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UK firms top the pile in Galileo shortlist
News Galileo's construction is already underway, with around £1.3bn having been spent on it already. The shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's Galileo satellite system has been released, with UK firms leading the... [23 Sep 2008]
Broadband Britain: UK needs wireless patchwork
News Caio also called on the government to liaise with the construction industry to make sure all new buildings are fibre-ready, and relax restrictions on overhead fibre cabling. A major, independent review into the delivery... [12 Sep 2008]
Prisoners to gain IT skills
News The academy is a public/private partnership between HM Prison Service (HMPS) and construction company Bovis Lend Lease, networking giant Cisco and network cabling company Panduit. Inmates at London's largest prison, HMP... [11 Jun 2008]
Bank admits rising leccy bills on 'green' data centre
News Killey, who oversees the development and construction of new facilities for the banking group, said the rising energy consumption of the group's IT equipment was down to the efficiency of the computer systems in each... [14 Apr 2008]
WiMax to make it as a 'last-mile' broadband tech?
News However the analyst said the success of WiMax is dependent on two factors: the availability of suitable devices and timely network construction. WiMax could be used as a 'last mile' substitute tech for DSL broadband by... [01 Apr 2008]
Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted
News The median growth rate for IT spending is predicted to be 4.9 per cent with the highest growth likely to be seen in the construction and health sectors. Tech spending in the UK is likely to increase at a quicker rate... [10 Mar 2008]
Mobiles on the moon, Google Android, Facebook fall
News Clearly current levels of demand for mobile coverage on the big green cheese-wheel in the sky are not overwhelming but some time after 2020 that could change if colonists and astronauts take up residence in a planned moon base near the... [28 Feb 2008]
BA to roll out email to workers' mobiles
News It was the construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow that prompted the switch to an electronic method. British Airways plans to roll out corporate email to workers' mobile phones next year. The airline has been extending... [31 Oct 2007]
Credit crunch hits tech contractors
News But for contractors looking outside of financial services there is some good news: the public sector and engineering and construction industries have increased their share of IT contractors, with 14 per cent working in... [31 Oct 2007]
Morse makes the grade with £23m school tech deal
News Morse was involved with the bidding for the five-year contract, which has the option of being extended for a further five years, as part of a wider consortium of bidders led by construction group Carillion. [26 Sep 2007]
Free wi-fi to blanket San Fran?
News But so far construction hasn't even started in San Francisco because the company is still negotiating the contract with San Francisco's city council. While EarthLink and Google are still hammering out details of their... [15 Aug 2007]
Olympic demand for IT contractors
News A survey of more than 1,500 IT contractors showed the number of IT contractors in the engineering and construction sector almost doubled in the past 12 months - 10.2 per cent are now gainfully employed in it, compared... [26 Jul 2007]
Six-millionth dot-uk domain sold
News Ironically, the builder's site was under construction when interested visitors followed links to it for a day or so after Nominet issued a release. UK businesses setting up online are choosing dot-uk domains in... [09 Jul 2007]
Xerox launches intelligent search engine
News The tool uses a linguistic engine which analyses the meaning of words and the construction of phrases and sentences to work out exactly what a user is hunting for. Researchers have developed an intelligent text-mining... [22 Jun 2007]
Carillion builds on £27m managed services deal
News Construction company Carillion has signed a £26.6m deal with BT to manage a converged IT and comms network over five years, following its merger with Mowlem. Once the network is in place, one of the biggest benefits will... [11 Jun 2007]
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