Telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed new measures with regards to connectivity outages, which can potentially bring huge losses to businesses.
It is worth noting that these outages happen less often for those getting their services via copper, however the next generation super speedy broadband, including FTTC and FTTH (fibre-to-the-cabinet/home) will be affected by any occurring power cuts.
According to Ofcom, a battery backup was a good idea, nevertheless, the regulator revealed plans to shorten the time of this solution by 75 per cent (for example from four battery powered hours…
Edita Lozovska - 29 June 2011 | comments. Read more
Swedish consumers have been introduced by telecommunications company Ericsson to the next generation of mobile broadband.
Long Term Evolution technology (LTE-Advanced), a form of 4G, is going to provide users with speeds of up to 1Gbps.
In comparison, mobile broadband services in the UK currently reach average speeds of up to 3.6Mbps.
Ulf Ewaldsson, Ericsson’s Vice President and Head of Product Area Radio, said:
“Ericsson encourages all regulators to allocate harmonised spectrum as early as possible.
“The next step of LTE enhances the current service offering, performance and data speed even further.
“It provides operators…
Ebony Hasselbaink - 29 June 2011 | comments. Read more
Spying on people via the internet has now become patented by Microsoft after a two year long think.
This means that Microsoft can now create wiretaps for a variety of online communication systems, including voice and video calls via Skype (which it now owns).
According to the US patent office, the technology has been called a “Legal Intercept.”
It was also specifically mentioned that a recording agent is going to be established in order to “silently log” conversations.
The virtual chats which are going to be recorded might include those on Skype, multiplayer…
Anna Sheldrick - 29 June 2011 | comments. Read more
Moments ago BT Openzone has scored a contract with Hilton Worldwide to deploy its wireless broadband internet services in hotel chains based in both the UK and Ireland.
This means that Hilton guests staying in more than 17,000 rooms will be able to enjoy Wi-Fi, high speed fixed line broadband as well as event and conference services.
The services will be also available in meeting rooms and public spaces within the hotel’s area.
BT also added that it would introduce its “new technologies” which will enable “a tenfold increase in bandwidth”.
The chairman…
Chris Mizon - 28 June 2011 | comments. Read more
Better broadband must be a priority for Oxfordshire, a business insider has recently claimed.
The Oxford Mail has recently reported that the President of the Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce, Nigel Wild, said that upgrades are urgently needed within the area in order for businesses to have more chances to compete on a greater scale.
Mr Wild was quoted as saying:
“My broadband service is appalling – I have a little piece of copper wire which makes it very difficult to send even a photograph.”
Mr Wild, who has experience running a business within…
Edita Lozovska - 28 June 2011 | comments. Read more
UK-based internet service provider (ISP) Rutland Telecom (RT), which concentrates mainly on deploying superfast broadband to the most remote and rural of UK’s areas, has today shed more light on its most recent venture with Gigaclear which involves deploying a fibre optic broadband network in Rutland.
It has been said that as a result of Gigaclear’s substantial investment, FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) technology is to be rolled out in the rural village of Hambleton.
ISPreview has reported RT’s Managing Director, David Lewis, as saying:
“Our vision is to provide fibre…
Geoff Slaughter - 28 June 2011 | comments. Read more
LulzSec, a group of hackers who referred to themselves as hacktivists while raiding websites which belonged to the CIA, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and Sony among others, recently announced that the hack-spree was coming to an end.
The group was quoted as saying:
“For the past 50 days we’ve been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could.”
“It’s time to say ‘bon voyage’. Our planned 50-day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving…
Geoff Slaughter - 27 June 2011 | comments. Read more
Newzbin, a linksharing site providing access to movies, music, videos and software, has been targeted by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) which is demanding for it to be shut down.
Last year, a High Court ordered Newzbin to cease its business but the company went into administration.
It then resurfaced under a new management overseas where it falls no longer under British Jurisdiction.
This time, the Hollywood Studios is aiming to cut Newzbin of by its source, meaning the Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Since BT Group is the largest ISP in Britain with…
Ebony Hasselbaink - 27 June 2011 | comments. Read more
Moments ago it has been confirmed that Microsoft’s and BT’s masterminds along with other tech titans are teaming up in order to test spare spectrum usage for mobile broadband.
According to their calculations, if the trial proves to be successful, mobile broadband services will be significantly improved.
The Financial Times reported that the tech team, with telecoms giant, Sky, onboard, is to trial the leftover spectrum which was previously used for television (before it went digital).
The plan is to create wireless networks which would offer broadband to rural and remote areas.
It…
Edita Lozovska - 27 June 2011 | comments. Read more
An array of US authorities started to investigate Google in order to establish whether the search giant was making it increasingly hard for competitors to climb up the ladder with the company’s search advertising option.
A source said that more than three state attorney generals have commenced the investigations on the issue in the US.
While the source could not reveal more information about the matter, as it was in its early stages, he confirmed that the attorney generals of California, Ohio and New York we all on the case.
It was…
Chris Mizon - 24 June 2011 | comments. Read more
