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cO2 considers high fibre rollout
News Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that O2 was "not going to move" until Ofcom changed the rules to ensure a... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. B is for BT BT says the planned investment is part of its strategy to deliver next generation broadband service across... [15 Jul 2008]
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless Ashurst has been using technology from email management specialist Mimecast to manage its Microsoft Exchange and Outlook applications. Broadband from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless Brits are still not satisfied with broadband speeds - and with good reason since actual line speeds are still on average 50 per cent less than the headline speeds advertised. [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced software as a service by adopting Google Apps Premier Edition to improve mobility and flexibility for its workers. [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News B is for BT Last year, BT Openreach said it was unsure there was demand for next-generation access. Speaking on the subject of NGA investment, Richards seemed to imply the regulator would not put severe price limitations on those companies, such as... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless Speaking at a conference hosted by UK trade association for technology, Intellect, Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, said mobile broadband's rapid rise in popularity could help encourage fixed line operators... [04 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the company is trying to shed the perception of it being just a consumer tool. [02 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the... [18 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless As many of the homes involved in the project don't have landlines installed - instead relying on mobile phones only - Aimes decided to use wireless mesh network technology for last mile connectivity. [17 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost... [16 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless The same upbeat tone runs through the Ofcom report - the source of the story (covered here by silicon.com). When broadband was first introduced in the UK in 2000, households in urban areas were the first to... [23 May 2008]
BT business hubs to be wi-fi hotspots
News BT Business Open Wi-Fi will be an extension of the communications and IT company's existing programme of creating "Openzones" using its residential customers' hubs - the hub being a wireless modem and router unit. [22 May 2008]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News B is for BT C is for Cable & Wireless European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe. [28 Apr 2008]
BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software
News BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship management (CRM) software... [22 Apr 2008]
