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Superfast Cornwall Reaches 82 Percent Fibre Coverage
Cornwall becomes the best connected rural region in Europe as better connections save and create jobs in the county
EE Calls For Government Action As 4G Launches In Rural Cumbria
EE CEO Olaf Swantee wants the government to do more to encourage the deployment of 4G in rural areas
Alcatel-Lucent Looks To Sell Enterprise Unit – Again
The French telecommunications equipment maker calls in advisers, after job cuts
Cisco To Integrate Security Into ACI Fabric
Cisco pledges that security will be the key component of its new Application-Centric Infrastructure initiative
Big Switch Networks Appoints New CEO
SDN specialist Big Switch Networks appoints former Juniper executive as its new CEO
Cisco Launches First Products Focused On Applications
The networking vendor also buys Insieme startup as its looks to address the challenges presented by SDN
Virgin Media Broadband Gains Increase Revenues In Q3
Virgin Media increases broadband subscribers during first quarter for Liberty Global ownership
Huawei Pledges £374m Towards 5G Research
Huawei says 5G networks offering speeds of 10Gbps should be ready by 2020
NetApp And Cisco Enhance FlexPod Storage For Data Centres
The popular FlexPod project has been updated and can now reach out to multiple data centres
London 4G Speeds Double Thanks To O2 And Vodafone, But EE Still Fastest
London 4G speeds are improving, but divide between urban and rural mobile coverage is widening
No UK City Has Superfast Broadband Claims uSwitch
uSwitch research contradicts Ofcom findings, but BT says to believe the official figures
BT Adds 195,000 To Its Fibre Network In Record Quarter For Openreach
BT adds 195,00 new and existing broadband subscribers to fibre as BT Sport secures 2m sign-ups
Cisco Creates Unit For ‘Internet of Things’
Cisco creates a business unit to offer the connecting platform for all Internet of Things infrastructure
LINX Launches First Scottish Internet Exchange
Scottish Internet to receive a boost as traffic no longer has to be routed via London, Leeds and Manchester
RSA’s Art Coviello: Anonymity Is The Enemy Of Privacy
RSA boss and privacy advocates at loggerheads again, as Coviello accused of ignoring the furore around NSA surveillance
EE 4G Coverage Expands To 131 Towns And Cities Ahead Of PAYG Launch
Mobile users in Southport and Hatfield are among those who can now receive 4G
TechWeekEurope Launches IP Detection Tool
Find your IP address in seconds
BT Advert Pulled Over Bad Wi-Fi Science
The advertisement implied that a smartphone could interfere with wireless networks
Superfast Broadband Now Available For Three Out Of Four Homes
Ofcom claims 73 percent of the UK now has access to superfast broadband, but countryside campaigners feel left out
ICANN Launches Generic Top-Level Domains In Non-Latin Scripts
New gTLDs are hailed as " the biggest change to the Internet since its inception"
‘Massive’ Russian Cyber Crime Campaign Hit Governments
Handful of organisations in the UK hit by operation emanating from Russia and the Ukraine
Google Plus Hangouts For iOS Gets Free Phone Calls
Google+ Hangouts iOS users can now make free phone calls to any phone in the USA and Canada
One Minute Pitch: AirTight Networks / Ruckus Wi-Fi
Mark Bartley, technical sales manager at Computer Products, introduces AirTight Networks and Ruckus Wi-Fi in just two minutes
Ofcom Allows Consumers And SMBs To Exit Mobile And Broadband Deals If Prices Rise
Ofcom says service providers must make customers aware of mid-contract price hikes and their right to cancel
Alcatel-Lucent Partners Aruba For Unified Access
The two companies seek to help corporate networks cope with the pressure from BYOD and mobility
Google Launches Anti-DDoS Service ‘Project Shield’
Google pushes out anti-DDoS service, a DDoS map of the world and a proxy offering for private communications
IP Expo: Brocade Fighting Network Cost And Complexity With New Switch
Julian Starr from Brocade talks about the benefits of Software-Defined Networking
Huawei Continues To Deny US Espionage Allegations
Huawei insists it is not a spy risk as the company reveals details about its new R&D centre in the UK
BT To Trial Huawei G.FAST FTTdp Copper Broadband Technology
1Gbps broadband on the way with G.FAST and FTTdp, say Huawei and BT