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Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News Writing on a 12Net portal website, Negroponte makes it clear mesh systems - powered by the many not the few - are his vision for a wired world: "Large wired and wireless telephone companies will be replaced by micro-operators, millions of which... [24 Jul 2008]
HSBC computer fault denies customers account access
News HSBC customers were denied access to their bank accounts at the weekend after an upgrade to a telephone banking system caused a fault in its database. HSBC apologised to its customers saying the fault had arisen after an upgrade of its telephone... [25 Feb 2008]
Commercial WiMax on the council?
News However, the commercial side of the business provides an interesting offering to local businesses and residents, because WiMax does not require the use of a telephone line, unlike SDSL and ADSL (asymmetric DSL). [19 Dec 2007]
Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"
News The lost details included names, postal addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of people who participated in the test between September 2004 and April this year. Kelly added that the disk had been formatted specifically for Pearson... [18 Dec 2007]
Ofcom: VoIP must allow emergency calls
News All VoIP providers who connect to the UK's public switched telephone network (PSTN) will have to modify or upgrade their systems to allow 999 and 112 calls to be made, the telecoms regulator has ruled. [07 Dec 2007]
telent wins £25m firefighters' comms contract
News The project is known as FiReControl.telent will provide comms infrastructure to the nine control centres and also to England's 1,410 fire stations - including installing PCs, WLANs, pagers and telephone systems. [10 Oct 2007]
Businesses failing to safeguard sensitive data
News The information retrieved included patient medical data, including histology reports and other information for a number of individuals, and a telephone contact list for the group of hospitals. The information recovered included the company logo... [25 Sep 2007]
Bank websites don't satisfy curious customers
News Transversal said customers are being pushed towards the telephone channel, irrespective of their preferences, and this reflects a failure by many banks to adopt a "cohesive online customer interaction strategy". [23 Aug 2007]
Is outsourcing too expensive?
News With the exception of telephone and mobile comms, there is no dominant IT supplier for SMEs. The exceptions are telephone and mobile telephone solutions - more than 70 per cent of the SMEs purchase their telephone services from BT, and it is also... [16 Aug 2007]
IM security unheard of among businesses
News Gartner compares IM to the successful deployment of business email in the 1990s, saying it is already as important to knowledge workers as telephone and email. The report advises organisations monitor, manage and archive IM data and make sure IM... [25 Jun 2007]
NatWest recovers from cash machine outage
News NatWest has recovered following problems with its cash machines and online and telephone banking services on Saturday. Although cash machines were again operational by late Saturday morning, the online and phone systems took slightly longer, not... [04 Jun 2007]
Thus sinks £13.6m deal
News The extended contract will see more than 6,000 BlackBerrys, mobiles and other telephone units connected across 50 of UUW's sites. Mike Naden, information systems services director at UUW, said the next generation network ensures that as UUW grows... [21 May 2007]
Update: BlackBerry blackout hits RIM's customers
News Root cause is currently under review, but service for most customers was restored overnight and RIM is closely monitoring systems in order to maintain normal service levels. BlackBerry addicts were forced to undergo a period of unplanned cold... [18 Apr 2007]
CIO Jury: Is VoIP secure enough for business?
News Gloucestershire Constabulary has implemented VoIP in its new corporate HQ building and training centre, representing about a quarter of the police force's total telephone extensions. While the benefits of VoIP are clear, in terms of cheaper calls... [16 Mar 2007]
Cisco warns over IP phone flaws
News Cisco's IP telephony business has been growing strong over the past few years as more and more companies upgrade their telephone networks to IP. Cisco Systems has issued a warning that some of its IP phones could be compromised, allowing... [21 Feb 2007]
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