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RSS comms fUK fat pipes sluggish from lack of fibre
News Faster broadband speeds could be on the horizon, however, after BT said it will invest £1.5bn in next generation networks as long as comms watchdog Ofcom can change the regulatory environment to ensure the telco can... [30 Sep 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News But the company has said comms industry regulator Ofcom needs to look at changing the regulatory environment in order to ensure a "fair rate of return" for companies looking to roll out the technology. [15 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The regulator has written to comms industry leaders inviting them to commit with it to help spur the rollout of NGNs across the UK and said it will aim to publish details of the regulatory framework in September. [04 Jul 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News Outside healthcare, the report points to many future applications of wireless tech in the transport sector, including road-to-vehicle and car-to-car comms technology to alert drivers to traffic jams to help reduce... [08 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections on the up
News The number of mobile network connections used for M2M comms will grow from 37.5 million in 2007 to 186 million in 2012, says the analyst. But the analyst predicts vehicle telematics - aka wireless vehicle... [06 May 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News Space Data's so-called SkySite Network service has been used by companies in the oil and gas field - and currently its system facilitates low speed, machine-to-machine comms - but it has plans for advanced balloon-bourn... [06 Mar 2008]
Kerching! Ofcom flogs more spectrum
News Mobile comms company Arqiva, which was involved with O2's second mobile TV trial last year, paid a total of £260,500 for two lots of 28GHz spectrum. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [22 Feb 2008]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News Business and competitiveness minister, Shriti Vadera, said the UK's comms infrastructure must be able to respond to future technology development. It is also sniffing around fibre. The list from A to Z [22 Feb 2008]
Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff
News He said: "The robots and astronauts would be spread out from the base to do exploration and some sorts of comms infrastructure would be needed. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [19 Feb 2008]
Virtual tech will 'kill the office'
News It has also been working with universities and students to learn how they use comms technology - with the aim of understanding how to translate the likes of thriving online social networks such as Facebook into a... [31 Jan 2008]
Mobiles go underground in Glasgow
News The comms infrastructure is being built by Arqiva, which won the contract from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), the owner-operator of the Glasgow subway. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find... [14 Jan 2008]
East England Ambulance rides the Airwave
News Airwave, which has already been adopted by a number of police forces, gives users a resilient, clear comms line that can be shared by many users within each service or by two or more emergency services at one time,... [24 Aug 2007]
Old TV spectrum creating world of wireless
News Further beneficiaries may be emergency services, which could boost their wireless comms capabilities. The so-called 'digital dividend' - as the UK regulator puts it - will be the largest release of spectrum for some time... [19 Dec 2006]
Wireless spectrum and convergence top Ofcom's hit list
News Encouraging competition and investment with next generation comms networks is also an objective. There is also the objective reviewing how to implement the requirement of 2003's Communications Act to provide a more... [12 Dec 2006]
Sex clinic gives good text
News The pilot has been financed by the NHS innovation fund and counters recent comments from O2's CEO criticising the public sector's lack of use of mobile comms. The genito-urinary medicine (GUM) and sexual health clinics... [30 Nov 2006]
