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Digital Britain phone levy not enough, says BT

News The government's proposed 50p charge on fixed lines will not be enough to extend next-generation broadband coverage across the whole UK, BT's strategy chief has said [02 Jul 2009]

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BT hooks BlackBerry up to unified comms

News Integration of RIM service with BT's unified communications platform means BlackBerry users will be able to use Wi-Fi rather than cell networks to make calls [30 Jun 2009]

Carphone gets EU green light for Tiscali buy

News The merger of Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk ISP and Tiscali UK will not be anti-competitive, the European Commission has ruled [30 Jun 2009]

Parliament to probe Digital Britain plan

News A select committee is to investigate Lord Carter's Digital Britain recommendations, which include a 2Mbps universal minimum broadband speed and a 50p-per-month levy on fixed lines [30 Jun 2009]

Constricted Internet Connections

Blog The MJ event and the Iranian and Chinese governments' choke-holds on its citizen's Internet connections demonstrate in two different ways how vulnerable network endpoint access really is for the... [28 Jun 2009]

ISP threat letters have 'positive effect', says Ofcom

Blog Sending letters to internet users suspected of filesharing is a successful way of cutting down on such activity, the head of Ofcom said on Thursday. Ed Richards, the chief executive of the... [25 Jun 2009]

Reding: Telecoms Package to survive clause row

Blog Europe's telecommunications commissioner, Viviane Reding, has told ZDNet UK that the Telecoms Package, a collection of new laws that many fear will be sunk by a contentious net-neutrality clause,... [25 Jun 2009]

Ofcom pleads for Telecoms Package to pass

News As a net-neutrality amendment threatens to sink the product after years of negotiation, the UK's telecoms regulator calls on all concerned to come to an agreement [25 Jun 2009]

BT to manage KCom's network

Blog KCom Group, the Hull-based telecommunications and IT provider, has signed a network management deal with BT. A strategic agreement between the two companies was announced on Monday. KCom will... [23 Jun 2009]

Internet Hero and Villain nominees announced

Blog The ISP Association has announced the finalists for its annual 'Internet Heroes and Villains' awards, with the European Parliament up for both awards. The EP is nominated for the Hero award for... [19 Jun 2009]

Europe calls on US to let go of Icann

News The upcoming expiry of a deal between the US government and the body that governs the internet's core functions should lead to independence for Icann, the EC has said [19 Jun 2009]

BT moves infrastructure into the cloud

News BT Global Services is about to move its Virtual Data Centre service out of the trial stage, in a move analysts say will help BT become a services-centric company [18 Jun 2009]

Digital Britain report panned by Tories, experts

News Politicians and IT industry players have criticised Lord Carter's report over its recommendations for taxing broadband, providing 2Mbps universal coverage and tackling file-sharers [17 Jun 2009]

Finally - Video Calling from Logitech

Blog It has taken a lot longer than I thought it would, but finally, here is the announcement of a Video Calling from Logitech product, based on their takeover of SightSpeed. I haven't had time to look... [17 Jun 2009]

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Digital Britain calls for 50p broadband levy

News Lord Carter has laid out plans for charges on fixed copper lines to fund rural fibre, and has called on Ofcom to force ISPs to crack down on illegal file-sharing [16 Jun 2009]

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Gov't to crack down on file-sharers

Blog The Digital Britain report, which was expected to recommend universal broadband access for UK citizens, has been presented at a press conference. A journalist colleague, David Meyer, who was there,... [16 Jun 2009]

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Virgin considering filesharer suspensions

Blog Virgin Media could start suspending persistent filesharers on a temporary basis, using information provided to it by the Universal record company. The ISP announced on Monday that it would,... [15 Jun 2009]

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Digital Britain report delayed?

Blog The government has said that the Digital Britain report may be delayed, and has confirmed timing for when Lord Carter will step down. The Digital Britain report, which is expected to recommend... [12 Jun 2009]

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Reports: Comms minister to stand down

Blog Lord Carter, the communications minister, intends to leave the government, according to a report in The Times. The government has not commented on the possibility, other than to say Carter is... [12 Jun 2009]

EC: New net-neutrality law is unnecessary

News A French court's ruling that internet users cannot be disconnected without a court order proves pan-European net-neutrality laws are not needed, the Commission has said [12 Jun 2009]

BT wants BBC to pay for iPlayer

News The ISP has admitted limiting iPlayer download speeds for some of its customers, and says content owners should not expect a 'free ride' [11 Jun 2009]

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Cloud pushing telecoms into bandwidth boost

News Net neutrality constraints and cloud computing and are forcing telecoms operators to build more bandwidth into core infrastructure, according to an Ovum analyst [09 Jun 2009]

Juniper revs Ethernet to 100Gbps

News The 100Gbps Ethernet interface card is an industry first, and is announced far ahead of the standard's actual ratification by the IEEE [09 Jun 2009]

Carphone Warehouse to split in two

News Best Buy Europe and TalkTalk are to become separate listed companies by July next year, Carphone Warehouse has announced [05 Jun 2009]

BT rolls out free broadband speed boost

News A switch to ADSL2+ technology means BT customers get speeds of up to 20Mbps rather than 8Mbps, although existing subscribers will have to renew their contracts [03 Jun 2009]

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Google chief touts always-on computing

Video The company's chief executive Eric Schmidt says his vision for a new computing paradigm "is the beginning of the real win of cloud computing" [28 May 2009]


Rural broadband satellite gets funding boost

News The European Space Agency has awarded UK satellite operator Avanti €250k for a system that could fulfil the Digital Britain aims of providing broadband service to rural areas [26 May 2009]

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BBC tech chief calls for iPlayer licence fee

News People who only view BBC programming through the iPlayer video-on-demand service are getting a "free ride", according to Future Media and Technology director Erik Huggers [21 May 2009]

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Cisco pushes package for mobile collaboration

News The Collaboration in Motion initiative pulls together a range of Cisco products, with the promise of making it easier for mobile workers to jump from wired to wireless to cellular workspaces [20 May 2009]

HP, Microsoft team up for unified-comms push

News The companies will invest up to $180m in a four-year collaboration on unified communications, including the integration of SharePoint and Exchange software with ProCurve hardware [20 May 2009]

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