hits 10m Homes

Virgin Media 100Mbps Rollout Hits 10m Homes

Virgin Media is ahead of schedule for its 100Mbps rollout, which now reaches up to ten million homes

13 years ago
Ofcom Proposes New BT Line Rental CapOfcom Proposes New BT Line Rental Cap

Ofcom Proposes New BT Line Rental Cap

BT plans to appeal proposals that it should cut the price it charges its rivals for access to its network

13 years ago
Virtual Network Start-Up Gets Backing From VMware FounderVirtual Network Start-Up Gets Backing From VMware Founder

Virtual Network Start-Up Gets Backing From VMware Founder

Nicira officially launches its Network Virtualisation Platform, already in use by AT&T, eBay and Rackspace

13 years ago
Government Warns Of Olympic Internet ThreatGovernment Warns Of Olympic Internet Threat

Government Warns Of Olympic Internet Threat

Government warns of slow Internet access: one more reason to be less excited by the London 2012 Olympics

13 years ago

BT Promises 300 Mbps Broadband And Tests FTTP On Demand

FTTC customers can upgrade to FTTP, while the top speed of fibre broadband looks like going up again

13 years ago

Multimedia Developer Tools Beef Up Mozilla Firefox 10

The Firefox 10 browser is relatively light on new user features but has a variety of tools for multimedia developers

13 years ago

Steria And Microsoft Offer Tailor-Made Virtual Desktops For Enterprise

The companies claim Workplace On Command allows staff to work from any device, anytime, anywhere

13 years ago

Cisco Live: Faster Upgrades For Catalyst And Nexus Switches

Cisco is upgrading its key switches to enable them to handle 40GbE or 100GbE to satisfy demand for cloud, BYOD…

13 years ago

Ofcom: UK Broadband ISPs Are Getting Faster, But Must Be More Honest

Broadband speeds increase by 22 percent in past year, but rise attributed to faster packages, not improved service

13 years ago

Scotland Reveals Plans For Fibre Broadband Rollout

Scotland plans to significantly ramp up average broadband speeds north of the border

13 years ago

Cisco Live: In Pictures

Fast cars, pinball, and a distance record for 100 Gigabit Ethernet.. Cisco Live visitors know how to live

13 years ago

Sky’s Fibre Broadband To Rival BT And Virgin

Sky will begin offering a fibre broadband service with speeds of up to 40Mbps from April

13 years ago

Nimbus Data Launches Big-Scale, Low-Power Solid State Storage System

The E-Class system can support up to 500TB of capacity while consuming only five watts of electricity per terabyte

13 years ago

Cisco Live: CommScope Demonstrates 100GbE Over 430 Metres

CommScope has shown 100GbE running on standard fibre at nearly three times the distance specified in the IEEE standard

13 years ago

Cisco Live: Advances Promised On All Fronts

Cisco's Padmasree Warrior promised to go for gold in the networking race but ruled out storage

13 years ago

Cisco Live: London Show Opens With ‘Fastest’ Wi-Fi AP

At Cisco Live, the company revealed a fast and flexible four-antenna access point but held back some details for Mobile…

13 years ago

Cisco Live: Microsemi Reveals Latest Green PoE Midspans

Power over Ethernet (PoE) midspans from semiconductor-maker Microsemi could cut energy consumption by up to 50 percent

13 years ago

No Olympic Records Expected For Slow London Mobile Broadband

London finishes 23rd in 3G speeds survey, raising doubts about its ability to cope with heavy Olympic demands

13 years ago

T-Mobile Launches ‘Truly Unlimited’ Full Monty Plan

New tariff from T-Mobile offers unlimited mobile data, Wi-Fi and tethering

13 years ago