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European Commission Looks To ‘Burn’ Red Tape For Fibre Broadband Rollouts
Proposed EC regulations unveiled by the EC would make new properties broadband-ready
Big Switch’s Switch Light Aims To Drive OpenFlow Adoption
Big Switch's open source switching platform is aimed at making it easier for businesses to adopt software-defined networking using switches based on commodity hardware
Google Tests White Space Broadband, Connects Schools In South Africa
British advances in the white space field don’t go unnoticed
BT Signs £146m Scottish Highlands And Islands Broadband Deal
BT says deal is the most complex and challenging it has undertaken
Hyperoptic Doubles Fibre Broadband Connections
Broadband start-up Hyperoptic has now connected 20,000 London locations to its 1 Gbit/s fibre-to-the-premises service
Cisco Buys SolveDirect For Cloud Infrastructure Expertise
Cisco's acquisition of Austrian firm SolveDirect is designed to help build the company's enterprise IT portfolio, and also follows a pattern of buying companies outside the US
Oracle Acquires Networking Specialist Tekelec
Oracle has followed its Nimbula buy with the acquisition of Tekelec, which makes software that keeps data flowing efficiently over wired or wireless networks
Brocade Launches Fabric Vision, Outlines Future Products
There’s a new Fibre Channel solution, new SAN switch and new software from OpenStack
St George’s Park Launches FA Bid For Sports Tech Leadership
Every aspect of football needs technology, says the FA's Rob Ray
Amazon An Early Winner In ICANN gTLD Rollout
Tech giant Amazon passes initial evaluation for three of its applications
Why Software Defined Networks Won’t Kill Hardware – Juniper
Why does a hardware vendor want sofware defined networks? We asked Mike Marcellin of Juniper Networks
BT Signs £13.8m Hampshire BDUK Deal For Fibre Broadband
BT wins more government funding for rural broadband
Tim Berners Lee And Vint Cerf Share £1m Queen Elizabeth Engineering Prize
Internet founders get the first "Nobel Prize for Engineering - the QE
Juniper Introduces Smaller SuperCore Router
Juniper's PTX3000 router makes the company's two-year-old Converged SuperCore networking architecture available to a wider range of service providers
BT Northamptonshire BDUK Deal To Create 1,700 New Jobs
£16m BDUK deal is worth £110m to the local economy and will benefit 53,000 properties
BT Agrees £40m Kent Broadband Partnership
BT strikes deal to bring superfast broadband to 95 percent of county with the help of BDUK funds
Fujitsu Abandons BDUK, Leaves BT To Scoop Up Contracts
With Fujitsu gone, BT eats all the fibre
Average UK Broadband Speeds Increase By A Third In Six Months
Average UK broadband speeds have trebled in the last four years to 12Mbps
Cisco Integrated Router Tackles BYOD Trend
Cisco is offering a new router designed to deal with the mobile challenges from the BYOD trend
BT Agrees £48m Lincolnshire Broadband Deal
BDUK provides £14.3 million to help bring fibre to 88 percent of all properties in the county
BitTorrent Live Streaming Protocol Launched
The peer-to-peer streaming platform could change live video as we know it
French Authorities Say Skype Must Register As Telco
Skype to be investigated after failing to respond to regulator's requests
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Superfast Cornwall Increases Fibre Target To 95 Percent Of County
Cornwall will become one of the most connected places in Europe
BT Openreach Starts £40m Suffolk Broadband Upgade Early
More than 1,500 properties to benefit from BDUK-backed programme by the end of 2013, with more to follow
Apple iOS Dominates In-Flight Web Use
Apple's iPhone and iPad devices are the most widely used on in-flight Wi-Fi networks, with smartphones and tablets taking over from laptops
1,000 New BT Jobs Created As Fibre Rollout Continues
Government welcomes new BT fibre recruitment drive aimed at soldiers and long term unemployed
BT To Recycle Undersea Cables To Improve Isles Of Scilly Broadband
BT's "most ambitious" rural broadband project ever moves old undersea fibre
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