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News The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory framework that will guarantee operators who... [04 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News F is for Fibre B is for BT Skype is touting its voice over IP (VoIP) technology for small businesses keen to work globally and keep costs down. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the company is... [02 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News F is for Fibre B is for BT The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the government... [18 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study F is for Fibre B is for BT The project is aiming to give digitally excluded families a leg up onto the internet by installing thin client Windows PCs, complete with the MS Office suite, in their homes. [17 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News F is for Fibre B is for BT Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900... [16 Jun 2008]
Network Rail on track with IP
News The IP network will be integrated into Network Rail's FTN project which aims to replace 16,000km of copper cabling with 11,000km of fibre optic cabling to support a digital driver-to-signaller radio system. [10 Jun 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News Click here for all there is on broadband, from fibre to zombies. LLU has been key to achieving faster broadband speeds in the short term as BT's own next-gen ADSL tech - ADSL2+ (which promises a theoretical maximum of 24Mbps) - has taken longer to... [04 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment F is for Fibre B is for BT The same upbeat tone runs through the Ofcom report - the source of the story (covered here by silicon.com). When broadband was first introduced in the UK in 2000, households in urban areas were the first to take the... [23 May 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo No unnecessary fittings are permitted, leaving the carbon fibre hull exposed. The BT IMOCA 60 is the fruit of a title sponsorship deal between Team Ellen - headed up by iconic British yachtswoman Dame Ellen McArthur - and BT inked in September last... [02 May 2008]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News F is for Fibre B is for BT An EC e-health survey has found the vast majority (87 per cent) of European doctors use a computer - and almost half (48 per cent) have a broadband connection. The report - entitled Benchmarking ICT use among General... [28 Apr 2008]
BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software
News F is for Fibre BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship management... [22 Apr 2008]
Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010
News F is for Fibre B is for BT The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on web 2.0 this week in London... [21 Apr 2008]
Europe embracing speedy fat pipes
News F is for Fibre B is for BT More than a quarter of a billion Europeans regularly use the internet with around 80 per cent of those people being hooked up to broadband connections. Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now... [18 Apr 2008]
Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News While BT is fitting the first networks, Ofcom says the new regulatory proposals will encourage widespread investment in fibre networks for the 246,000 homes and businesses built in Britain each year. Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts... [16 Apr 2008]
Tesco to launch iTunes challenger
News F is for Fibre B is for BT Tesco is launching an online music service next month with more than three million tracks available to download and more content to follow. Tesco Digital will initially offer all of the tracks in Window Media format with... [15 Apr 2008]
