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UK Broadband Take-up On The Rise
News The digital divide between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is narrowing as more homes connect to broadband. Broadband take-up in homes in England reached 45 percent by the end of 2006, while 42 percent of homes in Northern Ireland...
[May 25, 2007, 13:20]
Easynet Case Study: Northern Grid
White Papers The Northern Grid is a consortium of 12 Local Education Authorities (LEAs) within the Northern region of England. Northern Grid sought to establish a safe and reliable broadband access solution for Darlington LEA and seven other partners in the...
[October 28, 2004, 0:00]
Northern Ireland Tipped To Be Top UK Tech Hub
News Recent Financial Times research found there are more software development centres in Northern Ireland than England. Northern Ireland is making a name for itself as an emerging UK technology hub. Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI), the regional...
[June 3, 2008, 8:27]
North-south Divide Comes To Cyberspace
News The survey, "North-South Divide in PC and Internet Adoption," by market research firm Datamonitor, indicates that while nearly 50 percent of people in the southeast of England have access to a PC at home, the figure for the northern regions is far...
[August 20, 1999, 9:37]
Third Of UK Homes Still Lack Internet Access
News The Southeast is the most connected region, with 74 percent of households having net access in 2008, followed by London with 73 percent and then the East of England (70 percent). The stats also show internet access in Wales has taken a leap forward...
[August 28, 2008, 9:00]
Northern Ireland Hits Broadband Saturation
News One Northeast, the regional development agency for North East England, also signed a £10m contract last year with BT to get all the local exchanges in the area upgraded. Northern Ireland has become the first region after London to have all its...
[February 25, 2005, 10:50]
Orange Ramps Up 3G Network In North
News The mobile operator has announced it is moving to a new network infrastructure in the north-east of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, boosting the speed and reliability of 3G voice and data services in those regions and smoothing the way for...
[August 5, 2008, 9:04]
Oracle Case Study: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
White Papers During the 1990s, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center grew to become the largest and most comprehensive healthcare network in northern New England. The center wanted to streamline materials management by removing the burden of ordering supplies from...
[February 23, 2006, 23:00]
What The Bloody-minded Brits Can Teach The IT World
Talkback Britain just consists of England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, it's part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Paul, just a small point. Could you either forgive someone for their ignorance or...
[March 19, 2004, 8:05]
United Utilities Powers Pervasive Solution With WebSphere MQ Everyplace
White Papers Based in Manchester, United Utilities provides metering and billing services for 2.5 million gas, electric and water consumers in northern England. United Utilities Metering (United Utilities) is staking its success on a strong IT solution.
[March 22, 2005, 23:00]
On This Day In History 2006
Downloads Version 5.1.0.6 adds support for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. On This Day in History 2006 allows printing of high-quality personalized day you were born scrolls, greeting cards, key rings, and fridge magnets, based upon any day...
[March 30, 2006, 17:31]
Homeland Security In America's Dairyland
White Papers The attacks on New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania in September 2001, coupled with the widespread destruction caused by the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in England earlier that year, have refocused attention on the subject and pose...
[January 25, 2005, 2:00]
Student Loans Company Handles 700,000 Transactions Daily With Faster Response Times Than Leading Banks
White Papers The Student Loans Company was set up in 1990 by the U.K.government to administer the granting and repaying of student loans in England and Wales. The company wanted to centralize and Web enable student loan processing to ensure service consistency...
[December 7, 2006, 0:00]
BT's Next-generation Network Delayed
News This shows that some parts of Northern England, Scotland, Wales and South West England will not have been migrated to the all-IP network by 2010. The £10bn transformation of BT's network is facing delays of at least a year.
[September 26, 2006, 17:10]
Charity Funds IT Training For Disadvantaged Groups
News Since September 2006, it has recruited eight other community partner organisations — five in England, one in Scotland, one in Northern Ireland and one in Wales — which have been trained as experts in IT-accessibility issues.
[February 29, 2008, 13:29]
BT Loses Another 21CN Executive
News Some parts of northern England, Scotland, Wales and south-west England will not be migrated to the all-IP network by 2010. The chief executive behind BT's £10bn national network, 21CN, has resigned just six months into the job.
[October 9, 2007, 13:05]
Cricket Could Turn IT Networks To Ashes
News After England's performance against Northern Ireland on Wednesday some football supporters could turn to the cricket for a morale boost, leading to the problem also arising in other firms in the UK. This is England's best chance of winning the...
[September 8, 2005, 18:05]
Government Claims Success As Broadband Auction Closes
News PCCW's capture of 13 licences mean the telco can now operate wireless services at 3.4GHz everywhere in the UK apart from the metropolitan North of England -- including Manchester and Liverpool -- and in rural Southern England.
[June 18, 2003, 12:21]
UK Operators Miss Out In Wireless Broadband Auction
News The Southern licence, covering rural Southern England, is currently under the control of another company bidding under the name Public Hub. The Northern licence, covering Manchester and Liverpool, is currently back in the hands of the government...
[June 16, 2003, 17:15]
Wireless Broadband Auction Kicks Off Amid Cherry-picking Fears
News Similar fears were voiced by Welsh politicians earlier this year when they learned that Wales would not have its own licences, but would be bundled in with areas of England. Seven cover metropolitan areas and seven cover rural areas, with a further...
[June 6, 2003, 12:09]
