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Ofcom: Mobile broadband to spur fibre rollout
News The regulator has written to communications-industry leaders inviting them to commit with Ofcom to help spur the rollout of next-generation networks across the UK and said it will aim to publish details of the regulatory framework in September.
[July 7, 2008, 8:45]
BT suspends ADSL rollout
News BT has suspended the rollout of ADSL across its network while it attempts to boost the take-up of high-speed Internet access at existing broadband-enabled exchanges. There must be a recognition that one company can't make the broadband revolution...
[November 5, 2001, 12:02]
NHS stalls electronic record system rollout
News The NHS has pledged to halt the further rollout of its electronic patient record system while it takes stock of criticisms in a report. A report evaluating the trial rollout of the Summary Care Record (SCR) system highlighted concerns that the...
[May 15, 2008, 10:00]
Broadband rollout pitched as a recession-buster
News A broadband rollout is a useful way to put money out there fairly quickly," Moulton told delegates at the economic prospects conference, which is run by the UK's technology-industry trade association, Intellect.
[February 10, 2009, 16:03]
Scots demand government cash for broadband rollout
News Two Scottish politicians claimed on Monday that the Highlands will remain a broadband desert unless taxpayer's money is spent to subsidise the rollout of affordable high-speed Internet services in Scotland.
[September 23, 2002, 15:06]
PM's spending plans may pave way for fibre rollout
News According to The Observer, Brown's investment in digital infrastructure will take the form of a high-speed broadband deployment, which has been interpreted by some as a move towards the rollout of fibre.
[January 6, 2009, 11:28]
BT expands broadband rollout
News This additional rollout comes shortly after BT Wholesale cut the cost of its ADSL products. BT has been criticised for the fact that its ADSL rollout concentrated on towns and cities, leaving many people in rural areas unable to get broadband.
[April 8, 2002, 10:25]
BT ditches Web kiosk rollout
News BT has halted the rollout of thousands of Internet kiosks after overestimating how much public demand there would be for the service. BT had planned a large scale rollout of public multimedia kiosks, with our supplier, which has been reduced due to...
[January 16, 2006, 12:35]
Analysts: Delay to SAP's Saas rollout no surprise
News SAP's decision to delay the rollout for its Business ByDesign on-demand software should comes as no surprise but could prove a boon for software-as-a-service vendors, according to analysts. When SAP's first real foray into software as a service...
[May 2, 2008, 9:02]
Outgoing BT chief hints at fibre rollout
News BT is seriously considering a rollout of high-speed fibre connectivity across the country, according to the company's outgoing chairman. Such a rollout would mean faster connectivity for users than that provided by the existing all-copper...
[July 19, 2007, 14:40]
Rural broadband rollout hits problems
News It is an attempt to increase the rollout of high-speed Internet services across the UK, by allowing people whose local exchange isn't ADSL-enabled to show BT that they want broadband. Yorkshire market town Knaresborough has become the first part of...
[November 11, 2002, 13:15]
Manchester may trial large-scale ID card rollout
News Manchester is one of several areas being considered in the UK to act as a test bed for the rollout of ID cards to UK citizens. Thousands of people living in the pilot areas, likely to be major UK cities, will be able to get ID cards from November...
[January 30, 2009, 7:24]
Newham to lead CRM rollout
News By showing these councils, in facts and figures, the direct benefits of CRM for their bottom lines, we hope to encourage further rollout and timely implementation. Newham LBC will run a project that is aiming to demonstrate the benefits of customer...
[August 19, 2004, 15:55]
Starbucks keeps up Wi-Fi rollout
News Coffee retailer Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it has increased its rollout of Wi-Fi hot spots. This was part of a global rollout of high-speed wireless Internet services, in partnership with T-Mobile and HP.
[January 21, 2003, 16:39]
BT pauses its SDSL rollout: Is there an heir apparent in BT Max?
News BT recently announced that in September it is 'pausing' its rollout of SDSL due to 'significant' lack of demand. Given the rollout plan, at the forefront of the BT product managers' minds may have been that BT Max's development costs (in particular...
[September 6, 2005, 12:40]
Q&A: E-commerce minister on broadband rollout
News Although they're pleased about price cuts, many readers are concerned about rollout, and the fact that only two-thirds of the UK are covered by BT's ADSL network. Do you think that if we aren't doing the same, and we don't achieve broadband rollout...
[June 24, 2002, 14:01]
BT: 21CN rollout timescale was squeezed
News Neil Armstrong, product development director at PlusNet, an ISP which is a customer of BTWholesale, is frustrated because the delays in 21CN will also delay the rollout of super-fast broadband access, known as ADSL2+.
[November 22, 2006, 10:51]
Fact: Successful pilot, disasterous rollout
Talkback The subsequent rollout was an unqualified disaster. TU> Facts: Successful Pilot DS> The library pilot was successful because it wasn't run by the council's IT department. Members of the Open Source Consortium were responsible for deploying the...
[November 20, 2006, 13:08]
Broadband group outlines fibre rollout costs
News A nationwide rollout of next-generation broadband is more likely to involve fibre to the cabinet than fibre being installed all the way to homes and small businesses, a report from the Broadband Stakeholder Group has suggested.
[September 8, 2008, 17:27]
HSBC begins global TelePresence rollout
News HSBC is on course to make big savings and slash its air travel by millions of miles as it begins a global rollout of Cisco's videoconferencing system, TelePresence. TelePresence will be fitted at nine of the bank's offices worldwide by the end of...
[September 8, 2008, 9:43]
