Monthly Archives: May 2005

On Holiday

I’m taking some time off this week as it’s half term. So I’ve dusted off the moutain bike and taking it for the odd spin…see you in a few days.

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VDSL2

Very High Bit Rate DSL 2 (VDSL2), a new standard is likely to be ratified by next week, making it possible for carriers to provide upto 100 megabits per second connections (both up and down) over copper lines. [via] Well … Continue reading

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Mesh networking

Mobile adhoc networking allows users to exchange information in a wireless environment without the need for a fixed infrastructure. Each user (or node), equipped with one or more radios, is free to roam about while communicating with others. The path … Continue reading

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IBM is back making network network kit

..well sort of..IBM, Nortel to collaborate on telecom products. IBM is going to be working with Nortel making network kit based on IBM’s blade server technology.

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C&W warns of continuing ’severe’ competition in UK telecoms

C&W is heavily involved in the corporate telecoms market in the UK, where a range of rivals operators like BT Group PLC and Colt Telecom Group PLC are all clamouring for a fairly static number of accounts. To offset its … Continue reading

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Huawei/Marconi deal finalised

Well it had to happend and it has… Huawei/Marconi deal finalised [via gigaom]

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Norwegian Telenor buys $1 billion worth of broadband

Norwegian giant has spent $1 billion to buy two broadband operators – Sweden’s Bredbandsbolaget for $823 million (335,000 subscribers) and another $237 million on Danish broadband outfit Cybercity, which has about 90,000 customers. Looks like it is trying to become … Continue reading

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GDS Enterprise

I got pointed towards the enterprise version of Google Desktop Search today. It looks interesting as it can search through Lotus Notes too. So I’ll have ago installing that later this evening.

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Home networking market poised for take-off

Efforts by broadband providers to push combined modem/networking solutions to the consumer market are succeeding and are fuelling a boom in home network adoption throughout Asia, Europe and North America that will last for at least the next five years. … Continue reading

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Thus goes deeper into red in ‘bloodbath’ telecoms market

Not good news for THUS [Telegraph.co.uk]

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Tune in to Orange for £10 per month

Running over Orange’s high-speed 3G network, the service – which will be available from next week – has an initial line-up of 9 channels including ITN News, CNN, Cartoon Network and extreme sports. Special Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island … Continue reading

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BBC announces iMP content trial

BBC New Media has today (16 May 2005) announced the next phase in the development of the BBC’s interactive Media Player (iMP): an extensive three month content trial that will begin in September 2005. iMP offers UK viewers the chance … Continue reading

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Thus seals £5m Standard Life network deal

THUS, the Glasgow-based telecoms group, has signed a £5 million deal with Standard Life to supply and manage the life assurance firm’s voice and data network. [via the Soctsman] This is the first time I’ve heard THUS mentioned in the … Continue reading

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Light Reading TV

2 days after finding out about TelecomTV, I noticed that light Reading now has LRTV. Two of the videos caught my attention, Carrier Ethernet and Triple Play

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another IBM blogger

Just posted a ‘hello’ comment to Catherine’s blog.

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