comms
RSS commsMoD inks £231m deal to boost comms
News The Ministry of Defence has awarded two comms contracts worth a total of £231m to General Dynamics UK. The deals cover upgrading the UK Armed Forces' Bowman digital radios comms system and improving... [03 Jul 2009]
British Airways: No mobiles on old planes
News British Airways CEO Willie Walsh has said the airline will not extend in-flight mobile comms to any of its aircraft already in service. BA CIO Paul Coby predicted "exciting" new developments in in-flight passenger... [01 Jul 2009]
Is there hope for unified comms?
Comment Businesses have been slow to adopt unified communications, but Freeform Dynamics's Josie Sephton says its popularity could soon improve. The evangelists are calling for businesses to implement unified communications (UC), citing a whole... [22 Jun 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment But back to the infrastructure question - it's not as if Carter doesn't realise business comms needs are critical to tomorrow's digital world. Paul Lawton, MD of B2B mobile comms company Opal, gives a... [19 Jun 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News The emergency services have a Tetra comms network on the Underground, supplied by Airwave. Carter's Digital Britain report also flags up other transport comms gaps which he believes need plugging -... [17 Jun 2009]
Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News Also speaking at the forum, Jacqui Brookes, CEO of comms trade association the Federation of Communications Services, suggested spectrum allocation should prioritise the emergency services, critical national... [15 Jun 2009]
Cheat Sheet: LTE - beyond 3G
Cheat Sheet Unified comms defined Twitter-style - in 140 characters or less Faster speed tends to improve the experience of most online activity but LTE should also help two-way comms that are big on bandwidth... [12 Jun 2009]
'Airwave does do data - unlike what some of the media say'
Comment Airwave CEO talks to silicon.com about the future of emergency services comms, the 2012 Olympics and data question marks Another big project keeping the company busy is the 2012 London Olympic Games, for which it is... [11 Jun 2009]
Airwave eyeing Olympic network legacy
News Emergency services comms company Airwave already has one eye on its Olympics legacy. The company, named earlier this year as a supplier to the London 2012 Olympics, will provide private mobile radio service for all Games... [09 Jun 2009]
Catherine Doran
CIO Profile It will include improvements to the accuracy, accessibility and quality of journey information for passengers, the renewal of out-of-date CCTV systems on routes into London, a new digital system to improve comms between... [02 Jun 2009]
Darrell Stein
CIO Profile Stein's star does not only burn brightly in the tech department either - his IT practices and operational processes are being adopted across the rest of the business - from financial controls to succession planning and team... [01 Jun 2009]
David Lister on smart grids and why he left RBS
Comment Such meters rely on machine-to-machine comms to enable the real-time transmission of gas and electricity meter readings to the power company. He talks to Nick Heath about why he left RBS and how he will meet the... [29 May 2009]
Inbox: Brits ditching mobiles? Fat chance
Comment Our skyboxes communicate our viewing habits, will the front door also communicate the time I left for work and converged comms know not to ring the house phone but divert to mobile? I think much of this will go the... [18 May 2009]
A quarter of Brits to ditch their mobiles
News UK consumers are expected to cut back even further on their communications spend in the months ahead, a study found, adding additional pressure to telecoms who have already seen profits shrink. An analysis of consumer behaviour in the UK... [12 May 2009]
Smart meter in every UK home by 2020
News Smart meters utilise machine-to-machine comms to enable the real-time transmission of gas and electricity meter readings to the utility - meaning companies don't need to send out staff to check meters manually. [11 May 2009]
