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3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News C is for Cable & Wireless Laptops and PC datacards are the next largest product segment (103 apiece), followed by wireless routers and USB modems (60 apiece), the GSA survey found. There are now 637 high speed downlink packet access products on the...

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

Mobile working goes mainstream

News This was followed by integrating mobility with the IT infrastructure and operations; and wireless/mobile security and device management. In terms of business benefits, the most commonly cited advantage of wireless is increased staff productivity...

Tags: mobility, it department, smart phone, gartner

[25 Mar 2008]

Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT

News C is for Cable & Wireless Users will be able to use their avatars to access the service at red BT phone boxes at five locations or by picking up a heads-up display that can then be used beyond these locations.

Tags: bt, trial, ip, sms

[20 Mar 2008]

Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide

News Looking to the skies is US company Space Data which has pioneered a wireless data and mobile phone services delivery method that makes use of weather balloons. Another connectivity contender for getting to out-of-the-way places is long-range...

Tags: broadband, satellite, wimax, spectrum

[06 Mar 2008]

Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction

News C is for Cable & Wireless Martin Greenwood, programme manager for Socitm Insight and author of the report, said with widespread internet access there should be a focus on encouraging greater levels of take-up of online services and improving...

Tags: socitm, online, web services, local government

[04 Mar 2008]

Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC

News C is for Cable & Wireless Although he refused to divulge the details of the Commission's thoughts on the matter, Ducatel did say the recommendation would address a preferred technical method for rolling out next-generation access.

Tags: fibre, eu, ec, authority

[28 Feb 2008]

Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?

News C is for Cable & Wireless Areas the review will consider include whether the public sector has a role to play to help minimise the cost of investment to the private sector; whether Ofcom has adequate powers of regulation around high speed access...

Tags: broadband, fibre, ofcom, high speed

[22 Feb 2008]

Careless homeworkers increase security risks

Careless homeworkers increase security risks

News Wireless from A to Z He said: "In response we have brought in a new infrastructure that allows remote access from anywhere but the services all operate within our data centre - the remote access is purely a Citrix window.

Tags: homeworkers, cio jury, security, opening

[08 Feb 2008]

BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux

News C is for Cable & Wireless The streaming version of iPlayer will have new features such as the ability to share programme links, password protected access for more adult programmes and a radio button linking to BBC Radio content.

Tags: iplayer, download, on-demand, streaming

[14 Dec 2007]

Broadband summit: Speed is the key

News C is for Cable & Wireless This echoes the view of various industry speakers at a recent Westminster eForum conference on the future of broadband, who said public sector intervention is likely to be needed to ensure all areas of the country gain...

Tags: ofcom, broadband, ngn, economy

[27 Nov 2007]

Where next for broadband Britain?

News C is for Cable & Wireless All-IP next generation networks (NGNs) are being rolled out in the UK - such as BT's 21CN - but NGNs do not solve the problem of legacy copper wiring at street level, from exchanges to cabinets and homes - an issue known...

Tags: ngn, nga, broadband, fibre

[22 Nov 2007]

University sends student internet down the drains

News The project is being run in conjunction with another one to provide wireless internet access across the university's two campuses, using technology from Trapeze. In total across the campus and halls of residence there will be 1,000 wireless access...

Tags: sewers, university of aberdeen

[17 Aug 2007]

iPhone, Gmail and blogs - a corporate security nightmare

News Forrester highlighted Bluetooth, insecure home wireless networks and "evil twin" malicious public wi-fi hotspots as particular security risks to corporate IT security. Security options for these devices include restricting the ability for...

Tags: gmail, iphone, consumerisation, forrester

[15 Jun 2007]

Remote and mobile working tech "essential"

News Wireless from A to Z Ian Auger, head of IT and communications at ITN, said those who need remote access can do so but added: "Because of the technology needed for real-time video manipulation, most of our workforce need to come to the office to...

Tags: mobile working, remote working, cio jury

[18 May 2007]

CIO Jury: The Apple iPhone verdict

News A BlackBerry or laptop with a wireless card allows me all the corporate remote access I need. Phone service in the US will be provided exclusively by Cingular Wireless. Mark Dearnley, CIO, Cable & Wireless

Tags: iphone, cio jury

[18 Jan 2007]

'Mobile phones don't cause cancer' - study

News C is for Cable & Wireless A team at the Danish Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen was given access to customer records of Danish mobile operators Sonofone and TDC. R is for Remote working They then identified around 420,000 early mobile...

Tags: health, mobile phones, denmark, cancer

[06 Dec 2006]

Wireless Westminster revs up

News Although the scheme falls within BT's Wireless Cities initiative, and BT will be physically building it and initially selling access under its Openzone banner, the actual operator is Vertex, the council's strategic partner.

Tags: westminster, wireless

[29 Nov 2006]

UK firms are broadband laggards

News C is for Cable & Wireless A survey by the European Statistical Office, Eurostat, found that 94 per cent of businesses questioned now have internet access - a rise of three per cent over 2005. The survey found nearly half of individuals use the...

Tags: internet access, internet, europe, broadband

[13 Nov 2006]

The A to Z of broadband

News HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) is the wireless standard that gives mobile users broadband speeds on the move. It is long-distance wi-fi, offering access to wireless broadband networks over much greater distances (up to 30 miles) than...

Tags: broadband, adsl, hsdpa, bt

[01 Nov 2006]

Banks ignore tech at their peril

News Only 28 per cent of banking executives surveyed plan to introduce remote access in branches over the next three years while only 13 per cent use wireless terminals. According to a survey carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit and...

Tags: banks, crm, wireless, banking

[28 Sep 2006]

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