The Business Communications Minefield

A wireless telecom firm is calling for open wireless access and a 'nondiscriminatory Internet,' contending that the Internet's future is mobile and should be open to both established firms and entrepreneurial start-ups. ...

3rd All-over-IP Forum introduces an expanded business program for enterprise communications professionals. The Forum takes place on November 18, 2010 at Sokolniki Expo (Moscow, Russia). www.all-over-ip.ru/eng 1. In large...

The BBC's investigative news programme Panorama last night highlighted the implications of the Digital Enterprise Bill to the computer using public. Concentrating on two households - one populated by a young family with a brace...

The editor of a leading internet advice website, Broadband.co.uk, Edd Dawson has accused the British government of not taking the goal of country-wide deployment of superfast broadband "seriously". The broadband expert said that...

Telecommunications giant BT is set to battle out with the BBC and other online video services to force them to cough up money to cover costs associated with delivering videos to its subscribers. BT has been caught trying to...

The UK's competitive telecoms market can deliver the next generation access (NGA) in broadband, and maintain the country's position as a leading online economy, but the Government and Ofcom need to be vigilant and play an active...

The European market for IT, telecommunications and digital consumer electronics (ICT) is expected to increase by three percent to 761 billion Euro in 2008. This is the latest forecast of the European Information Technology...

SOS Broadband, a London based company, is taking its lead from the sterling efforts of the AA and RAC on the ‘real’ highway, and is helping internet users free themselves from data traffic jams, DNS distress and router rage on...

If you’re into IT security, it’s pretty hard to avoid discussions about deperimiterisation: the loosening of controls at boundary level in favour of pervasive security throughout the network, systems and applications. The idea’s...

Almost a third of businesses in the UK use small internet service providers (ISPs), according to communications regulator Ofcom. Only 5% of consumers use small, or niche, ISPs, the research found.The companies have 1.3 million...

The US's largest internet provider has enshrined the principle of internet neutrality in an agreement to treat all web traffic equally. The move has reignited the debate about net neutrality.AT&T's agreement comes as part of...

A bit late to mention that but still very very interesting for Net-Neutrality proponents... AT&T Inc. closed its acquisition of BellSouth Corporation, creating a premier global communications company committed to driving...

Hutchison Whampoa Limited announced the global launch of the X-Series from 3. The X-Series from 3 marks the beginning of the internet via mobile broadband, and heralds a new way of doing business for mobile network operators.It...

Google has bought internet video site YouTube in a $1.65 billion all shares deal. The video site will continue to operate as a separate unit within Google, the companies said.The deal is Google's largest in its eight year history...

Had a very interesting meeting with a major IP services company this week, at which I had a chance to discuss some of the offers of free or very low cost broadband, from the likes of Carphone Warehouse and Pipex.Basically, from...