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RSS easynetGovernment deal for 'best buy' telecoms suppliers
News Listed suppliers include Avaya, BT, Cable & Wireless, Computacenter, Easynet, Siemens, Telewest and Verizon Business. The government has set up a bulk-buying framework agreement with key telecoms and networking suppliers aimed at securing discounts... [02 Jan 2008]
How tech drives the World Rally Championship
Case Study To make this possible, the WRC has been working with networking and hosting company Easynet which provides and maintains its broadband network, allowing live timings and data to be transmitted around the world. [08 Nov 2007]
James Murdoch
AS Profile His broadband bundling offer and acquisition of ISP Easynet indicate that when that time comes, News Corp will lead the way in adopting new technology and integrating it with entertainment. James Murdoch may have slipped one place since last year... [12 Oct 2007]
Ofcom consults on next generation access
News BT's 21CN is the best-known and largest example but Colt's NGN is due to go live next year; Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk NGN is a year old; and Cable & Wireless, Thus and BSkyB's Easynet are also joining in. [27 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.03.07
Round-Up Sky bought itself Easynet to become an ISP as well as a satellite broadcaster, burning its bridges with former partner BT in the process. "They've killed the Simpsons! Imagine the Round-Up's surprise upon getting home last night and settling down... [02 Mar 2007]
Editor's Blog: All communications in one place
Comment Our correspondent Jo Best has been out in Amsterdam, covering an event that saw the top brass in BSkyB and Easynet talk about the strides they've made since the former bought the latter. Easynet always, as a business ISP, had a good reputation for... [09 Feb 2007]
Only CIOs can put a stop to sloppy telecoms
News CIOs must get themselves onto the board - or consign their companies to shabby telecoms service for ever, Easynet's CEO has said. Easynet's new owner BSkyB which bought the ISP for £211m, is also trying its hand at consumer broadband. [09 Feb 2007]
Easynet fixes email outage
News Easynet has finally resolved a series of national email outages which lasted for 10 days. According to Easynet's status page, the issue was resolved at about 10:00(GMT) on Friday morning. Despite the fact Easynet's status page describes the problem... [05 Feb 2007]
Analysis: Is convergence unstoppable?
Comment Sky recently bought unbundler Easynet while Wanadoo, now Orange Broadband, plans to invest €1bn in unbundling. Here Jo Best examines why not everyone is jumping on the convergence bandwagon. Acquisitions, bundling, unbundling. [30 Nov 2006]
Leader: Quad-play quandaries
Leader Sky, meanwhile, has equally been reshaping itself as NTL, buying ISP Easynet and then offering free broadband. Last week all eyes were on the to-ing and fro-ing of ITV, NTL and BSkyB as NTL and Sky wrestled for control of the beleaguered broadcaster. [20 Nov 2006]
easyGroup IP under new leadership
News Sky's ISP arm Easynet and easyGroup IP, the company which owns and licenses the 15 'easy' brands has appointed a new managing director, Anthony Robb-John. The appointment is likely to be of interest to a number of companies that have locked horns... [25 Sep 2006]
James Murdoch
AS Profile Under his stewardship, the broadcaster got involved with P2P movie downloads and mobile TV but it's the purchase of ISP Easynet that really turned heads. Why? Transforming Sky into a telecoms player James Murdoch is back on the Agenda Setters list... [25 Sep 2006]
easyGroup wins easy.com fight with Easynet
News URL-hungry easyGroup has won the right to trademark its easy.com domain name after a legal tussle with Sky's ISP arm Easynet. Easynet had appealed a decision by the Trade Mark Registry to grant the easy.com trademark to easyGroup but lost its case... [19 Jul 2006]
Sky spending £250m on 'free' broadband
News Sky has been slated to start selling broadband under its own brand since it confirmed its intention to buy ISP Easynet for £211m in October last year. Sky has become the latest to join the 'free' broadband brigade - and has revealed its ISP... [18 Jul 2006]
Sky and Virgin gearing up for broadband freebies?
News According to a report in the Guardian, BSkyB, which bought ISP Easynet for £211m last year, could be about to launch free or ultra-low price connectivity into the UK market. With speculation rife that Carphone Warehouse is to spark a price war with... [10 Apr 2006]
