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Ofcom Fines BT £42m For Breaching Ethernet Contract Commitments
BT sets aside £300m to compensate Openreach customers who had compensation payments reduced because of retrospective Ethernet deadline extensions
Marston’s Telecoms Hopes Ethernet Will Make The Pub Even Better
INTERVIEW: Marston's Telecoms chief explains why wholesale partnership with TalkTalk Business is transforming the company and enabling faster Wi-Fi
New Ethernet Standard Delivers Five Times The Speed On Existing Cables
Ethernet Alliance "applauds" finalisation of the 802.3bz standard, claiming up to 70 billion metres of cable can be reused to deliver faster Wi-Fi
Microsoft Ditches Ethernet At Its Campuses
If you plan to visit Microsoft in the future, it may be near-impossible to find an Ethernet port to plug into
Ofcom Proposes Business Line Price Caps For BT
Ofcom says price controls will promote business broadband competition, but BT says they will discourage investment
Cisco, Freescale Launch Consortium For Ethernet Networking
Group hoping to push forward with development of more advanced and faster Ethernet technology
Faster Ethernet Pledged By 25GbE Consortium
Tech giants including Google and Microsoft back new consortium to develop 25GbE and 50GbE specifications for data centres
Quiz Of The Week: Ethernet
What do you know about the technology that connects the world?
O2 Extends Fixed-Line Deal With BT, Adds Ethernet
O2 customers can buy BT's fibre and Ethernet services, as the two former stable-mates extend their partnership
IDC: 10GbE Demand Driving Ethernet Growth
Cisco, HP, Juniper and others are seeing strong growth as organisations push 10GbE and 40GbE into the data centre
TalkTalk Business Pitches Cheap Ethernet Over FTTC Service
TalkTalk Business offers a symmetric Ethernet service without laying fibre to your door
IEEE Ethernet Study Group To Discuss 400Gbps Standard
IEEE to discuss if new standard can deal with growing network traffic
Cisco Remains Top Dog In Ethernet Switch Market
New research has revealed that Cisco remains the dominant player in the rapidly growing Ethernet switch market
Brocade CEO Klayko Resigns
Despite Brocade's success, new blood needed?
Dell Adds 40GbE Network Switch To Portfolio
Dell has expanded its networking portfolio with the addition of the Force10 MXL 10/40GbE blade switch
Brocade: Expect A Chassis Fabric Switch
Brocade is likely to produce a chassis-based fabric switch, Marcus Jewell tells TechWeekEurope
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
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
Brocade Touts Ethernet Fabric And Open Cloud
Storage network vendor aims to take the data centre with 16Gbps Fibre Channel and an Ethernet fabric
Google Chooses Kansas City For 1Gbps Network
A mid-western town in the US has been chosen by Google for a ultrafast 1Gbps broadband network
Broadband Users Put Up With Slow Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is almost a third slower than Ethernet, but many consumers sacrifice speed for convenience
Intel Looks To Data Centre Networking With FCoE Stack
Intel is looking to drive the migration of a single data centre network infrastructure with its Open FCoE
Cisco Launches Compact Switches
New Catalyst switches from Cisco are designed for spaces where space, wiring or power are a concern
HP Touts Energy Efficient Ethernet Switches
HP is touting its green credentials with the introduction of its energy efficient E-Series switch modules
Broadcom Releases Samples Of Its 100Gb Ethernet Silicon
Broadcom unveiled the BCM88600 chip for 100GbE switches to meet the growing demands of data and video network traffic
eWEEK Readers Prefer Wires To Wireless
You all prefer Ethernet and a deskphone to other communications means. Next: government cuts - how will you do your bit?
Broadcom Unveils New EEE Silicon Chips
Deploying end-to-end silicon in data centres can bring energy savings of more than 70 percent, according to Broadcom
Juniper Calls Time On Spanning Tree Protocol
Cisco and Juniper both want to kill Spanning Tree for simpler data centres, but don't agree on how to do it
Amsterdam Doubles Bandwidth With Brocade 100Gb Switch
Brocade's rumoured 100Gbps Ethernet switch has emerged at Amsterdam's AMS-IX Internet exchange