satellite in news
RSS satellite in newsiPhone to kill off standalone sat-navs by 2014?
News Consumers are turning to smartphones with built-in satellite mapping to help them get around, rather than buying a standalone personal navigation device (PND). According to market research firm iSuppli, by 2011,... [02 Sep 2009]
The A to Z of wireless
News A scale model of a GPS satellite (Photo credit: cliff1066 via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) Using wi-fi for determining location has advantages over GPS (See G is for GPS) inside buildings -... [11 Aug 2009]
Voice, video, data: £1bn gov't telecoms contract up for grabs
News The systems under the framework will handle voice, video and data and include telecoms equipment and network infrastructure, call centre systems, unified communications, fixed to mobile communications, radio equipment, videoconferencing... [10 Jul 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News The satellite revolution happened without a satellite tax," Hunt told Parliament on Wednesday. The Digital Britain report has drawn criticism from politicians and technology experts over its proposals... [18 Jun 2009]
Trio of research hubs to poke digital benefits
News That's only going to be achieved if we are able to capitalise on some of the developments which we have made recently around, for example, satellite technology," Drayson said. The government has announced £36m in funding... [29 Apr 2009]
Apple storms to the top of hardware love list
News Only internet service providers, cable/satellite companies, and health insurance companies scored worse as industries than the PC industry in Forrester's survey. Apple easily outdistanced its peers in a PC industry... [20 Apr 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News S is for Satellite phones Carphone Warehouse's broadband supplier, TalkTalk, has attacked a proposed rise in the amount BT charges other internet service providers for installing their equipment in its exchanges. [10 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News S is for Satellite phones Cheap mobile broadband and existing fixed services will keep BT from running a fibre monopoly, according to the communications regulator Ofcom. The watchdog today announced it will be imposing... [03 Mar 2009]
Mind the mobile broadband cash gap
News S is for Satellite phones According to analyst Strand Consult, many operators are selling mobile broadband for around 50 per cent less than it costs to produce such volumes of data. Tough competition has driven prices... [11 Feb 2009]
BT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News S is for Satellite The latest version of the BT Business Total Broadband hub, unveiled on Monday, can effectively be turned into a BT Openzone wi-fi hotspot - users can give their connectivity away, or sell their... [10 Feb 2009]
Dongle power users will be booted off 3G first
News S is for Satellite As operators start looking at deploying a successor to their 3G networks, power users could be among the first to be shifted onto higher speed mobile networks. Operators' roadmaps to LTE - the... [06 Feb 2009]
Google's Latitude knows where your friends are
News Latitude uses Google's technology to judge a user's location not just by GPS satellite but also by proximity to mobile phone towers and wireless networks. Google has today launched software called Latitude that lets... [04 Feb 2009]
Mile high text for British Airways' business fliers
News The system works by establishing an air-to-ground satellite link via Inmarsat fourth generation satellites. British Airways is to launch an in-flight SMS and email service for business travellers flying between London... [27 Jan 2009]
'UK needs spectrum-for-speed swap'
News S is for Satellite phones ISPs should be given radio spectrum in exchange for rolling out fibre, a quasi-governmental body has suggested. The lottery-funded National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta)... [20 Jan 2009]
Bournemouth braced for first Fibrecity homes
News S is for Satellite phones The superfast seaside broadband network is being built by sewer fibre-laying company H2O Networks, and is wholly funded by private equity investment. The first 30 homes to get fibre are located... [20 Jan 2009]
