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Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News Taking this approach means the tech could be used to help build out next generation networks - providing coverage and capacity quickly, and at a lower cost, than if an operator had to construct a fully fledged network before launching any services. [30 Jun 2008]
Femtocell market hotting up
News Mobile TV is an area close to Qualcomm's heart: its big-in-the-US MediaFLO data broadcasting tech is a rival to current European favourite DVB-H. The Forum said its members have agreed a single common approach for integrating femtocells into mobile... [21 May 2008]
BT wins £62m outsourcing deal from KPMG Europe
News KPMG Europe LLP has signed a five-year deal worth £62m which will see BT upgrading its data networks. BT will be responsible for KPMG's wide area network and local area network refresh and management, deployment of Cisco IP telephony, integration... [31 Mar 2008]
PepsiCo signs IT deal with BT and HP
News BT will manage data, LAN, security, conferencing, remote access and internet services across more than 900 locations for PepsiCo's international division and migrate the networks to an IP-based multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) infrastructure. [05 Oct 2006]
AA in £10m network outsourcing deal with C&W
News The three-year deal replaces separate managed services contracts the AA had with Energis for voice, and BT for data and its wide area network. Motoring organisation the AA has outsourced management of its voice and data networks to Cable & Wireless... [28 Jun 2006]
Vodafone gives laptop users a speed boost
News At first, HSDPA connectivity will only be available via data cards and laptops embedded with the technology. John Lillistone, head of enterprise data, said HSDPA-compatible phones will eventually appear; timing is "very much in the hands of the... [09 Mar 2006]
BT wins £46.9m network deal with FirstGroup
News BT said the consortium is also to build new wide-area networks between the UK and the US, and client software. The business consortium - comprised of BT, HP and US-based MegaPath Networks - will link up 700 FirstGroup sites in the UK and 300 in the... [07 Mar 2006]
Companies splash out millions on IP networks
News Rail operator EWS has also revealed it is spending millions on a converged voice and data network. A managed wide area network will connect the five UK offices and underpin a firm-wide disaster recovery programme. [25 Aug 2005]
Gartner: Don't believe the tech security myths
News The threats are similar to those facing a data network, the main difference being the criticality of voice communications and the expectation of reliability. Gartner's position was that the internet would meet performance and security requirements... [25 Jul 2005]
Juniper spends $469m on two acquisitions
News The company will acquire Peribit Networks, which makes technology that optimises wide-area network connections, in a deal valued at around $337m in cash, stock and assumed stock options. Juniper Networks has announced that it plans to spend about... [27 Apr 2005]
C&W wins BSkyB contract from BT
News The IP VPN will carry voice, data and video over a single network, consolidating separate networks employed in the past. BSkyB has signed a three-year contract with Cable and Wireless to link its premises in the UK and Ireland using virtual private... [13 Apr 2005]
MoD parades £1.5bn networking deal
News It will also provide stable wide area network services which the MoD said will be critical to the successful deployment of the Defence Information Infrastructure Future (DII(F)) project. The extended contract will also contribute to the Defence... [01 Apr 2005]
Cisco gives router family a VoIP facelift
News Cisco's new 1800, 2800 and 3800 wide area network access routers feature embedded security tools and support voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), said Mike Volpi, senior vice president and general manager for Cisco's routing technology group. [14 Sep 2004]
DNS hack leaves corporate networks wide open
News The security hack essentially uses data transferred by domain name service (DNS) servers to hide additional information in the network communications. Last year, another security expert demonstrated a way to send dribs and drabs of data across the... [02 Aug 2004]
Cisco buys data management start-up for $82m
News George Kurian, vice president for Cisco's routing technology group, said in a statement: "Providing intelligent network services so distributed enterprises can centralize file servers and storage, and better protect and cost-effectively manage... [30 Jun 2004]
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