Networks

Huawei Claims ‘World’s First’ 700Mbps DSL

Who needs fibre to get superfast broadband? Huawei has showcased a 700Mb/s DSL prototype in Hong Kong

14 years ago

Analysts Think Facebook Should Make A Soft Phone

Facebook denies it is making a phone. But if it did, it should stick to a softphone, like Skype or…

14 years ago

BT Offers Fibre Incentives

BT is offering free Infinity upgrades to users who sign up now for one of its standard broadband packages

14 years ago

EC Agrees New Measures For Digital Agenda

The European Commission has adopted several new measures in a bid to fulfil its goal of giving every European access…

14 years ago

Grandstream Adds Skype To Desk Phones: Review

The Grandstream GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone adds Skype voice and video calling to an already rich suite of multimedia and…

14 years ago

ITU Calls For Global Action On Broadband Inclusion

The International Telecommunication Union says that broadband is a basic civil right, and half the world should have access by…

14 years ago

Pigeon Beats Rural Broadband In File Transfer Challenge

Feathers could be ruffled at some telco providers after a pigeon turned out to be faster than a broadband connected…

14 years ago

Digital Divide Can Only Get Worse, Says Ovum

The government wants to narrow the digital divide between town and country but will its current approach bear fruit when…

14 years ago

Project Canvas Launched As YouView

Canvas, the BBC-backed free-to-air digital TV box will arrive next year under the name YouView

14 years ago

World Wide Web Creator Calls For Free Data

In a wide-ranging keynote, World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee talks the net, technology trends and bridging the worldwide digital…

14 years ago

Ericsson Shows PC And Tablet Broadband Modules

Ericsson has launched a 21Mbps mobile broadband module for notebooks and netbooks and demonstrated a 7.2Mbps module for tablets at…

14 years ago

Wi-Fi Interoperability Should Never Be Assumed

As 802.11n makes its way onto new smartphones and tablets, wireless administrators should stay skeptical about interoperability, warns Andrew Garcia

14 years ago

Cisco Adds New Services To Its Data Centre Portfolio

Cisco has revamped its Data Centre 3.0 strategy by adding extensions for its unified computing products and a set of…

14 years ago

Avaya Touts Video Tablet And ‘Flare Experience’

Avaya has added a brand new tablet, native SIP and some funky names to its videoconferencing offerings

14 years ago

Amsterdam Doubles Bandwidth With Brocade 100Gb Switch

Brocade's rumoured 100Gbps Ethernet switch has emerged at Amsterdam's AMS-IX Internet exchange

14 years ago

UK Copyright Act Could Put Up Broadband Costs

Home broadband could cost more - as ISPs pass on the cost of the Digital Economy Act

14 years ago

Femtocells To Replace Parts Of The 3G Network

Titchy femtocells - home-3G hot-spots - are growing up and going out on the streets

14 years ago

Intel’s Otellini Talks Up ‘Sandy Bridge’

As devices proliferate, Intel wants its technology to form the basis for everything from smartphones to servers

14 years ago

Ofcom To Probe Mobile Broadband Speeds

Ofcom has selected Epitiro to analyse the performance of the UK’s mobile broadband services

14 years ago

Ofcom Plans To Ease Broadband Migration

Consumers think switching from broadband provider is difficult, but Ofcom plans to spur competition

14 years ago

Citrix And Cisco To Offer Desktop Virtualisation

Citrix And Cisco bring together XenDesktop virtualisation and UCS networking as a prepackaged implementation

14 years ago

Cisco To Pay Feds £31 Million To Settle Lawsuit

Cisco is to cough up £31 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed it overcharged government agencies

14 years ago

BT Defends Broadband Quote For Welsh Village

BT explains the reasons for its high quote to provide a broadband service for a remote Welsh village, as Rutland…

14 years ago

Virgin Cashes In With Student Broadband Deals

Virgin is offering nine-month contracts for students, to help them save money over the summer period when they are not…

14 years ago

IT Consolidation Critical To Success, Study Finds

A new survey of businesses in the EMEA region has found that most view IT consolidation as critical to their…

14 years ago

BT Launches Wi-Fi App For Android And iPhones

BT has launched an Android and iPhone app for its Total Broadband customers‎ to help them find Wi-Fi hotspots

14 years ago

ICO Confirms TalkTalk Probe Over Customer Snooping

The Information Commissioner Office is unhappy that TalkTalk has been monitoring the web surfing habits of its customers without informing…

14 years ago

New Apple TV Contrasts To Google Approach

With Apple TV the company is aiming to shift users' television habits, while Google wants to reinvent them

14 years ago

Brits Confused By Broadband Advertising

Misleading broadband advertising is confusing British consumers, a survey has found

14 years ago

Skype Video Calls Now Available For 10 People

The beta of Skype 5.0 for Windows has been updated to let users make group video conference calls with up…

14 years ago