Mar
26

Ixia updates IxRave IP Service Verification

Ixia’s IxRave IP Service Verification service has been updated to monitor Carrier Ethernet and Mobile Backhaul. Service providers can now used IxRave to monitor, measure and troubleshoot converged networks using an.. more
Mar
26

Energy network hacks can be avoided

Commenting on the reported vulnerability of the energy and utility networks to external attacks by hackers, Fortify Software, the software security assurance experts, says that the custom code seen in many.. more
Mar
26

Cybercrime revenues exceed drug trafficking

Testimony from AT&T’s Chief Security Officer Edward Amoroso, in which he told a US Senate Commerce Committee that revenues from cybercrime – at $1 trillion annually – are now exceeding those.. more
Mar
26

Travelodge launches iPhone GPS room booking

Travelodge yesterday launched iBooker, a GPS-based room booking application for the 3G iPhone. Business and leisure travellers will be able to use iBooker to find Travelodge accommodation in three easy steps. Once installed, users simply press the Travelodge logo on their phone and the handset.. more
Mar
26

ForgetMeNot Africa launches email via SMS service

ForgetMeNot Africa has announced the continent-wide launch of its Message Optimiser service. Message Optimiser turns any basic mobile handset into a smarter, Internet capable, multi-channel messaging device. It enables network providers to provide unified messaging services such as email, instant messaging, and SMS, without the.. more
Mar
26

SMS Mac chooses TynTec for messaging service

UK-based messaging operator TynTec has been chosen to provide the back-end SMS capabilities for computer-to-mobile messaging service SMS Mac. SMS Mac will use TynTec to power the SMS capabilities of its Mac OSX Dashboard widget, its Mac address book plug in, its Vista sidebar gadget,.. more
Mar
26

What is the problem with Welsh Broadband?

Considering the terrain of Wales, it is easy to think that is the reason why internet service providers are failing to provide their services to these very rural areas. However, according to a former member of the Ofcom UK Consumer Panel, broadband take up in.. more
Mar
26

UKTV bringing back Fawlty Towers

The UKTV channel Gold will bring back the popular sitcom “Fawlty Towers” but not in the way that fans may be thinking of. The channel will be producing two one-off specials called ‘Fawlty Towers: Re Opened’ and ‘Fawlty Exclusive: Basil Best Bits’. The first programme.. more
Mar
26

The top broadband complaints

Ask consumers what their complaints are on broadband services and there will be a number of different answers. In order to put some order into consumers’ complaints the regulator Ofcom conducted a survey. Migrations appeared twice in the top six results, but the issue that.. more
Mar
26

Hampshire Freeview users need to retune

The firm behind the digital switchover, Digital UK, is carrying out some reorganisation of the airwaves. This is taking place because the company is preparing for the digital switchover in 2012, and it will mean that some viewers of Freeview services will need to retune.. more