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BAA Heathrow to sign £30m network integration deal

BAA Heathrow to sign £30m network integration deal

London’s Heathrow Airport plans to sign a four-year, £30 million network integration framework deal.

Nokia says LTE latency as important as speed

Attention has been focused on the higher speeds that will be offered by next generation LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile networks, but improved latency will be equally important to users, according to Nokia Siemens.

Ofcom to test UK broadband speeds

Ofcom has revealed it will once again be testing fixed-line broadband speeds.

Italian telcos caught up in massive Mafia fraud

Italy's telecom sector was reeling from the news that two of its biggest operators were caught up in a massive fraud allegedly orchestrated by members of the Calabrian Mafia, considered the most powerful and dangerous of the country's organized crime groups.

Eurotunnel needs new radio technology 'very quickly' to avoid train chaos

Eurotunnel needs new radio technology 'very quickly' to avoid train chaos

Eurotunnel has been urged to implement a new radio technology system "very quickly" because operators using the Channel Tunnel have been unable to communicate remotely with on-board managers when trains are in the tunnel.

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NEC supports cloud computing services for telcos

Global provider of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions NEC has announced support of cloud computing services for telecommunications carriers.

Google to build ultra high speed broadband in the US

Google will launch several experimental "ultra high-speed" broadband networks across the United States as part of efforts to encourage authorities to look at "new and creative ways" to progress the country's National Broadband Plan.

iPad could bring down US mobile networks

Now that Apple has officially unveiled the iPad we can move beyond hype and speculation about what the Apple tablet might be, and move on to talking about all of the rumors that didn't pan out, and predicting whether the device will ultimately fail or succeed.

Manchester to get 100Mbps fibre network

Parts of Manchester will get access to 100Mbps broadband after Geo announced it would be installing a next-generation fibre cable network.

Juniper patches router-crashing flaw

Juniper Networks has issued seven security advisories for its products, including a fix for a nasty bug that could be used to crash the company's routers.

Huawei posts record sales figures

Huawei Technologies, the fast-growing Chinese vendor of communications network gear, reached global contract sales of over $30 billion last year, the company said, marking a rise of nearly 30 percent from the year before.

BT races to complete on 100Mbps fibre optic broadband roll-out for Olympics

BT has revealed its super-fast fibre broadband network will be completed by 2012.

O2 users suffer service outage

Mobile phone users on O2 have been hit by connectivity and service problems since the weekend.

100 Gigabit fibre links come to Europe

Verizon Business has deployed 100Gb per second equipment on a fibre link between Paris and Frankfurt, activating the next generation of optical networking for commercial services to enterprises.

Operators press ahead with mobile 4G trials

Mobile 4G trials are picking up pace, with operators eager to roll out 4G networks as soon as possible.

Ciena to pay £462M for Nortel's metro Ethernet arm

Ciena will pay £462 million ($769 million) for the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks business.

UK Online shuns new broadband customers

UK Internet service provider, UK Online , has quietly stopped signing up new customers for any of its consumer broadband packages.

Nokia Siemens to slash 5,700 jobs

Nokia Siemens Networks is to cut up to 5,700 jobs from its 64,000 workforce.

Avaya to launch 'chameleon' communications gear

Avaya is coming out next spring with chameleon-like appliances that will take on the characteristics of phones, desktop video systems, locked-down contact-centre terminals – a whole range of dedicated communications gear.

Nokia reports £512 million loss

Nokia reported third-quarter €559 million (£512 million) loss as a result of Nokia Siemens problems.

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