Jan
23

Dundee to be next fibre city

Following the announcement that the Fibrecity project in Bournemouth is nearing the trial stages, the next place to get the H2O Networks treatment has been announced and it will be Dundee.. more
Jan
23

Barrack broadband boost

The inauguration of a US president may not have attracted many people in the UK in the past, but according to the internet service provider PlusNet they experienced a huge increase.. more
Jan
22

Q3 release for Windows Mobile 6.5

Microsoft’s new mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, is expected to debut at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, DigiTimes reports. Some devices powered by the OS will launch.. more
Jan
22

Bharti Airtel reports strong Q4

India’s top mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, has reported its third quarter results, with profit up 25% on year. Net income for the three months ending 31st December 2009 was 21.6 billion rupees ($442 million), compared to 17.2 billion rupees in the year ago period. Total.. more
Jan
22

Infineon unveils next gen ultra-low-cost chips

Mobile chip maker Infineon has developed its third generation of ultra-low-cost (ULC) handset chips, the X-Gold 110. According to Infineon, the X-Gold 110 is the world’s highest integrated cost effective chip solution for GSM/GPRS ULC phones. The chip lowers the system costs for handset manufacturers.. more
Jan
22

Finjan Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Finjan Inc. has announced the appointment of Dennis P. Wolf as its executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wolf will be based at the company’s headquarters in San Jose, California, and will be reporting to Finjan’s CEO Mr. John Vigouroux. Mr. Wolf brings.. more
Jan
22

Hackers caught out in £200m bank heist

A gang of international hackers failed in a £200 million bank heist because they forgot to fill out one field in a money transfer form, a court heard yesterday. Belgian hackers Jan Van Osselaer, 32, and Gilles Poelvoorde, 35, planned to transfer £229 million from.. more
Jan
22

Psytechnics Adds 1Million IP Telephony Business Users

Psytechnics has announced that a million new business-class IP telephony users installed its flagship product Experience Manger in 2008. Experience Manager is a product which is installed on hardware that runs the Linux operating system. Its purpose is to improve the quality of calls that.. more
Jan
22

BT has to fight to survive

There is a mood of change within the broadband industry, but BT would appear to be dragging its feet when it comes to rolling out the new technology needed to increase the services available to consumers. Thomas Newton of Broadband Finder has suggested that BT.. more
Jan
22

UK average broadband speed is 3.04 Mbps

Only last December the regulator Ofcom announced plans to introduce a voluntary code of practice for internet service providers to provide accurate average broadband connection speeds. Yet a recent report by moneysupermarket.com found that the average broadband connection throughout the UK for the last three.. more