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Virgin Media launches public-sector network for London

...Westminster council and Virgin Media Business have launched a pan-London IT framework... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Staff

Virgin Media plans free Wi-Fi network for London

...not-too-distant future." Virgin's business arm is already working with Westminster Council to provide the infrastructure for a pan-London public sector network... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Add shared services, subtract CIOs: David Wilde's recipe for a better public sector

...service departments in order to save £35m a year by 2014/15. Westminster council is tendering for a four-year framework agreement that will allow... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

iPhone 4 pricing, bring-your-own laptops and the end of ID cards

...wise to users' preferences. In an interview with silicon.com last month, Westminster Council CIO David Wilde revealed that the local authority is considering embracing... Read more

2 July, 2010 by Jo Best

Westminster Council widens Wi-Fi network

...access would not be free. ZDNet UK reported in April 2004 that Westminster council was planning to extend its Wi-Fi network, after a pilot... Read more

25 November, 2005 by Karen Gomm
Intel's wireless future

Intel's wireless future

...in now for a number of years. We're involved in the Westminster council initiative and we've been involved in the US with a... Read more

4 December, 2006 by David Meyer

Westminster gets all meshed up

...Westminster will be connected by the end of 2008, a spokesperson for Westminster Council said on Monday. The City of Westminster includes Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar... Read more

27 November, 2006 by David Meyer

Parking in the West End goes contactless

Wave and pay on trial with Westminster City Council Read more

29 October, 2009 by Jo Best

Westminster council bullish on Wi-Fi expansion

...install or move. But CCTV is just the start of the project. Westminster council wants to use the extended network to support e-learning centres... Read more

29 April, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Friday

Friday 25/04/2003News that Westminster Council is going to submerge Soho in a sea of 802.11b... Read more

25 April, 2003

Mobile bosses in phonebox sex card scandal

Westminster Council encourages some cold calling to uncooperative execs Westminster council has had... Read more

27 August, 2004 by Jo Best

The connection conundrum: 3G or Wi-Fi?

Vendors insist third generation mobile and Wi-Fi hot spots are complementary technologies, while analysts claim that for IT professionals, it's decision time again Read more

17 May, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...telling the BBC about Shirley Porter's hidden cash, Cliff had helped Westminster Council get ten million quid from the lady – but it was his... Read more

16 September, 2005

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...telling the BBC about Shirley Porter's hidden cash, Cliff had helped Westminster Council get ten million quid from the lady – but it was his... Read more

16 September, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins

Council auctions abandoned cars on eBay

...classic motor? A London council is selling off abandoned cars on eBay. Westminster Council said it is using the auction site to get more money... Read more

19 April, 2005 by Steve Ranger

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