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Wimax rollout costs breed concern
Blog Even if the full $3bn rollout goes ahead, Sprint still has to get this money back in revenues from someone. Just as the prospects of wireless broadband were looking up, there's some bad news. Recent news that Ofcom would allow increased power in Wi...
[June 26, 2007, 18:37]
EU throws support behind wireless-broadband rollout
News The European parliament has backed a package of telecoms measures designed to simplify the rollout of EU-wide services, such as wireless internet and mobile TV, using the spectrum previously taken up by analogue TV and radio broadcasts.
[September 25, 2008, 9:24]
BT's ADSL rollout keeps up momentum
News BT announced on Monday that a further 20 local exchanges have been added to its broadband rollout programme after hitting their pre-registration trigger levels. ADSL should be available from each of the local exchanges by the end of May at the latest.
[February 24, 2003, 16:12]
Galileo project 'hindering' phone sat-nav rollout
News Our people need to understand the rollout schedules clearly," he added. Europe's upcoming satellite constellation, Galileo, is becoming a barrier to the integration of satellite navigation into European handsets, a mobile operator claimed last week.
[January 22, 2007, 10:44]
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]
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]
Swisscom to speed up Wi-Fi rollout
News Swisscom Eurospot is planning to accelerate its Wi-Fi hot spot rollout over the next few months. I think the takeover has to mean that rollout will speed up," Brown told ZDNet UK News this week. Brown admitted there had been some problems with this...
[June 25, 2003, 16:33]
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]
Broadband rollout in crisis
News The rollout of broadband services in the UK hit crisis point Tuesday as yet another operator -- World Online -- withdrew from unbundling, leaving experts demanding government and regulatory intervention to save the failing process.
[February 6, 2001, 9:40]
BT expands ADSL rollout
News BT's ADSL rollout will be increased by the addition of another 100 exchanges, it was unveiled on Monday. BT already plans to rollout ADSL in 400 exchanges across the UK by the end of March. BT has come in for criticism for its slow rollout of DSL...
[February 23, 2000, 11:12]
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]
Government may back fibre rollout to homes
News The speech was made to the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), which recently called for a fibre rollout to keep the UK competitive. The UK government may intervene to promote the deployment of fibre connectivity across the country, according to the...
[September 19, 2007, 8:00]
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]
News Burst: BT adds 16 towns to ADSL rollout
News Another 100 exchanges will be added to BT's ADSL rollout, it was announced yesterday, putting places like Aberdeen, Brighton, Liverpool and Nottingham on the broadband map. BT already plans to rollout ADSL in 400 exchanges across the UK by the end...
[February 23, 2000, 10:44]
NHS completes rollout of digital X-ray tech
News The NHS has completed a project to rollout digital X-ray and scanning technology to health trusts across England as part of the £12.4bn national NHS IT programme. The Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (Pacs) technology replaces the...
[December 28, 2007, 8:18]
Experts blast telcos for slow Euro DSL rollout
News In the UK BT is trialling DSL services but no firm date has been set for rollout. Moore thinks that unbundling the local loop -- where PTOs networks are opened up to other operators -- will force PTOs to rollout DSL services before alternative...
[November 18, 1999, 11:30]
Confusion at BT over broadband rollout
News BT's decision to create a Web-based broadband registration scheme appears to have led to confusion within the telco itself over future broadband rollout plans. Even though the broadband registration database will record interest against every...
[July 4, 2002, 16:19]
BT apologises for poor ADSL rollout
News Ovum analyst Tim Johnson is not surprised by the amount of complaints and believes there is a multitude of problems BT has to overcome in order to smooth out the glitches in its ADSL rollout. BTopenworld issued an apology Wednesday to all the...
[November 22, 2000, 15:21]
BT to speed up next-gen broadband rollout
News BT is planning to double the pace of its forthcoming next-generation broadband fibre rollout, bringing up to 100Mbps broadband within reach of more than a million premises next year. Chief executive Ian Livingston said a faster fibre rollout would...
[May 15, 2009, 18:24]
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]
