telecoms infrastructure
Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News The contract, struck in 2007, sees Atos Origin managing the Highways Agency's IT infrastructure, datacentres, telecoms, desktop and providing application support. On joining the organisation in 2005,... [24 Nov 2009]
BT fibre broadband pilot: charges for ISPs revealed
News The pilot at Highams Park in London, BT's first FTTH deployment in an existing residential area with an installed copper-based telecoms infrastructure, could involve up to 40,000 households. BT Openreach... [23 Sep 2009]
BT superfast fibre broadband destined for London brownfield pilot
News Previously, the IT and telecommunications giant tested a greenfield deployment FTTH at the new Ebbsfleet development in Kent, but the Highams Park pilot will mark BT's first such deployment in an existing residential area with a... [07 Aug 2009]
Revealed: What counts as normal broadband in Britain?
News According to the telecoms regulator, the majority of consumers are happy with the speeds they receive but 26 per cent of those surveyed complained they were not getting the speeds they had expected when they signed up to... [28 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet Actually you could - the unit is hoping to use IT experts from banks, telecoms operators and retailers to provide expertise to help the unit carry out its investigations. There are a number of other bodies that are... [20 Jul 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,... [10 Jul 2009]
Satyam feeling 'bullish' with new governance
News A number of Mahindra Satyam executives hailed from Tech Mahindra, essentially a second-tier player focused on one vertical - telecoms. For instance, the company is planning to roll out infrastructure... [06 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up Of course, this great leap forward will mean a major investment in the telecoms infrastructure and the industry is already scratching its head over how to come up with the cash. Glastonbury - home to ley... [03 Jul 2009]
50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News Neil Brown, telecoms partner at law firm Eversheds, shares BT's view that 50p won't go far enough. The thing that really dictates the economies of P rather than C is the amount of civils' work you have to do [ie digging... [02 Jul 2009]
2020: When the world and its toothbrush gets online
News The big challenge for the telecoms world is they've got to figure out some ways of generating revenues - getting a share of wallet… to invest in the infrastructure build out. Intel's John Woodget, global... [29 Jun 2009]
Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News As it stands, telecoms regulator Ofcom auctions available spectrum on the open market - a procedure that requires public sector bodies to compete with commercial bidders. Also speaking at the forum, Jacqui Brookes, CEO... [15 Jun 2009]
Budget: £750m cash injection for UK tech
News Another measure that will encourage investment in telecoms by business is the first-year capital allowance scheme. From this month, firms investing more than £50,000 in qualifying plant and machinery, including... [22 Apr 2009]
Orange, Vodafone try outsourcing route to beat the crunch
News The deals fit in with an ongoing trend towards using network-equipment providers as managed-services providers, telecoms analyst Dean Bubley, of Disruptive Analysis, told ZDNet UK on Wednesday. At the time, Ericsson... [19 Mar 2009]
Ericsson racks up 500Mbps speeds over copper
News In August 2008, the telecoms regulator Ofcom said this approach could make 50Mbps connections a reality for the majority of the country. Ericsson also said in its statement that vectorised VDSL2 could be used by... [17 Mar 2009]
'ICT going green is key to economic recovery'
News At the event last week, Reding said that upcoming European Union telecoms legislation would also make Europe more green. Reding added that she "had a dream of a totally green city" in which traffic management, energy... [13 Mar 2009]
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