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Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News B is for BT Not least because UK households seeking to install or reconnect a landline can face a BT connection charge of almost £130. Click on the links below to find out more. But not everyone is happy with the dongle experience. [20 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Powers to snoop on the UK's email and internet records will be of limited use in tackling serious crime, the government has admitted. Home Office proposals for phone, email and internet records... [13 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Companies shouldn't ban staff from using social applications such as Facebook and MySpace because of concerns about how they might be used. Instead businesses should view employee participation... [08 Aug 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that O2 was "not going to move" until Ofcom changed the rules to ensure a... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. B is for BT BT says the planned investment is part of its strategy to deliver next generation broadband service across... [15 Jul 2008]
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Ashurst has been using technology from email management specialist Mimecast to manage its Microsoft Exchange and Outlook applications. Broadband from A to Z [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Brits are still not satisfied with broadband speeds - and with good reason since actual line speeds are still on average 50 per cent less than the headline speeds advertised. [14 Jul 2008]
Berners-Lee and friends promote web science study
News As part of the increasing corporate involvement, BT was recently announced as one of the founding sponsors of the WSRI. Shadbolt explained BT is keen to boost knowledge within its own workforce especially with the company likely to deliver more and... [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process. The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News B is for BT Last year, BT Openreach said it was unsure there was demand for next-generation access. Speaking on the subject of NGA investment, Richards seemed to imply the regulator would not put severe price limitations on those companies, such as... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Speaking at a conference hosted by UK trade association for technology, Intellect, Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, said mobile broadband's rapid rise in popularity could help encourage... [04 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Another recent innovation is a Skype button which businesses can place on their websites to allow people to call them with the click of a button. [02 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. 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... [18 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. 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 B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. 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... [16 Jun 2008]
