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]
Unlimited-broadband offers to go 'within a year'
News Analysts and ISPs indicate the days of the 'unlimited broadband' package are numbered because of the explosion in internet video use [14 Mar 2008]
- Nonsense: The Bandwidth Party continues. - D Tomlinson
- Pachyderms and fibre - David Meyer
- The Limits to Bandwidth - D Tomlinson
- Exaggerating the problem - harpless
How telepresence is targeting healthcare
Case Study A Scottish hospital is investigating whether high-end videoconferencing technology could have a role to play in the treatment of patients [17 Mar 2008]
BT invites Second Life users to AvaTalk
News The company is exploring demand for virtual-to-real-world communications via a one-month trial of its free phone and texting service [25 Mar 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]
Thinktank: Phorm a 'green light for lawbreaking'
News After the Information Commissioner appears to back the privacy claims of web-advertising firm Phorm, a prominent thinktank claims Phorm's activities are still illegal [07 Apr 2008]
- Bad News - Moley
- Targetted Technology? - 55454
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
Operators want fewer new mobile masts
News Admitting they are unlikely to increase revenues as mobile data usage rises, operators say they need to cut costs by re-using existing base stations for new mobile technologies [06 Mar 2008]
Citrix makes Evergreen WAN union with Microsoft
News The two companies' product allows branch offices to take advantage of WAN optimisation without removing the branch server [19 Feb 2008]
BT responds to 'unethical' contract criticism
News The communications provider has introduced a three-month grace period for PSTN line customers who do not want to be automatically 'upgraded' to a new 12-month contract [20 Feb 2008]
- Outrageous - 57715
Vendors tackle high telepresence costs
Analysis The top-five telepresence vendors are trying to encourage more companies to adopt the high-end videoconferencing technology, which so far has proved tricky to sell [01 Apr 2008]
- Market traction - RichardThurston
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
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
The problem with the telepresence picture
Feature High-end videoconferencing tech has been slow to take off but, despite the price, the benefits of telepresence mean its only a matter of time, claim analysts [17 Mar 2008]
Cisco embeds Windows Server 2008 on appliances
News The tie-up with Microsoft should make it easier to manage Windows Server services in remote offices [27 Feb 2008]
Phorm attacks critics over 'illegality' claims
News The targeted-advertising company accuses the Foundation for Information Policy Research of wanting to stifle 'new developments' — a claim described by FIPR as being unrealistic [10 Apr 2008]
- Initial Response - Moley
HMRC named 'internet villain' of the year
News HM Revenue & Customs earned the award from the Internet Services Providers' Association for its loss of millions of UK citizens' private data [17 Mar 2008]
Google and Optus team up on cable project
News The search giant has joined a consortium building a $300m high-bandwidth submarine cable system between the US and Japan [27 Feb 2008]
Broadband Britain sees costs fall as speeds rise
News Fat pipes are cheaper and faster than ever, with average broadband costs falling 36 percent in the past four years [04 Feb 2008]
- What's the point? - 52374
- Broadband Britain sees costs fall as speeds rise - TonyC
Vodafone cuts mobile-broadband rates
News The company aims to boost uptake of mobile broadband with a £15-per-month 3GB price offer, which will run for a limited promotional period [04 Feb 2008]
ICANN turns on IPv6 addresses
News The addition of IPv6 data to some of the internet root servers marks the start of a mass migration that should guarantee the supply of unique IP addresses [05 Feb 2008]
