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BT adds smart phone to home broadband package

News BT is talking convergence again - the telco has added a smart phone option to its consumer broadband package. BT says the package will enable web lovers to continue surfing and emailing outside the home.

Tags: broadband, smart phone, bt

[08 May 2008]

Euro e-health getting the right attention

News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. This diagnosis also shows that it is now time to use these electronic services much more widely as they have the potential to bring extraordinary benefits to all patients, all over Europe.

Tags: telemonitoring, healthcare, e-health

[28 Apr 2008]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. Both sets of software are aimed at boosting client relationships which, according to BT Business research, 43 per cent of UK...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010

News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. The AT&T executive pointed out that the internet only exists thanks to the infrastructure provided by a group of mostly private companies. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on web 2.0 this week...

Tags: web, web 2.0, isps, government

[21 Apr 2008]

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes

News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. 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.

Tags: online, i2010, eu, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Tesco to launch iTunes challenger

News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Tesco is launching an online music service next month with more than three million tracks available to download and more content to follow. Customers will also be able to earn Tesco Clubcard...

Tags: mp3, online, digital music, itunes

[15 Apr 2008]

Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi

News Rival coffee chain Caffè Nero launched BT Openzone wi-fi across 330 of its coffee shops across the UK, replacing the Surf and Sip service. Click on the links below to find out more… Coffee Republic will become the first UK coffee chain to provide...

Tags: wi-fi, coffee republic

[14 Apr 2008]

BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down

News BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31 May 2008 after more than six years at the telco where he championed its push into broadband and helped it dodge regulator Ofcom's axe. Analyst Ovum credits Verwaayen for "sorting out the mess he...

Tags: ofcom, bt, verwaayen

[08 Apr 2008]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. 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...

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT

News Avatalk uses BT's global IP platform, Web21C, to carry calls and transmit SMS messages to mobile networks around the world. Matt Brotherton, project manager at the Applied Technology Centre in BT's chief technology office, told silicon.com: "What...

Tags: bt, trial, ip, sms

[20 Mar 2008]

'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?

News 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. B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: broadband, iplayer, youtube, isps

[17 Mar 2008]

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. He gave the example of combining online bank statements and photos with a desktop calendar, allowing people to work out what they were doing when they took a particular photo.

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

[13 Mar 2008]

MiFID compliance warning

MiFID compliance warning

News Chris Pickles, industry relations manager at market infrastructure provider BT Radianz and chairman of the MiFID joint working group, told silicon.com many trading organisations have adapted their tech to comply to the minimum level of MiFID...

Tags: mifid, banks, compliance, europe

[13 Mar 2008]

Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet

News If they can do that to us, a large gaming company, than think what they could do it they find a way to target companies like BT or the nuclear power industry. Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: ddos, security, botnet, attack

[06 Mar 2008]

Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide

News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. Another connectivity contender for getting to out-of-the-way places is long-range wireless IP-based tech WiMax, which can beam connectivity over distances of tens of kilometres.

Tags: broadband, satellite, wimax, spectrum

[06 Mar 2008]

Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction

News B is for BT Click on the links below to find out more. 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]

Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys

News Ben Verwaayen BT Visiting the UK to promote the latest version of Infosys' Finacle banking application suite, he took time out to speak to silicon.com about his views on the financial services sector and his new role as co-chairman of Infosys...

Tags: infosys, banking, nandan nilekani, founder

[03 Mar 2008]

Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC

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

Tags: fibre, eu, ec, authority

[28 Feb 2008]

Power shortages squeeze London's data centres

News Harkeeret Singh, head of data centre strategy at BT, said data centre growth is possible in London but limited power supply means new centres need to be planned six to 18 months in advance. BT leases 6,000 square metres of data centre space within...

Tags: data centres, energy, london, man

[27 Feb 2008]

Kerching! Ofcom flogs more spectrum

News BT was the fourth largest bidder, splashing out £183,000 on two lots of 32GHz spectrum. Click on the links below to find out more… Ofcom has announced the results of its fourth radio spectrum auction, awarding licences to 10 organisations.

Tags: spectrum, ofcom, operator, band

[22 Feb 2008]

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