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Juniper moves into wireless with £96m Trapeze buy

...Trapeze takeover will help Juniper move into the enterprise unified communications market, Ovum analyst John Mazur told ZDNet UK on Wednesday. Mazur said that he... Read more

17 November, 2010 by David Meyer

SOCA website taken down in DDoS attack

...since the last successful DDoS attack on SOCA in June 2011," said Ovum analyst Andrew Kellett. "Hacktivist attacks targeting particular operations have been known to... Read more

3 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner
BT passes fibre milestone as profits rise

BT passes fibre milestone as profits rise

The telecoms company, which has rolled out its super-fast broadband network to 10 million premises, saw annual profits go up 42 percent in the last financial year Read more

10 May, 2012 by David Meyer

Google Drive offers 'open' collaboration platform

The company says its new cloud storage product is an 'open platform', although the only third-party services offering Drive integration come in the form of Chrome web apps Read more

25 April, 2012 by David Meyer

O2 Wallet released for iOS, Android and BlackBerry

...NFC), the technology that is increasingly being built into smartphones. According to Ovum analyst Eden Zoller, this makes O2 wallet "comprehensive", but "essentially a mobile... Read more

26 April, 2012
New 4G auction plan could clear deadlock

New 4G auction plan could clear deadlock

Ofcom has revised earlier proposals for the upcoming 4G auction in ways that could end the repeated delays in bringing fast mobile broadband to the UK Read more

12 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Everything Everywhere wins Ofcom backing for 4G plans

...Ofcom's current set of proposals for how the award should proceed," Ovum analyst Matthew Howett said in a statement. "The moment is coming when... Read more

13 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

Study: Android to overtake iOS among developers

...is worthy of investment; its challenge now is to persuade consumers," said Ovum analyst Adam Leach. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see... Read more

24 January, 2012 by Roger Cheng

BlackBerry 10 and getting tablets right: What RIM needs to do in 2012

Facing competition from iOS and Android, what does RIM need to do to get back in the game? Read more

9 January, 2012 by Natasha Lomas

Report: Websites place design above security

...code, according to a new report. The Web Security report, authored by Ovum analyst Andy Kelley, claims that the breach of Sony and several financial... Read more

23 August, 2011 by Michael Lee

HP dumps WebOS, looks to split off PC business

...in the best interest of HP and HP's shareholders," he said.Ovum analyst Nick Dillon noted that HP failed to work up any interest... Read more

19 August, 2011 by David Meyer

What Google's Motorola buy means for Android, patents and your TV

...the Android ecosystem. "I think that is a very real possibility," says Ovum analyst Nick Dillon. "If Google do start providing preferential access to code... Read more

15 August, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

10 reasons BlackBerry can survive - and even thrive

...to analysts. "As a piece of software it's very sound," said Ovum analyst Tony Cripps. "RIM clearly has a contingency plan in place to... Read more

1 July, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Microsoft launches IE9 at SXSW

...an outcome that will hurt business adoption of the browser, according to Ovum analyst Richard Edwards. "IE9 will excite web developers and 'prosumers' as they... Read more

15 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

Ofcom calls for changes to broadband speed advertising

The regulator, which also published the latest average UK broadband speeds, has said marketing should include real-world typical speed ranges, rather than only quoting theoretical maximums Read more

2 March, 2011 by David Meyer

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