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Plug into the Net
News Canadian telecommunications company, Northern Telecom Ltd (Nortel) and United Utilities PLC, have formed a joint company, NOR.WEB DPL, to develop and market their data-over-powerlines technology, dubbed Digital PowerLine.
[March 26, 1998, 12:48]
Mobile phones key to e-commerce security
News Around 200 mobile engineers at United Utilities, Your's parent company, are using RSA Mobile to access applications such as job schedules. Also at Your, a prototype application will let United Utilities customers pay their bills online after...
[September 4, 2002, 9:36]
Broadband over power lines sparks interest again
News In 1997, Nortel Networks, a telecommunications equipment maker, teamed up with British energy company United Utilities and formed Nor.Web, with the goal of offering broadband over an electricity grid.
[February 25, 2004, 10:36]
Software licence tied to human rights
News For instance, it bans governments, individuals and corporations from any "monitoring of individuals", which might apply to popular network monitoring utilities, and bans "filtering" of any expression, which could cover routine utilities such as...
[November 28, 2002, 8:22]
Microsoft Voice Command 1.5
Downloads and Voice Command will recite the time and phone number of missed calls Voice-controlled utilities: Users can start any program in the Start menu or programs folder, such as Inbox, Calculator or Solitaire.
[November 17, 2006, 7:00]
Microsoft Voice Command 1.6 (UK)
Downloads and the name of the song and artist will be read to you.Voice-Controlled Utilities: Start any program in the Start menu or programs folder, such as Inbox, Calculator or Solitaire.Check signal strength, battery level, time, and day by voice.Low...
[November 17, 2006, 7:00]
Microsoft Voice Command (Upgrade for Pocket PC Only)- US Version
Downloads and Voice Command will recite the time and phone number of missed calls Voice-controlled utilities: Users can start any program in the Start menu or programs folder, such as Inbox, Calculator or Solitaire.
[October 30, 2003, 7:00]
Microsoft Voice Command--US Version (Smartphone only)
Downloads and Voice Command will recite the time and phone number of missed calls Voice-controlled utilities: Users can start any program in the Start menu or programs folder, such as Inbox, Calculator or Solitaire.
[November 13, 2006, 7:00]
Broadband and the city
News Some communities that do not have electric utilities might consider fibre, but many are thinking about wireless technologies of some kind, particularly in places where fibre would not currently be feasible.
[April 16, 2004, 10:35]
NICE Systems Case Study: Vertex Data Science
White Papers With a proven history of providing highly efficient outsourcing solutions for companies such as, Marks and Spencer, Vodafone, Westminster City Council, United Utilities and Lastminute.com Vertex recognises the importance of maintaining high...
[January 20, 2009, 1:36]
Energy Broker Increases Reporting and Decision-Making Abilities
White Papers Texas-based Choice Energy LP is a leading independent energy brokerage firm in the United States, offering customers, such as corporations and utilities, market liquidity and price discovery. Because of rapid growth, the company quickly outgrew its...
[September 6, 2007, 1:00]
Fiber to the Home Architectures
White Papers Although initial FTTH deployments in Europe were mainly carried out by municipalities and utilities, large incumbent operators are starting to announce FTTH deployments. In the United States and Japan, FTTH deployments are mostly based on Passive...
[March 25, 2008, 7:45]
Nortel to offer Net access through power lines
News Telecommunications giant Northern Telecom (Nortel) and voice and data services company Norweb Communications, a division of British electricity, gas and telecom provider United Utilities, said that the technology uses a signalling scheme to...
[October 8, 1997, 14:46]
A Year Ago: Nortel to offer Net access through power lines
News Telecommunications giant Northern Telecom (Nortel) and voice and data services company Norweb Communications, a division of British electricity, gas and telecom provider United Utilities, said that the technology uses a signalling scheme to...
[October 6, 1998, 6:37]
Nor.web aims for commercial plug n'surf by Christmas
News The telecom company, part of United Utilities, formed a joint venture with Nortel known as Nor.web to develop Digital Power Line (DPL) technology. Utility company Norweb has been piloting a revolutionary service in the UK, Germany and Sweden for...
[May 21, 1999, 12:54]
Any community CANdo it!
Talkback I just wish we had been allowed to lay that fibre down the United Utilities water pipe, that connected Alston to Eden, all those years ago! The truth is that with sufficent demand, and without stupidly prohibitive amounts of money, any community...
[February 4, 2009, 12:53]
Former FBI chief takes on encryption
News In dozens of hearings and public speeches, the FBI director would urge Congress to limit encryption products, such as Web browsers and email scrambling utilities, that did not include backdoors for government surveillance.
[October 15, 2002, 10:43]
Comdex: KDE backers to form a league of their own
News Kopernicus is comprised of the Konqueror Web browser and file manager, KOffice, an integrated office suite, KParts component object tools, and more than 100 applications for games, graphics, administration, and utilities.
[November 15, 2000, 14:33]
Adobe takes to GridIron
News The "utility" moniker derives from the payment mechanism that could be used for such services -- a company could pay to use a third-party data centre the way it pays for electricity, water and other utilities.
[February 3, 2004, 8:55]
Vonage brings VoIP service to the UK
Talkback Wholesale partners such as EarthLink, ARMSTRONG®, Advanced Cable Communications and the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities resell the Vonage broadband phone service under their own unique brands. Sales and Development offices are in the United...
[January 10, 2005, 15:08]
