Networks

Rio 2016 Olympics Suffered Sustained 540Gbps DDoS Attacks

Arbor security claims Rio was a success in terms of mitigating powerful, prolonged DDoS attacks

8 years ago

IoT-Powered Amazon Dash Buttons And APIs Arrive In The UK

Amazon Dash lets customers order toilet paper, washing powder and condoms with the push of a button and APIs allow…

8 years ago

Corbyn Promises Broadband For All And Open Source Government

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn vows to democratise the internet with funding, better public services, open source software and broadband access

8 years ago

CityFibre And Pure Broadband Boost Connectivity Choice For Hull Businesses

Pure Broadband will deliver 1Gbps broadband to businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire using Cityfibre FTTP network, offering choice to…

8 years ago

EE Offers Free Apple Music To 4G Subscribers

EE agrees another content deal to ensure it maintains 4G lead, while Apple Music gets chance to expand reach in…

8 years ago

MIT Reseachers Propose Faster Wi-Fi With MegaMIMO

Bandwidth breakthrough? Boffins in the US reckon new tech can increase wireless data-transfer speed by 330 percent

8 years ago

BT Trials Long Reach VDSL Broadband In Outer Hebrides

Scottish island plays host to Openreach long reach broadband trials

8 years ago

BT And Nokia Strike 5G Research Deal

Companies will collaborate on 5G proof of concept trials and sniff out commercial use cases for 5G technologies

8 years ago

Linux Networking Flaw Allows Attacker To Trick Safety Mechanism

A feature designed to make Linux-based networks harder to infiltrate has done the opposite. But can it really affect Tor?

8 years ago

Three Extends Feel At Home Roaming To 24 New Countries

Three Feel at Home extends to 42 countries ahead of EU abolition of roaming in 2017

8 years ago

Local Government: ‘Up To’ Broadband Adverts Are Misleading Rural Users

Broadband adverts are misleading if touted speeds are only available to urban areas, says LGA

8 years ago

EE Is Best 4G Network For London Airports And Railway Stations

EE is named best or joint-best mobile network at six of eight London airports and train stations by RootMetrics

8 years ago

Vodafone Hasn’t Really Abolished Line Rental But It Has Made A Statement

ANALYSIS: Vodafone isn't really getting rid of line rental but by combining charges and offering cheap fibre, it shows it…

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Should You Ban Olympic Live Streaming On Your Network?

Brits are expected to watch up an average of 6 hours on corporate networks during Rio 2016. Should IT departments…

8 years ago

Virgin Media Connects 85,000 Premises, Adds 42,000 Broadband Customers

Virgin Media says new builds are helping it attract more customers as £3bn Project Lightning network expansion continues

8 years ago

Sky Fixes Fibre Broadband After Network Upgrade Causes Outage

After BT broadband and EE roaming outages, Sky is the latest to suffer as fibre service goes down

8 years ago

Ruckus Routers Found With Multiple Security Flaws

Tripwire research finds Ruckus routers are susceptible to intruders

8 years ago

Why Airbnb Users And Hosts Must Beware Of WiFi Risks

At Black Hat, a researcher details how both naive users and hosts of the popular accommodation sharing service could be…

8 years ago

EE Outrage Shows Roaming Is No Longer An Optional Luxury

ANALYSIS: Few can travel without a smartphone in 2016, which is why EE roaming outage was such an issue for…

8 years ago

EE Says Roaming Problems Are Now Fixed

EE says customers should be able to make calls, send texts and access data abroad. If not, turn it on…

8 years ago

EE 4G Roaming Problem Leaves Travellers Unable To Call Or Text Home

EE confirms issue with text, calls and data services abroad and confirms it is working on a fix for roaming…

8 years ago

BT Security CEO: We’ve Learned The Lessons From TalkTalk Hack

INTERVIEW: BT Security chief Mark Hughes explains how BT protects itself against attacks, how Brexit impacts skills gap and why…

8 years ago

Three ‘Takes Legal Action’ Against EU Over Failed £10.25bn O2 Merger

CK Hutchison, parent company of Three, confirms it has appealed the EC ruling amid reports it has taken legal action…

8 years ago

Ofcom Proposals To Ease Broadband, Pay TV Switching Concerns

New proposals to help switch between BT, Virgin Media, KCOM, and Sky to avoid double payments and loss of service

8 years ago

Robocall Plague Won’t Be Easy To Solve Despite FCC Call For Action

ANALYSIS: Recent FCC pressure is resulting in some movement by carriers to try to quell robocalls, but much needs to…

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: The History Of BT

BT's been in the news again but what do you know about the UK's biggest mobile and broadband provider?

8 years ago

Sky Claims TV Gains But Looks To Mobile As Broadband Growth Slows

Sky added just 60,000 broadband customers in the second half of its financial year compared to 277,000 in the first.…

8 years ago

BT Gets EE Boost, Now Has 4.3m Fibre Broadband And 16.7m 4G Subscribers

BT gets boost from EE's mobile and SMB businesses as it snaps up 79 percent of all new broadband connections…

8 years ago

Analysts Unsurprised At Ofcom Decision Not To Split BT Openreach

ANALYSIS: Telecoms experts say it was never likely Ofcom would liberate Openreach but warn its last chance saloon for BT…

8 years ago

Cisco: Ransomware Is Only Going To Get Worse

Ransomware will exploit server vulnerabilities, proliferate across networks and use encryption to hide itself, says Cisco report

8 years ago