US carrier Sprint has annulled its 4G LTE partnership with start-up LightSquared and returned £41m in prepayments
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Google Helps Businesses Get Mobile
A new campaign by the search engine giant makes having a mobile-friendly website easier than ever
High-Speed Broadband Hits Isle Of Wight Thanks To C4L
More residents and businesses on the Isle of Wight will be able to enjoy faster broadband speeds thanks to C4L
Cisco To Buy Video Software Firm NDS Group For $5 Billion
Cisco's acquisition will bolster the company in the video market and add to its networking business capabilities
Channel Must Adapt To Cloud, Says New ChannelBiz Site
Big changes are coming in the channel, says ChannelBiz editor Mke Magee
BT Nets £39m NATO Networking Deal
BT's Global Services division scores a major deal with NATO for communications services
BYOD Trend Addressed By Alcatel-Lucent And AirTight Networks
The two vendors are offering capabilities to identify employee-owned mobile devices on corporate networks
EU Researchers Propose Cheap Fibre Rings For 10Gbps FTTH
The EU Sardana project proposes a cheap route10Gbps broadband - if you have fibre
Avaya Rumoured To Be Moving In To Close Radvision Acquisition
Networking vendor Avaya is close to buying Radvision, adding video collaboration to its UC offerings, according to reports
Virgin Scores Underground Wi-Fi Deal
Virgin customers get free Wi-Fi in the London Underground after the Olympics are over
Encyclopaedia Britannica Ditches Paper For Digital
The oldest English-language encyclopaedia in production will now depend on Internet and Apps
Cisco’s WebEx Recieves Cheeky $1 Bid From SalesCrunch
SalesCrunch is seeking to acquire Cisco's WebEx business - with an unsolicited offer of just $1
Intel Xeon E5 Chips To Help Drive 10GbE Growth
The Dell’Oro group expects strong adoption of 10GbE in 2012, driven in part by the arrival of Intel's Xeon E5 Chips
Reporters Without Borders Names The Enemies Of The Internet
The RWB looks back on a year of Internet activism and attempts to stop it
ARM Launches ‘Most Energy-Efficient’ Microprocessor Design
British chnip maker ARM says it has the most efficient 32-bit chip ever
BT To Double FTTC Openreach Speeds In April
Speeds set to jump to 80Mbps downstream and 20Mbps upstream by April
WiMax Was Doomed To Fail, Says UK Broadband
WiMax was doomed as a mobile technology, and LTE is now the 4G network of choice, says Nicholas James of UK Broadband
Broadcom Shows Secure TV Chips
Broadcom's new processors allow operators to offer mobile, web-based TV services without compromising security
Scotland Demands More Money For Broadband
SNP politician Alex Neil says Scotland is being “short changed” by the government over broadband funding
US DoJ Approves Rockstar Consortium’s Nortel Patent Grab
Apple, Microsoft and others now have the go-ahead to exploit Nortel patents
North East Councils Dismiss Need For Broadband Funding
North and South Tyneside Councils have missed the BDUK broadband funding deadline, but said they do not need it
CeBIT 2012: AVM’s Fritzes Go High And Low… And LTE
Greman router maker AVM also has an LTE-equipped box for lucky Germans with 4G coverage
Cisco Reveals New UCS Servers Featuring Intel Xeon E5 Chips
Cisco updates networking and management capabilities of its Unified Computing System
ICO Warns European Data Protection Framework Needs More Work
The proposed framework for privacy is unworkable as it stands, a London forum was told
IBM’s Holey Optochip Achieves One Terabit Per Second
Prototype optical chip transfers 1Tbps, and the secret's in the holes, says IBM
BT May Appeal Against Line Rentals Set By Ofcom
Ofcom has set the price that BT can charge rivals for access to its network, but the carrier is considering an appeal
CeBIT 2012: Extreme Addresses BYOD Trend
Extreme's new Intelligent Mobile Edge products will provide tools for businesses to manage employees' personal devices
Simpler, Easier Campus Networks Promised In Brocade’s HyperEdge Plans
Brocade aims to ease campus LAN management with HyperEdge, to be released next year as part of the its Effortless Network push
Google Launches Campaign To Get Welsh Businesses Online
Google and the Welsh government hope to boost economy through a digital make-over
Suffolk Schools Wired Up To High Speed Network
Schools, libraries and council buildings in Suffolk have been connected to a high speed network