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Next generation enterprise wireless
News That will be the generation after this one: for now, proper buttoned-down enterprise wireless is almost ready to play. The access points act as gatekeepers and switches, accepting packets off the air, checking for authorisation, applying various...
[April 16, 2003, 13:49]
Next generation credit cards under development
News This will enable instant and fool-proof visual identification at ATMs, points of sale and access control areas. The researchers have developed a system for storing digital photographs on magnetic strips and smartcards.
[August 18, 1998, 9:11]
GPRS: Next generation mobile system comes to Britain
News Mobile network providers are under enormous pressure to successfully roll out GPRS and see it widely adopted, because they have invested huge amounts in technology and licences for third-generation systems, called Universal Mobile...
[July 7, 2000, 15:17]
Cisco integrates the next generation of wireless
News These changes to Cisco's infrastructure products will enable mobile phone companies to add more new services to third-generation data networks. Specifically, IMS enables services such as dual-mode telephony, which allows people to use a mobile...
[December 6, 2005, 8:25]
Microsoft: The next generation, Part II
News For, without Web standards like XML, HTTP and the emerging Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Microsoft cannot erase the distinction between Web sites and application software, one of its stated goals for NGWS.
[April 28, 2000, 14:48]
Swedes spurn next-generation Web phones
News How can you get access to information and entertainment from just about anywhere? Sweden's first nation-wide GPRS service has failed to take off, adding to the gloomy news surrounding the wireless telecoms market.
[February 14, 2001, 12:23]
BT nails down contracts for next-generation network
News Ericsson will contribute the intelligence that controls the services, and Fujitsu will be providing access technology which will link BT's existing network with 21CN as it is rolled out. BT has finally completed its negotiations with several major...
[March 7, 2006, 15:55]
MS plumbing: The next generation
News Microsoft may not officially unveil its Next Generation Windows Services architecture until June 22, but company officials gave developers a sneak peek Monday at some of the plumbing that will enable Microsoft to sell software as a service.
[June 6, 2000, 9:36]
Build next-generation applications now
News Once your developers begin using next-generation tools to develop systems that require one of the two prevailing virtual machine runtimes, they'll be able to publish and consume their objects and services using SOAP without having to develop the...
[June 6, 2002, 13:33]
BT Openreach unsure of fibre demand
News BT Openreach is more concerned about the level of demand for next-generation broadband access than the regulation surrounding it, a senior executive has told ZDNet.co.uk. Next-generation access (NGA) refers to the last mile of the PSTN between...
[September 28, 2007, 13:43]
Cumbria community digs NHS-funded fibre
News A community in Cumbria is installing its own next-generation broadband access, with the aim of turning on the fibre-based connectivity by the end of the year. The first generation [of broadband] gave prices a 20 percent uplift, and we will probably...
[November 23, 2009, 16:04]
Ofcom launches fibre-access consultation
News That takes care of the so-called "backbone" of the UK's broadband infrastructure, but next-generation access (NGA, or the local loop) is another matter entirely. Next-generation access offers tremendous new opportunities for UK business and...
[September 26, 2007, 15:17]
Report maps out Britain's broadband future
News A major, independent review into the delivery of next-generation broadband access in the UK has been completed, with the resulting report recommending a patchwork of fixed and wireless technologies. These steps include the creation of a framework...
[September 12, 2008, 16:10]
Maps show UK fibre rollout plans
News The research firm Point Topic has published four maps showing the likely rollout of next-generation broadband access across the UK over the next few years. According to Point Topic, this map shows that BT's planned next-generation access (NGA...
[November 12, 2009, 15:20]
Ofcom hints at 21CN regulation
News Strong hints that this could be the case can be found throughout a paper published by the communications regulator on Thursday, entitled Regulatory Challenges Posed By Next Generation Access Networks.
[November 24, 2006, 12:33]
Manchester to get £500k high-speed fibre network
News The next-generation broadband rollout will plug superfast broadband into 500 businesses and 1,000 homes in the Oxford Road area of the city. Once the Oxford Road corridor fibre rollout is complete there are plans to expand the fibre deployment...
[March 26, 2009, 8:09]
When narrow minds meet next-gen broadband
Leader The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), which comprises organisations ranging from the government and Ofcom to ISPs and content providers, is somehow still seriously considering questions such as: "Do we need next-generation access at all?
[February 25, 2008, 14:36]
Comms managers: UK businesses need fibre
News The Communications Management Association's (CMA's) Next Generation Access report, issued on Thursday, claims companies' e-commerce operations will suffer unless broadband speeds are increased. Although the backbone of the UK's broadband...
[July 4, 2008, 15:09]
BT to roll out fibre to 10m UK homes
News The move ends the long-running debate over who would be first to make a major investment in 'next-generation access' (NGA) in the UK. It is likely that Ofcom and BT have already worked out some of the details of this framework, as the regulator's...
[July 15, 2008, 11:09]
Sense and connectivity
Leader Asked by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) to tell it about next-generation broadband access, ex-Cable & Wireless chief Francesco Caio served up a pragmatic and visionary list of recommendations.
[September 12, 2008, 17:30]
