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Euro e-health getting the right attention

News A is for ADSL B is for BT An EC e-health survey has found the vast majority (87 per cent) of European doctors use a computer - and almost half (48 per cent) have a broadband connection. The report - entitled Benchmarking ICT use among General...

Tags: telemonitoring, healthcare, e-health

[28 Apr 2008]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News A is for ADSL 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 provide customer relationship management...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010

News A is for ADSL B is for BT 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. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on web 2.0 this week in London...

Tags: web, web 2.0, isps, government

[21 Apr 2008]

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes

News A is for ADSL B is for BT More than a quarter of a billion Europeans regularly use the internet with around 80 per cent of those people being hooked up to broadband connections. Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now...

Tags: online, i2010, eu, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Tesco to launch iTunes challenger

News A is for ADSL B is for BT 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 Window Media format with...

Tags: mp3, online, digital music, itunes

[15 Apr 2008]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News A is for ADSL B is for BT The number of 3.5G devices on the market is mushrooming with 150 per cent annual growth in HSDPA gizmos, according to stats from GSM/3G supplier association the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT

News A is for ADSL BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. B is for BT Users will be able to use their avatars to access the service at red BT phone boxes at five locations or by picking up...

Tags: bt, trial, ip, sms

[20 Mar 2008]

'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?

News A is for ADSL B is for BT At conferences where the likes of Tiscali and BT are present, you hear them say these things - 'We must move to a new tariffing scheme' - and that tells me they're working hard on this.

Tags: broadband, iplayer, youtube, isps

[17 Mar 2008]

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

News A is for ADSL B is for BT 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. Speaking at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts...

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

[13 Mar 2008]

Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide

News A is for ADSL B is for BT Broadband may be as common, and almost as cheap, as chips in Blighty these days but there are plenty of places in the world where bog-standard fat pipes are harder to come by.

Tags: broadband, satellite, wimax, spectrum

[06 Mar 2008]

Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction

News A is for ADSL B is for BT Web services are becoming an increasingly important way for citizens to interact with local government and councils are responding with improved websites. The number of visitors to council websites sites increased by more...

Tags: socitm, online, web services, local government

[04 Mar 2008]

Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC

News A is for ADSL B is for BT The European Commission is to issue a recommendation on how member states should go about rolling out fibre connectivity to homes and businesses. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: fibre, eu, ec, authority

[28 Feb 2008]

Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?

News A is for ADSL B is for BT Tiscali CEO, Mary Turner, recently told silicon.com fibre to the cabinet - aka backhaul - needs to be "commercialised" as BT is not currently obliged by Ofcom to resell it. The list from A to Z

Tags: broadband, fibre, ofcom, high speed

[22 Feb 2008]

Broadband switching still a tricky business

News A is for ADSL B is for BT 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 Migration Authorisation Code...

Tags: customers, ofcom, regulations, broadband

[15 Feb 2008]

Ericsson CEO hails mobile broadband 'breakthrough'

News A is for ADSL B is for BT Ericsson president and CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg has called 2007 a breakthrough year for mobile broadband. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. C is for Cable & Wireless

Tags: telstra, mobile broadband, ericsson, society

[11 Feb 2008]

Can Microsoft/Yahoo! deal take on Google?

News A is for ADSL B is for BT The potential Microsoft takeover of Yahoo! would help both companies fight Google in the online advertising and services market but it also faces some major challenges and obstacles.

Tags: microsoft, merger, google, web

[01 Feb 2008]

Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever

News A is for ADSL B is for BT The analyst said the UK's telecoms landscape is set for "enormous change", with the rollout of BT's 21CN all-IP next-gen network this year. Average broadband costs have dropped 36 per cent in the last four years, according...

Tags: broadband, speed, fat pipes, connection

[01 Feb 2008]

Vodafone cuts mobile broadband prices

News A is for ADSL B is for BT Vodafone is hoping to ramp up mobile broadband uptake in the UK by waving the carrot of a £15 per month 3GB price plan in UK consumers' faces. But the 50 per cent price will only run for a limited 'promotional period'.

Tags: vodafone, roaming, mobile broadband, sign

[01 Feb 2008]

Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade

News A is for ADSL Virgin described this as 'a significant speed advantage' over regular 8Mbps ADSL connections and said the free upgrade will roll out by region from late next month and be completed by late summer.

Tags: broadband, speed, virgin, cable

[28 Jan 2008]

Is online TV throttling broadband networks?

News A is for ADSL B is for BT BT told silicon.com the full launch of iPlayer hasn't had any impact on the service its customers receive. Although BT wouldn't say whether it employs traffic shaping, the telco said it manages its network to "ensure the...

Tags: bbc, iplayer, tiscali, bandwidth

[28 Jan 2008]

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