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New Openreach Repair And Installation Targets Come Into Force On 1 July
BT Openreach faces fines if it doesnt repair or install phone and broadband lines quicker
EE 4G Reaches 14 New Towns And More Rural Areas
EE continues to expand LTE coverage across the UK
Sky Trials 950Mbps FTTP Network in Basingstoke
Sky experiments with its own fibre infrastructure in Hampshire and could hold more trials elsewhere
Extreme Networks Adopts OpenDaylight For SDN Push
SDN needs open platforms, not just protocols, says Extreme Networks
Tractors To Power Tour De France Wi-Fi In Yorkshire
Farmers are to provide tractor-powered Wi-Fi in parts of Yorkshire to compensate for poor rural connectivity
EE 4G-Enabled Fibreglass Cows To Power Glastonbury Wi-Fi
EE provides 'moobile' hotspots to provide LTE-powered Glastonbury Wi-Fi at Worthy Farm
Government Wants National Roaming To Solve Rural Blackspots
Government considering plan to force mobile operators to open up their networks in areas of poor signal
Free Cambridge Wi-Fi Network Goes Live For Tour De France
Cambridge Wi-Fi network to serve university academics, residents and tourists
Welsh Government Will Switch Internet Addresses To ‘.Cymru’ and ‘.Wales’
New bilingual addresses are expected to benefit local businesses, while promoting Welsh language and culture
Google Mulls Underwater Cable Investment – Report
Google is reportedly looking to make an investment in a new subsea cable in the Pacific Ocean
Virgin Trains And St Pancras Boost UK Rail Wi-Fi Network
Passengers travelling on Virgin Trains will soon benefit from superfast Wi-Fi, while St Pancras will offer services to Eurostar passengers
Open Wireless Movement Wants People To Open Up Their Wi-Fi To Everyone
Open Wireless Movement says W-Fi should be open by default and wants industry to work together to make it safe, easy and legal
BT, TalkTalk Welcome Ofcom Fibre Price Consultation
Regulator to examine fibre broadband pricing, after it rejects TalkTalk complaint against BT's fibre access charges
Three Customers Can Make Calls Over Wi-Fi With ‘Three inTouch’
Three users in rural areas or buildings with poor signal will be able to make Wi-Fi calls from the autumn, but must download application
EE Boosts Voice Capabilities With Calls Over Wi-Fi And 4G
EE customers will be able to makes calls and send texts over Wi-Fi from later this year, with VoLTE set to follow in 2015
Successful Bidders For The £10 Million Rural Broadband Fund Revealed
Eight businesses will be able to test their alternative approach to delivering Internet connectivity
Facebook To Build Its Own ‘Wedge’ Datacentre SDN Switch
One in the eye for Cisco! Facebook will make its own SDN switches using its own Open Compute server hardware
US Lawmakers Seek Ban Of Revised Net Neutrality Law
Two lawmakers introduce bill to ban deals allowing certain companies to pay for faster IP traffic delivery
Broadband Crisis Affects Cities Too, Ofcom Reveals
It is not just those people living in rural areas that suffer from the scourge of slow broadband, study reveals
SDN Is For Service Providers, White Label Is For Titans
Software defined network (SDN) products are changing data centres, but don't coinfuse them with White Label boxes, says Kelly Herrell
Iraq ‘Orders Internet Shutdown In Five Provinces’
As an insurgency gathers force, the Iraqi government has reportedly widened its blocks on Internet services
EE Offers Broadband To Other Networks’ Customers At No Extra Charge
The UK’s largest mobile network operator joins the unbundled broadband game
FCC May Tighten Neutrality Rules On Wireless Providers
As part of its network neutrality reforms, the FCC is considering imposing stricter regulations on the wireless Internet
Vodafone Plans Connected Car Push With £115m Cobra Acquisition
Vodafone hopes the Italian firm will help it gain a foothold in connected cars
Vodafone Says Cloud-Based Unified Communications Platform Can Help All Businesses
Vodafone says its One Net services can help SMBs and enterprises be more productive and flexible
Qualcomm Small Cell Chip To Boost Indoor 4G Coverage For SMBs
Wireless routers could soon offer cost-effective Wi-Fi and 4G for SMBs and consumers with Qualcomm FSM90xx
iPhone Owners Promised A Skype App Makeover
Apple fanboys will soon get a better performing and better looking Skype app for their iPhones and iPads
iPass CEO Says Mobile Data Is No Substitute For Wi-Fi
iPass CEO Evan Kaplan says not even falling roaming rates can make mobile data a better alternative to Wi-Fi for business travellers