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RSS bt for fibreOfcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News While BT is fitting the first networks, Ofcom says the new regulatory proposals will encourage widespread investment in fibre networks for the 246,000 homes and businesses built in... [16 Apr 2008]
Wireless spectrum and convergence top Ofcom's hit list
News F is for Fibre B is for BT Providing more spectrum for wireless gadgets and increasing competition in the converging fixed line, broadband and TV market... [12 Dec 2006]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News F is for Fibre B is for BT According to the EC, the most tech-savvy countries are more likely to use IT for professional purposes. The report - entitled... [28 Apr 2008]
Marconi contract injects life into shares
News Marconi will supply optical fibre connectivity to give Grande customers faster internet access and telephone and cable television services. Sunday papers yesterday reported that Marconi is also set to tie-up with... [10 Dec 2001]
UK two years behind Germany for KPNQwest DSL roll out
News The pan-European telco will provide the high-speed broadband Internet access through its own fibre optic network in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Sweden and the UK. Operators will be able to buy DSL services... [15 Dec 1999]
SOS: Finding your way through the broadband acronym jungle
Comment Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is another option, which normally uses what is known as the Wireless Local Loop (WLL), which (as its name suggests) allows operators to offer a "last mile" system that does not use the copper or... [12 Oct 2000]
Vodafone venture, Intel sparks chip war and 3G faces Finnish challenge
News The two intend to collaborate on technology for handling communications traffic on broadband fibre-optic networks. The move would take Vodafone into the heart of the coveted Japanese market - Japan... [11 Dec 2000]
Kent builds £24m broadband network for schools
News The fibre-optic wide-area network with 40 hubs will support more than 500 primary schools with around 260 users each and more than 100 secondary schools with 1,000 pupils each, creating what is probably the largest LEA... [04 Apr 2005]
22Mbps broadband goes nationwide
News Point Topic said in the note: "ADSL2+ high-speed services will be unavailable to a large percentage of the population unless and until there is some major investment in extending fibre deeper into BT's... [09 Nov 2005]
Madge chief accuses telcos of being wannabe Worldcoms
News He also said a player like Level 3 Communications has become a trenching company for others laying fibre because it is so far from the value-added part of his ideal model. However, the new breed of... [08 Oct 1999]
The Battle of Broadband Britain drags on
Comment Fibre optic, broadband fixed wireless, cable modem and, who knows, perhaps even satellite may fill the gap. In the heavy battalions, Freeserve has had to put its prices up, and BT Openworld may well do... [27 Jun 2001]
Rural broadband gets EC green light
News BT is working with NYnet to provide the nuts and bolts of the high-speed fibre optic network across the region. NYnet will receive funding to install a high-speed optic fibre ring around... [26 Feb 2007]
Message to government: 'Subsidise broadband in rural areas'
News First, Hundt believes that fibre connections "probably" stimulate demand for the use of fibre-based services - in other words, supply creates its own demand. Last week,... [18 Sep 2002]
Compaq and BT build emergency SANs in London
News Compaq and BT are teaming up to provide fibre channel disaster-tolerant SAN (storage area networks) for companies based in London. The first two sites will be in Docklands and Holborn,... [27 Jan 2000]
Castle goes high-tech with IP
Case Study Two of the business units were almost operating as completely separate companies with independent infrastructures and the castle needed to do something about it, opting to connect its golf club with the main campus building using optical... [21 Jun 2006]
