Industry News
In this section:
- Index
- Cable operators reverse fortunes in broadband market
- Digital Britain's broadband – how high to set the bar?
- BT announcement first major step towards next-generation access in UK
- Video putting huge strains on Internet
- IT could have delivered years ago
- British hacker Gary McKinnon loses latest round in extradition battle
- UK government backs open source
- Security weakness found in online banking card readers
- Rogue applications may be harvesting personal details from Facebook
- Nortel to lay off 3,200 staff worldwide
- Alcatel suffers eight consecutive quarterly losses
Cable operators reverse fortunes in broadband market
After years of declining fortunes, European cable operators are seeing their share of the broadband market level out, or even grow.
Digital Britain's broadband – how high to set the bar?
Many countries in Europe are already seeing market-led next-generation access (NGA) deployments, leaving regulators grappling with the competition issues to ensure an acceptable outcome for all.
BT announcement first major step towards next-generation access in UK
At last, BT has decided to invest in fibre on a large scale. This is great news for the UK, and will remove some of the awkward questions about why are we languishing behind many other nations in the provision of high-speed broadband.
Video putting huge strains on Internet
The success of video streaming sites, such as those provided by YouTube, Hulu and the BBC's iPlayer, are clearly encouraging a new kind of user behaviour, but what kind of strains do these services put on the Internet?
IT could have delivered years ago
A leading official in local government IT has admitted that IT should have delivered public service transformation a long time ago.
British hacker Gary McKinnon loses latest round in extradition battle
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon has lost the latest round of his battle against extradition to the US.
UK government backs open source
The UK government has said it will accelerate the use of open source software in public services.
Security weakness found in online banking card readers
Researchers at Cambridge University found weaknesses when they reverse engineered card readers from Barclays and NatWest.
Rogue applications may be harvesting personal details from Facebook
Two rogue applications are suspected to have hit Facebook in the space of a week, possibly harvesting thousands of personal details.
Nortel to lay off 3,200 staff worldwide
Nortel Networks is to lay off 3,200 staff worldwide over the next few months as part of business and financial restructuring plan to pull it out of bankruptcy protection
Alcatel suffers eight consecutive quarterly losses
Alcatel-Lucent suffered its eighth consecutive quarterly loss and a fourth quarter fall in revenues, as it goes through a major reorganization. Most of its loss was because of a massive writedown of asset value, totalling more than $5bn.