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Cumbria Rejects BT, Fujitsu Broadband Bids
Cumbria County Council tells TechWeekEurope that BT's and Fujitsu's superfast broadband bids failed for differing reasons
Skype To Place Big Adverts In VoIP Calls
Skype ads - designed to distract you on calls - will hit you if you don't have credit
Amazon And Google Battle Over ICANN gTLDs
Google and Amazon are fighting over ICANN's gTLDs including .cloud and .music. The BBC applied for .bbc
Birmingham Gets EC Funding For Superfast Broadband
The European Commission is set to grant €6m in government funding for new urban network
Juniper Targets Mid-Tier Data Centres With New QFabric Models
Juniper has launched new Qfabric switches aimed at the mid-tier level data centre operation
Disability Rights Website Blocked
BT customers were unable to acess Black Triangle's website for six months
European ISPs Lobby ITU Against Net Neutrality
Service providers say they should have the right to charge for better service
TalkTalk Kills Access To Pirate Bay
All major UK ISPs are now blocking The Pirate Bay in the UK, apart from BT
Lenovo Launches Mobile Broadband Service For ThinkPads
Lenovo Mobile Access provides no-contract single SIM mobile data in ten countries
Scottish Complaints Result In More Broadband Cash
The government has provided an extra £32 million in broadband funding after a storm of complaints
IT Life: Cisco CTO Wants To Train Britain Up
Cisco's Ian Foddering loves Maggie Philbin, hates email, and wants to fix the skills crisis by getting kids excited about tech
BPI Expects BT To Block Pirate Bay ‘Soon’
BT will block the Pirate Bay soon enough, the BPI tells TechWeekEurope, but discussions have proved unfruitful so far
Wi-Fi Goes Live At London Underground Stations
Passengers at Warren Street and Kings Cross set to go online first
Vodafone And Telefonica To Spread 4G Together
Two operators to pool together infrastructure to bring 4G to more customers
3G To Cover 85% Of World By 2017 – Ericsson
Mobile phone subscriptions set to rise to 9 billion as mobile data consumption increases
World IPv6 Launch: ‘No Business Case’ For IT To Sell
It's World IPv6 Launch today, but IT teams won't be celebrating or even making big changes just yet
Cisco Targets 4G Mobile Networks With ASR 5500
Cisco has unveiled the ASR 5500 appliance to help power the next generation of mobile networks
Labour MP Claims Rural Broadband Only For Rich
A Labour MP courts controversy after claiming a rural broadband deployment in Lancashire will only benefit the rich
O2 Porn Sharers Set For Legal Rogering From Ben Dover
O2 customers who have illegally downloaded Ben Dover's material can expect something nasty in the post
FYI: Google LOLs @ ICANN TLDs
Google applies for a .lol gTLD as the ICANN application process closes
BT Infinity Abandons Kensington And Chelsea Over Ugly Cabinets
BT withdraws from London borough after it objects to street cabinets
Sky Cuts Off Pirate Bay Access
Another ISP blocks access to the Pirate Bay, but three still have their door open to the file sharing website
Microsoft To Offer Skype Preinstallation For OEM PCs
Microsoft is reportedly set to release a Skype preinstallation kit to bundle the VoIP service onto new Windows PCs
93 Percent Of Business Leaders Want 4G In UK
Execs have high expectations for LTE, says a survey by Everything Everywhere
BT Brings Wi-Fi To Olympic Park
BT will be the sole supplier of Wi-Fi to the Olympic Park during this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games
BSkyB To Bid For Everything Everywhere Spectrum?
BSkyB could enter the UK mobile network, according to reports
Fujitsu In £500m Post Office Deal
The Post Office has dumped BT and Logica in favour of Fujitsu and TalkTalk
Cute Cat Guards Freedom Of The Internet
A cat signal by the Internet Defense League will warn about the next SOPA
Webcast: The Olympics, Networking And The Learning Legacy
As the Olympics gets ready for action, there are two other races going on: building the network, and setting up a legacy of training - in this recorded webcast, Cisco tells us more