One promise needed for internet freedom
Leader Europe has given us the tools to prevent three strikes. It's the perfect time to finish the job [05 Nov 2009]
The mutation of Europe's 'internet freedom' law
Blog Agreement has been reached on the now-famous Amendment 138/46, allowing the Telecoms Reform Package to become law next year. Some rights activists are semi-up-in-arms about the final version of... [05 Nov 2009]
KBOX update simplifies Windows 7 migration
Blog KACE is updating its K2000 systems management box to include a module that allows you to migrate to Windows 7. Although there are plenty of products that promise similar benefits, KACE seems to be... [05 Nov 2009]
European 'internet freedom' law agreed
News Lawmakers agree to protect internet users from disconnection without due process, a move that means a raft of EU telecoms reforms can pass into law [05 Nov 2009]
Olympics digital radio system gets funding boost
News The Home Office has announced a £39m investment to increase the capability of the emergency services' Airwave system for the London 2012 Games [04 Nov 2009]
Nokia Siemens plans thousands of layoffs
News The loss-making networking company could get rid of more than 4,500 staff worldwide in a bid to become profitable [03 Nov 2009]
TV spectrum to be used for mobile broadband
News The European Commission has given countries a two-year target to switch to digital TV and so free up analogue spectrum for wireless broadband [30 Oct 2009]
Juniper pieces together new network push
News Juniper outlines its 'new network' vision and launches a package of networking products and partnerships aimed at a range of customers — from enterprises to service providers [29 Oct 2009]
Quarter of world online as internet turns 40
News Forty years ago, engineers at two California Universities sent the first successful communication between two computers, marking the beginning of the internet [29 Oct 2009]
Mandelson puts 'three strikes' internet plan in motion
News Proposals that could force ISPs to cut off the internet connection of persistent copyright infringers will be included in a bill going before parliament next month [28 Oct 2009]
- who wouldn’t encrypt their traffic - mywl002
- Impossible to police - graham.manning@tso.co.uk
Mozilla storms email chaos with Raindrop
News Raindrop will aggregate multiple online communications media, according to Mozilla, and sift the stuff you want from the less important [23 Oct 2009]
Bradshaw: Courts must OK P2P disconnections
News People suspected of unlawful file-sharing will not have their broadband service cut off without a court order, culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has told a House of Commons committee [22 Oct 2009]
EU consumer groups, ISPs plead for net neutrality
News As negotiations continue over an amendment to major EU telecoms reform, ISPs and consumer rights groups have called for web access to be a fundamental right [20 Oct 2009]
MPs call for one, simplified privacy law
News The All Party Parliamentary Communications Group has issued a slew of recommendations covering privacy, file-sharing, broadband speed advertising and online safety [16 Oct 2009]
Nokia posts third-quarter loss on weak sales
News Despite reporting a surprise loss, the company said the mobile-device industry will not fall as much as it had feared in 2009 [16 Oct 2009]
Finland makes broadband access a legal right
News The country has become the world's first to pass a law making high-speed net access, at speeds of at least 1Mbps, a legal right for all its citizens by July 2010 [16 Oct 2009]
Gov't confusion over national 2Mbps commitment
Blog Confusion has broken out within government circles over the 2Mbps universal broadband coverage that was called for by Stephen Carter's Digital Britain report. At a Parliament and Internet... [15 Oct 2009]
South Ayrshire to get fibre access from H2O
News Some towns in Scotland's South Ayrshire will gain next-generation broadband in the first quarter of next year, as part of H2O Networks's Fibrezone strategy [14 Oct 2009]
Cisco to buy mobile specialist Starent
News The $2.9bn acquisition is designed to help Cisco keep a grip on the rapid growth of the mobile internet due to the rising number of smartphones and other devices [14 Oct 2009]
Avaya offers single-server Aura UC package
News The unified communications product for medium-sized businesses will be based on a custom virtualisation technology that Avaya says is tuned for the needs of real-time communications [12 Oct 2009]
LifeSize Passport: HD videoconferencing for SMEs with added...
Blog To 30, St Mary Axe, a.k.a The Gherkin, to meet Craig Malloy, CEO of High-Definition (HD) videoconferencing specialists LifeSize in their swanky new UK office. Before getting down to the... [12 Oct 2009]
BT to run fast fibre to 2.5m homes
News A quarter of the 10 million UK homes and businesses scheduled to be hooked up to fibre broadband will get FTTP, which promises speeds of up to 1Gbps [09 Oct 2009]
HP: European telcos to become cloud providers
News The company, which sells bespoke hardware to cloud providers, says most major telcos in Europe will move into providing cloud services within 18 months at the outside [08 Oct 2009]
Lord Carter on playing politics with Digital Britain
Q&A The Labour peer talks about whether an incoming Tory government would shelve the Digital Britain recommendations, in his report and how to deal with illegal file-sharing [07 Oct 2009]
US government to let Icann go, reports say
Blog The United States government will on Wednesday announce it is relinquishing most of the control it currently exerts over Icann, the organisation that runs the internet's core domain systems, the... [29 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain 50p tax 'to be law' by next election
Blog Stephen Timms, the minister for Digital Britain, has reiterated the government's intention to press ahead with a £6-a-year tax that will pay for the rollout of next-generation broadband in the UK.... [24 Sep 2009]
HP launches SkyRoom HD videoconferencing system
Blog HP has announced the availability and pricing for SkyRoom, its HD video conferencing system for workstations. First shown in March, SkyRoom has been in beta since - but is now available for... [22 Sep 2009]
Virgin Media 'cluster failure' caused email problems
Blog Virgin Media customers were hit by email problems between Monday and Wednesday, due to a 'cluster failure' on the ISP's Blueyonder platform. The problems, which lasted from Monday lunchtime to... [28 Aug 2009]
The curious case of the cables on the seabed
Blog Some news about damp fat pipes - some good, some intriguing. Last week, a bunch of Asian undersea fibre cables got cut. In fact, nearly all of them were damaged — APCN2, APCN, EAC, C2C, FNAL/RNAL... [18 Aug 2009]
File-sharer crackdown could be expedited
Blog Peter Mandelson, the secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, is planning a major crackdown on illegal file-sharing, according to reports over the weekend. The issue of... [17 Aug 2009]
