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Bournemouth to be UK's first Fibrecity

News The race to become the UK's first 'Fibrecity' has been won by the seaside resort of Bournemouth, better known for ice-cream and old people than high speed internet. H2O Networks, a company that lays fibre optic cabling in the sewers, said work will...

Tags: h2o, fibre, bournemouth

[08 May 2008]

Photos: Fibre in the sewers to speed up UK cities

Photo Either Bournemouth, Dundee or Northampton will be chosen as the first city to get H2O's fibre treatment. UK company H2O Networks has announced plans to bring superfast broadband - offering speeds of up to 100Mbps - to UK cities by laying fibre...

Tags: fibre, broadband, sewer, credit

[25 Jan 2008]

Does superfast broadband Britain stink of sewage?

News The first city to get the subterranean fibre treatment will be either Bournemouth, Dundee or Northampton - a decision on which city will be first is due to be announced by the end of April - though all three will be hooked up by H20 Networks...

Tags: sewer, speed, broadband, fibre

[23 Jan 2008]

Which cities top the wealth league?

News Other regions where private sector employment is in decline include Birmingham, Bournemouth, Chatham, Norwich, Telford and Wigan. The rise of high tech 'knowledge' jobs is helping break down England's traditional North/South wealth dynamic.

Tags: earnings, knowledge economy, london, workers

[07 Jan 2008]

Police to be armed with 10,000 handhelds

News Brown, who was making his maiden speech as leader to the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth, said: "We will provide hand held computers - 1,000 now, by next year 10,000 right across the country - cutting paperwork so that officers can log...

Tags: gordon brown, handheld, police

[26 Sep 2007]

Bournemouth uses sewer for internet

News Underground sewer pipes are being used by Bournemouth Borough Council to cut the cost and disruption of laying new broadband internet cabling. Bournemouth is using the fibre optic cable underground sewer (Focus) system developed by UK company H20...

Tags: bournemouth, h2o networks

[02 Mar 2007]

IT grads top jobless league table

News Marion Ballard: "I went to Bournemouth University to study Business Information Technology and got a first. IT graduates have the highest unemployment rate across all degree subjects at almost double the average for students leaving UK university...

Tags: hecsu, graduates

[03 Jan 2007]

Photos: Broadband goes down the drain

Photo Wessex Water Enterprises will soon start a trial in Bournemouth to test the technology installed in the drains by H20 Networks. It's a common sight - streets ripped up so companies can lay cable. But now sewage pipes are being enlisted to bring...

Tags: broadband

[16 Nov 2006]

The Weekly Round-Up: 06.10.06

Round-Up There was an almighty clash of corporate images at a party political conference in Bournemouth this week. Next up, we return for the second time in the space of one technology column to the Tory conference in Bournemouth.

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[06 Oct 2006]

Google's Schmidt speaks to Tory Party faithful

News Google chief executive Eric Schmidt brought some internet glamour to the Conservative Party on Tuesday when he gave a keynote address at their annual conference in Bournemouth. Schmidt - who polled third in silicon.com's 2006 Agenda Setters list...

Tags: eric schmidt, tories, conservatives, schmidt

[04 Oct 2006]

Tories pledge to abolish ID cards

News In his speech at the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth this week, Cameron slammed Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for pushing on with the controversial ID cards scheme instead of "protecting our security by controlling...

Tags: david cameron, id cards

[03 Oct 2006]

Grid Computing / Sun Ray Solution Helps Bournemouth University to Reduce Costs and Increase Performance

whitepaper Bournemouth University's School of Design, Engineering & Computing undertook a major project to refresh the computing infrastructure within its UNIX-based teaching environment, in order to reduce running costs and improve the overall learning...

Tags: infrastructure management, grid computing, school, identified

[27 Sep 2006]

Education 2.0 - more than just e-learning

News Speaking at a Cisco-sponsored round table, Rowland Foote, principal of Bournemouth College, said: "Our oldest building was built in 1865. Bournemouth's Foote predicts that within a couple of years internet users could - for a fee - be downloading...

Tags: education

[13 Jul 2006]

10,000 silver surfers flood onto the web

10,000 silver surfers flood onto the web

News Microsoft for example has had a bus touring the south coast resorts favoured by older people, offering technology taster sessions in towns including Bournemouth and Bognor Regis. This week 10,000 older people will switch on a PC and surf the...

Tags: silver surfer, ageism

[25 May 2006]

Network Streamline at Bournemouth Council Improves Service Provision and Protects Revenue Stream

whitepaper Fordway Solutions has been the force behind a major project to help Bournemouth Borough Council to improve network monitoring and IT support response. The achieved result is a dramatic improvement in service provision and monitoring of the council...

Tags: council, monitoring, itil, library

[15 Mar 2006]

T-Mobile flying high with airport wi-fi

News Under the deal, T-Mobile will now set up wi-fi networks at Bournemouth, Humberside and Nottingham East Midlands airports. The rollout of wireless networks across the UK's transport system is continuing, with T-Mobile landing a contract with...

Tags: airport, passenger wi-fi, wireless, wi-fi

[07 Dec 2005]

OBEX Performance Evaluation and Parameter Optimization for High Speed IrDA Links

whitepaper OBEX is a session protocol designed to transmit data objects between resource-limited devices. It has been adopted as the framework for object exchange for wireless transports including IrDA and Bluetooth.

Tags: protocol, throughput, irda, obex

[17 Nov 2005]

Future Personal 'e-Payment': IrFM

whitepaper There is widespread distribution of millions of mobile devices such as mobile phones and PDA's with IrDA ports to consumers worldwide. The rapid advancement of both device technology and users' capabilities, are the foundations for a new digital...

Tags: payment, distribution, consumers, mobile devices

[17 Nov 2005]

Modelling OBEX Over IrDA Protocol Stack

whitepaper OBEX, developed by IrDA, is a session layer protocol adopted as the framework for wireless object exchange for wireless transports including indoor Infrared and Bluetooth. In this paper, a mathematical model is developed which leads to derivation...

Tags: protocol, layer, throughput, irda

[17 Nov 2005]

OBEX and High Speed IrDA Links

whitepaper OBEX is a higher layer protocol adopted as the framework for wireless object exchange for wireless transports including IrDA and Bluetooth. A model is developed in this paper which leads to derivation of the OBEX throughput over the IrDA protocol...

Tags: throughput, protocol, irda, obex

[17 Nov 2005]

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