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Vodafone gets speedy with broadband

News Vodafone's fast mobile broadband uses HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) technology - sometimes referred to as 3.5G - to offer a theoretical maximum download speed of 7.2Mbps. Vodafone is extending its fast mobile broadband coverage to a...

Tags: hsdpa, vodafone, broadband, mobile

[12 May 2008]

IT Excellence for Luxury Service, Deep in the Heart of Dallas

whitepaper W Dallas-Victory has acknowledged the importance of offering guests uninterrupted communications access and true broadband. An advanced IT network also provides guests with easy access to all the wonderful amenities the hotel has to offer.

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[11 May 2008]

SAP SaaS delay - no surprise

News Broadband from A-Z… They're being very choosy about the users that they're allowing to have access to the systems. SAP's decision to delay the rollout for its Business ByDesign on-demand software should comes as no surprise but could prove a boon...

Tags: delay, erp, on demand, saas

[01 May 2008]

Tech Futures: The talkification of the web

Comment To innovate in a changing market, phone companies have devised new service plans, broadband programmes and triple-play offerings. Another company, Jaduka, has developed a web API that allows developers and designers to readily integrate voice...

Tags: internet, comms, voice

[01 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…

Comment Here's how I understand it: I install the femtocell and use my broadband connection to improve my provider's 3G/HSDPA coverage, and they want me to pay them for it. How can you call blackberry email access seamless and easy?

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web

News The social networking craze is helping to drive mobile broadband, says Vodafone UK. Facebook is also the most visited site for Vodafone mobile broadband users, followed by Google and the BBC. Vodafone said it has seen growth in consumers' appetite...

Tags: mobile internet, social networking, vodafone, facebook

[01 May 2008]

iPlayer loses its Virgin-ity

News BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage   BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole   BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone   Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer   BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits   Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux diams...

Tags: platform, cable, virgin media, bbc

[30 Apr 2008]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?

Comment There is plenty that can be done: better broadband connections for small branches and home workers, more efficient use of network connections through use of network acceleration products and services, keeping employees focused on their work by...

Tags: distributed working, networks

[24 Apr 2008]

Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving

News Infonetics says market conditions are looking up for the backhaul tech which piggybacks on a broadband connection to boost mobile coverage indoors. This is due to three main factors: global growth in the number of mobile subscribers - predicted to...

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, femtocell

[23 Apr 2008]

O2 to launch mobile broadband offering

News O2 will launch its mobile broadband service on Friday, becoming the last major UK operator to do so. Opting for an 18-month contract, users will get a free USB modem and pay £20 per month for a 3G broadband service with a 3GB-per-month "fair use" cap.

Tags: dongle, mobile, broadband, o2

[17 Apr 2008]

Beware the insider security threat

Beware the insider security threat

News But spending vast amounts on the latest security technology isn't the way to tackle this threat, according to Steve Clarke, AOL Broadband. Steve Clarke, director of systems and operations, AOL Broadband

Tags: insider, security

[17 Apr 2008]

Microsoft invites hobbyist developers to light a spark

News Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive Frank Prengel, a Microsoft Windows Embedded developer evangelist, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk: "We are aiming to remove the barriers that hobbyists and academics have faced in the...

Tags: developers, microsoft

[17 Apr 2008]

Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain

News Launching the review today, Ofcom CEO Ed Richards said: "Super-fast broadband - next generation access and networks - are crucial to the UK's future. Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts to help speed up the rollout of super fast...

Tags: telco, broadband, fibre

[16 Apr 2008]

Surf's up with ferry wi-fi

News Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries will offer 3.6Mbps wireless broadband access on its eight car ferries that run between the island and the mainland. The Moovera Networks ruggedised wi-fi access points link to T-Mobile's broadband network and will...

Tags: wireless, broadband, wi-fi

[15 Apr 2008]

OOXML standard: ISO calls for end to 'personal attacks'

News Broadband from A-Z… All members of the SC 34 committee will have to be given access to the final text of the OOXML standard by 1 May at the latest, the meeting also resolved. The International Organization for Standardization has called for...

Tags: microsoft, ooxml, iso

[15 Apr 2008]

Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers

News Broadband from A-Z… The other, which passed with a much thinner majority, specifically called for the Commission to "rethink the issue of intellectual property in order to assure solutions that are equitable for both big and small actors and strike...

Tags: eu, isps, file sharing

[14 Apr 2008]

Telecommunications Leader Provides New Opportunities With Subscription Computing

whitepaper In recent years, Slovak Telekom sought to broaden its market for broadband Internet, especially among households and small businesses that did not have a modern PC or broadband connections. The telecommunications company joined the Microsoft...

Tags: broadband

[14 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News Raising the example of Korea, he noted the availability of models which combine both HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) and WiBro (wireless broadband) functionality. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel...

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

Understanding Wi-Fi and WiMAX as Metro-Access Solutions

whitepaper This paper provides incumbent wireless Internet service providers (WISPs), new WISPs and demanding new markets (such as government and education) with a technical analysis of alternatives for implementing last-mile wireless broadband services.

Tags: wi-fi (802.11), mile, implementations, service providers

[11 Apr 2008]

Beyond Tunneling: Cisco Managed Broadband Access Architecture for Cable Operators

whitepaper This white paper explains the Cisco vision for how cable operators can use managed broadband access to earn incremental revenues from wholesale and value-added services, and deploy architectures that optimally support managed broadband access.

Tags: broadband, cable, operators, managed

[10 Apr 2008]

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