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News V is for Virgin L is for LBS 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... [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 L is for LBS 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... [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. L is for Love Bug [07 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News V is for Virgin L is for LBS 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 L is for LBS 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 L is for LBS 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... [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment V is for Virgin L is for LBS 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 L is for LBS 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... [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News V is for Virgin L is for LBS 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... [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. L is for Landlines [18 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment V is for Virgin L is for LBS High-speed wireless networks are meant to make life easier for business travellers. But now the problem for mobile workers is how to tap into all that increased connectivity, says George Malim. [12 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News V is for Virgin L is for LBS The EU's mobile data market grew by 40 per cent last year, to €7bn, the research found, with 3G users doubling to 112 million in the year to April 2008. Wireless from A to Z [11 Jun 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News V is for Virgin L is for LBS The funding was announced by policing minister, Tony McNulty, and will see around 10,000 handheld computers distributed to 27 police forces across the UK. Wireless from A to Z [27 May 2008]
Google bigs up 'white space' wireless plans
News V is for Virgin L is for LBS Page was scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Congress and officials at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hoping to convince them to allow the "white space" between television channels to be accessed by low... [23 May 2008]
