Details emerge on Bournemouth fibre scheme
News H2O Networks' sewer-based deployment is the UK's largest fibre scheme and will bring next-gen connectivity to the town, the company says [09 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections set to rocket
News Berg Insight says the number of mobile network connections used for machine-to-machine comms will grow from 37.5m in 2007 to 186m in 2012 [07 May 2008]
Finding a funder for fibre to the home
Q&A The Communications Management Association's David Harrington argues there's a case for using government funds to roll out fibre to the home across the UK [06 May 2008]
BAE to develop secure mobile network for US military
News The company has won a Darpa contract to develop an 'intrinsically secure' mobile network protecting against traditional cyberattacks [02 May 2008]
BCS joins calls for Phorm service to be opt-in
News The British Computer Society has joined the information commissioner in calling for Phorm's targeted-ad service to be opt-in to comply with privacy law [30 Apr 2008]
- Web site creators... how do they 'opt in'? - 1000250712
Tech leaders team up on home-network standard
News Chip and electronics makers Intel, Infineon, Texas Instruments and Panasonic have formed an alliance to help market and test a standard to create home networks for films, music and pictures using domestic wiring [30 Apr 2008]
Gartner: Unified comms is not about saving money
News Bringing voice, email and instant messaging onto a single IP platform is expensive and the business case should be based on productivity and collaboration drivers, the analyst firm claims [23 Apr 2008]
Police force's Facebook app raises privacy concerns
News Greater Manchester Police has become the first UK police force to establish a presence on Facebook, but critics have warned of the privacy implications [21 Apr 2008]
Intel invests $500m in Taiwan WiMax network
News The company announced its five-year spending plan as Acer revealed its intention to launch WiMax-enabled laptops by mid 2008 [21 Apr 2008]
EU sees surge in broadband usage
News High-speed broadband is now used by 77 percent of EU businesses, compared to 62 percent in 2005, according to the European Commission [21 Apr 2008]
AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010
News The company has warned of the need for urgent investment in the internet's infrastructure, deliberately avoiding the term 'net neutrality' [18 Apr 2008]
- Alarm Bells Again? - L. DiMeglio
Multi-Tech Faxfinder 820
Review Multi-Tech FaxFinder is a simple-to-install and flexible fax server. The system provides good configuration and logging options and integration to an existing PBX is seamless. If you're after a flexible and reliable solution to process your incoming faxes, then FaxFinder does the job well. [18 Apr 2008]
FCC to scrutinise US network management
News The agency will look at whether broadband internet providers are open with customers about how they manage their networks and deliver promised speeds [18 Apr 2008]
Ofcom seeks to speed up UK fibre rollout
News The telecoms regulator has launched a review into ways of replacing existing copper networks, possibly by laying fibre through existing sewer ducts [17 Apr 2008]
Cubans line up for first mobile-phone services
News Since coming to power, President Raul Castro has eased restrictions on mobile-phone services, allowing Cubans to buy phones for the first time or register those they had held illegally [15 Apr 2008]
Nokia, Ericsson and others ink LTE deal
News A number of the world's largest technology companies will commit to a licensing framework for their patents for the emerging mobile-network technology known as long-term evolution [15 Apr 2008]
FCC to review firms' use of customer data
News The US enforcement bureau is expected to recommend rejecting a complaint made by cable operators over Verizon's techniques in retaining customers [14 Apr 2008]
Australia seeks funds for high-speed broadband
News The government is seeking bids from companies to help fund a £4.4bn high-speed broadband network that will help the country catch up in competitiveness with its peers [14 Apr 2008]
EU votes against disconnecting file-sharers
News Two reports from the European Parliament argue that if filesharers of copyrighted material are not trying to make money from their actions, they should not be criminalised or thrown off the internet [11 Apr 2008]
- Finally something clever in EU - LadyRoot
Conflicting strategies aired at unified comms show 
Photo This week's Unified Communications Expo saw telephony vendors talking up interoperability, although how desirable this would be for industry behemoths Cisco and Microsoft is open to debate [11 Apr 2008]
WiMax's head start over LTE may decide 4G race
News Sprint Nextel believes WiMax may become more widely adopted than the long-term evolution of 3G because the tech has arrived first [11 Apr 2008]
