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Euro e-health getting the right attention

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe.

Tags: telemonitoring, healthcare, e-health

[28 Apr 2008]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation 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...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation 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.

Tags: web, web 2.0, isps, government

[21 Apr 2008]

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now using high speed broadband, according to the European Commission's latest i2010 progress report.

Tags: online, i2010, eu, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Tesco to launch iTunes challenger

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation 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...

Tags: mp3, online, digital music, itunes

[15 Apr 2008]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation Laptops and PC datacards are the next largest product segment (103 apiece), followed by wireless routers and USB modems (60 apiece), the GSA survey found.

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…

News Comcast and Time Warner Cable are looking to help bankroll a new joint venture between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to deliver 4G wireless services, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Wireless is the one place where cable hasn't been...

Tags: comcast, 4g, time warner, operator

[26 Mar 2008]

Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. The one month virtual world pilot will start on 26 March allowing users to make 10 free calls...

Tags: bt, trial, ip, sms

[20 Mar 2008]

'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation Time is running out for so-called "unlimited broadband" packages, according to analysts and ISPs. For some time, many ISPs have been offering users what they call unlimited broadband, although it...

Tags: broadband, iplayer, youtube, isps

[17 Mar 2008]

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation Sir Tim Berners-Lee, recognised as the founding father of the world wide web, claims the work of companies like Google has made the web a much more powerful tool.

Tags: berners-lee, semantic web, google, internet

[13 Mar 2008]

Tennis federation rallies web presence

Case Study C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has beefed up its website to improve availability and speed for millions of tennis fans following the scores of Davis Cup matches online.

Tags: tennis, ntt, website, servers

[12 Mar 2008]

Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide

News C is for Cable & Wireless This method sees fibre cable - for really high-speed broadband - laid in existing sewage ducts, a cheaper and faster way of hooking people up than digging up streets where legacy copper wiring lives.

Tags: broadband, satellite, wimax, spectrum

[06 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer

Cheat Sheet C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation Is this another one of those shiny Apple gadgets from Cupertino? Not quite.iPlayer is actually the BBC's online on-demand TV service. Tell me more… Well users can download or stream BBC content...

Tags: isp, online, on demand, iplayer

[05 Mar 2008]

Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation Web services are becoming an increasingly important way for citizens to interact with local government and councils are responding with improved websites.

Tags: socitm, online, web services, local government

[04 Mar 2008]

IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) - The Open Industry Standard Supporting the Next Generation of Converged Network Services

whitepaper Industry leaders are now turning to the standard to support converged services from all types of services providers - wireless, wireline, cable, and applications. IMS was initially developed by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) and...

Tags: ip technologies

[28 Feb 2008]

LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking

Comment C is for Cable & Wireless C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation N is for Next generation During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions including Europe and signed up its millionth UK member in October, making...

Tags: linkedin, network, online, facebook

[28 Feb 2008]

Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation Although he refused to divulge the details of the Commission's thoughts on the matter, Ducatel did say the recommendation would address a preferred technical method for rolling out next-generation...

Tags: fibre, eu, ec, authority

[28 Feb 2008]

Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?

News C is for Cable & Wireless The government has launched an independent review on barriers to rolling out high speed, next-generation broadband networks in the UK which it says are essential for the future economic success of the country.

Tags: broadband, fibre, ofcom, high speed

[22 Feb 2008]

How fans can grab a slice of the music pie

Comment C is for Cable & Wireless C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation N is for Next generation It also gives bands unprecedented access to accurate and valuable feedback from the music public.silicon.com spoke to founder David Courtier...

Tags: music, web 2.0, industry, web

[18 Feb 2008]

Broadband switching still a tricky business

News C is for Cable & Wireless N is for Next generation Switching broadband providers is still proving a tricky business despite Ofcom rules introduced a year ago designed to make the process easier. To switch providers, subscribers need to obtain a...

Tags: customers, ofcom, regulations, broadband

[15 Feb 2008]

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