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News These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian. Now both Jodrell Bank and Cern are among the... [22 Jan 2008]
London hotels charging 'top dollar' for wi-fi
News Le Meridian Hotel Piccadilly: £8 for 3 hours, £12 for 12 hours And with some guests in the capital paying £10 for every half an hour they are online it is easy to see why. Posing as a potential customer silicon.com contacted 20 of the capital's top... [07 Nov 2006]
ITV trials broadband TV
News Lindsay Charlton, managing director of ITV Meridian, said: "We've beaten BT and the BBC [to trial broadband], and have something that'll knock their socks off. ITV has launched a broadband TV trial offering local TV to people in the south coast... [20 Oct 2005]
Google gets French lesson in trademarks
News A French court has ruled that Google must refrain from using the trademarks of European resort chain Le Meridian Hotels and Resorts to trigger keyword ads. On 16 December, a Nanterre court in France ruled that Google infringed on the trademarks of... [21 Jan 2005]
Nortel picks up $5m BT call centre contract
News The new deal sees the replacement of existing Nortel kit, Meridian-branded PBX and call routing technology, and the rollout of Nortel Communication Server 1000 at five sites, along with IP handsets and call centre specific software. [03 Dec 2004]
Nortel and BT buddy up for collaboration
News Nortel has a lot riding on the release and the partnership, with Peter Kelly, EMEA president of enterprise networks, calling the MCS 5100 "the biggest and probably the most important release since the Meridian One in the early 90s". [18 Mar 2004]
