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Schmidt: UN treaty a 'disaster' for the internet

...of things such as naming and DNS to the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) would divide the internet, allowing it to be further broken... Read more

29 February, 2012 by Ben Woods
Inside Europe's space research centre

Inside Europe's space research centre

...major duties include development and oversight of all kinds of ESA missions — telecommunications, science, human spaceflight, Earth observation, exploration and satellite navigation; overseeing the development... Read more

18 July, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman

Alcatel-Lucent pays $137m to settle bribery case

...to settle charges of bribery in Asia and Latin America. The French telecommunications firm will pay $137m (£88.5m) to settle the case. The company... Read more

31 December, 2010 by Vivian Yeo

ITU close to backing LTE and WiMax variants as 4G

...technologies are close to getting their official 4G moniker from the International Telecommunication Union. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) operates as an agency within the... Read more

22 October, 2010 by Marguerite Reardon

World's internet population to pass 2bn, says report

...billion mark this year, according to the latest report from the International Telecommunication Union. The number of people with access to the web at home... Read more

21 October, 2010 by Tyler Thia

MoD extends BT fixed telecoms contract

...Defence has signed an £800m, three-year extension to its Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service agreement with BT. The contract, which starts in July 2012, is... Read more

13 September, 2010 by Kable

RIM hits out at Apple's tactics in nano-SIM battle

...their proxy votes, according to a letter RIM sent to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the group deciding the issue.The letter, filed on... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Steven Musil

Dell brings OpenStack cloud package to the UK

...become available in the UK, Germany and China, giving web hosting and telecommunications providers the opportunity to build a Dell-supported cloud and resell it... Read more

21 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

MoD recruits hundreds of cyber experts

...in cyber-space Hamadoun Toure, secretary-general of the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU), said there was a danger that the next world war... Read more

2 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Report: Apple aims to shrink micro-SIM card in iPads

...reported on Tuesday that Apple has put forth plans to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for a smaller version of micro-SIM that could... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Government kicks off fresh debate on comms law

...has asked for feedback on ideas for new laws to govern the telecommunications, online-media and digital-content industries, as a prelude to introducing a... Read more

16 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Universal phone charger to work with tablets, cameras

...use standardised USB and micro-USB end connectors. On Monday, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said the universal charger — first specified in 2009 — would be... Read more

10 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Brocade revamps networking line-up for the cloud

...virtual private clouds for enterprises. In 2009, HP predicted that many European telecommunication companies would become cloud providers within 12 to 18 months. Many service... Read more

4 May, 2011 by Jack Clark

Government to overhaul Communications Act

Culture minister Jeremy Hunt, who has taken over responsibility for telecoms regulation, has begun consultation on a new law covering broadband, mobile and online TV services Read more

20 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

Nokia introduces dual-charging options

...In June 2009, Nokia signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) pledging to adopt a universal charger based on micro-USB... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

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SoapyTablet

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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