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Satellite tech keeps tabs on Cornwall's rubbish
News V is for Virgin Isbell added the council is looking to extend the system to work on mobile devices as well adding the Greenerfleet application which provides information on the carbon footprint of... [13 Nov 2008]
Virgin Media axes 2,200 jobs
News According to Virgin Media's statement, the redundancies are necessary as a result of the 2006 merger of NTL and Telewest - Virgin Media was, until 2007, known as ntl:Telewest - and acquisition of... [11 Nov 2008]
'Mobile broadband is not the same standard as fixed'
News On the former point, Virgin said it measured throughputs - which it says is a truer indicator of real-world speed - rather than maximum theoretical download speeds. Virgin Media also fell foul of the ASA... [16 Oct 2008]
Wanted: Techies with mobile skills
News V is for Virgin With the increasing infiltration of mobile devices and related applications in corporate networks, IT administrators in Asia may soon have to suit up with relevant skills to manage this... [22 Sep 2008]
Broadband Britain: UK needs wireless patchwork
News BT recently announced a £1.5bn investment in rolling out NGAs to 10 million UK homes, and Virgin Media is about to provide speeds of up to 50Mbps to its customers. The report also called on Ofcom, the telecoms regulator,... [12 Sep 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets smart on N96
News Nintendo Wii and Virgin Media cable. N96 users will be the first mobile users to be able to download as well as stream their favourite Beeb programmes onto their device using the online on-demand TV... [08 Sep 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News V is for Virgin But incumbent spectrum licence holders such as TV broadcasters and mobile phone operators, including Verizon Wireless, say wireless devices that access this unlicensed spectrum will cause... [12 Aug 2008]
Virgin Mobile breaks into mobile broadband
News In its latest set of quarterly results, Virgin Mobile has revealed it will be unveiling its own mobile broadband offering in the fourth quarter of this year. However, should... [08 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News V is for Virgin Report co-author Dr Alastair Brydon added the "vast majority" of mobile network operators will upgrade to LTE rather than WiMax, "resulting in over four times more LTE users [then WiMax]... [05 Aug 2008]
O2 to offer "free" broadband in UK
News Earlier this year Virgin Media announced a free speed upgrade to 10Mbps for some of its broadband users. "Free" home broadband is being launched in the UK by mobile operator O2. O2 customers who buy a... [31 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News V is for Virgin Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. [22 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News V is for Virgin Rollouts of the mobile variant of WiMax are dependent on the results of an Ofcom spectrum auction due later this year. The provider announced it would be rolling out the technology to... [10 Jul 2008]
LiMo adds Openwave browser to arsenal
News Openwave supplies mobile-client software to 12 of the top 20 global mobile operators, including Orange, Telefonica, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Vodafone,... [07 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News V is for Virgin European mobile operators should brace themselves for enforced price cuts for SMS roaming, predicts an analyst. Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner,... [02 Jul 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News V is for Virgin Femtocells could help speed the arrival of next generation mobile broadband networks - such as WiMax and LTE (long term evolution), the future roadmap of 3G. Industry association body the... [30 Jun 2008]
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