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RSS virgin d bInterference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News V is for Virgin Field tests to determine whether the Federal Communications Commission should open up unused TV spectrum for wireless broadband services are getting mixed reviews as different methods for avoiding spectrum interference are being... [12 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News V is for Virgin Massive growth in wireless broadband services is being forecast, with the market set to be dominated by cellular technologies. Telecoms analyst Analysys Mason predicts there will be a total of 2.1 billion wireless broadband... [05 Aug 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New niche for 3G?
Comment V is for Virgin The economic downturn and collapse of the dollar have resulted in a lot of my business migrating out of the US into the EU and south-east Asia. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [05 Aug 2008]
'Star Trek' communicators free up doctors' time
News V is for Virgin Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth C is for The Cloud D is for dotMobi E is for Email F is for FMC G is for GPS H is for HSDPA [29 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News V is for Virgin Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data roaming on Monday, Fabio Colasanti said the Commission was hesitant to impose a cap on the wholesale price of data usage while abroad, and said greater transparency to the consumer would be... [22 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Virgin Media did, however, claim that it, rather than BT, was "spearheading" the "super-fast broadband movement", as it had already rolled out a fibre network that would be offering a 50Mbps service to 12 million UK homes by the middle of 2009. [17 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News V is for Virgin On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for providing wireless connectivity to business customers. The provider announced it would be rolling out the technology to customers in Leeds, London... [10 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News Wiltshire's comments follow a Bata letter of protest sent to the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, this week, signed by the chief executives of British Airways, BMI, EasyJet and Virgin Atlantic. The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said... [07 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News V is for Virgin Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to voluntarily reduce the price of data roaming and sending text messages when abroad in the EU. [02 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment V is for Virgin Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could spare you a journey, says Stewart Baines. [30 Jun 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News V is for Virgin Industry association body the Femto Forum and operator community group the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance have announced they will work together to ensure the DSL-piggybacking tech works with next generation mobile... [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment V is for Virgin Soon, even a window seat above the Atlantic will no longer be beyond the reach of the chirping mobile phone. What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it, asks Anthony Plewes. [26 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News V is for Virgin But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg Insight. Berg predicts laptops with HSPA/LTE (high speed packet access/long term evolution) mobile broadband connectivity will grow from 8.4 million... [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News V is for Virgin Earlier this week the organisation announced that 10 mobile WiMax products had received the "WiMax Forum Certified Seal of Approval". Four base stations, from Alvarion, Motorola, Samsung and Sequans, won certification, along with... [20 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News Virgin Media recently became the first ISP to voluntarily address the problem of file sharing by agreeing to send out letters to households where music is being illegally downloaded or shared. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA... [18 Jun 2008]
