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Skype deal averts shutdown, allows sale

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:49:02 GMT

The VoIP company's founders will regain some control over the firm and eBay will be able to sell off a majority stake in Skype, after settling an intellectual property dispute

Mobile industry decides on LTE voice standard

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:47:02 GMT

LTE, the successor to 3G, will use a technology based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) framework to carry voice and text messages

More Virgin trains get on-board Wi-Fi

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:05:02 GMT

Virgin Trains launches of Wi-Fi broadband services on its fleet of 21 Super Voyager Trains travelling from Euston to North Wales and Chester

Thunderbird 3: Near-final version due next week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:50:02 GMT

Mozilla Messaging plans to issue release candidate 1 of Thunderbird 3 as soon as Monday, with the final version expected later in November

European 'internet freedom' law agreed

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:11:01 GMT

Lawmakers agree to protect internet users from disconnection without due process, a move that means a raft of EU telecoms reforms can pass into law

Gov't mobile working project saved from axe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:50:02 GMT

Project Nomad, the local government scheme to support mobile and flexible working, has been protected from closure

Sign-ups begin for BT's cloud-phone Ribbit service

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:50:02 GMT

Ribbit Mobile, which will let users make or answer mobile-phone calls on the internet and convert voicemails to text, will open to the public as a beta trial early next year

Olympics digital radio system gets funding boost

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:33:02 GMT

The Home Office has announced a £39m investment to increase the capability of the emergency services' Airwave system for the London 2012 Games

Sony Ericsson goes Android with Xperia X10

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:57:02 GMT

The manufacturer has unveiled the Microsoft Exchange-supporting X10, its first handset to use Google's open-source mobile operating system

Nokia Siemens plans thousands of layoffs

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:40:02 GMT

The loss-making networking company could get rid of more than 4,500 staff worldwide in a bid to become profitable

Symbian show hints at future user interface

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:22:01 GMT

Presentations at the Symbian Exchange and Exposition 2009, held this week in London, suggested how the future mobile OS might look

TV spectrum to be used for mobile broadband

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:17:02 GMT

The European Commission has given countries a two-year target to switch to digital TV and so free up analogue spectrum for wireless broadband

Juniper pieces together new network push

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:25:02 GMT

Juniper outlines its 'new network' vision and launches a package of networking products and partnerships aimed at a range of customers from enterprises to service providers

BT sets up Hybrid VPN for remote offices

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:56:01 GMT

The Hybrid VPN service will allow workers to use the public internet to connect to their corporate VPN, which could help companies avoid multiple ISP contracts across several countries

Dell, Juniper hook up in networking alliance

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:53:01 GMT

Under a new deal, the partners will work together on products for virtualised datacentres and Dell will resell Juniper gear under its PowerConnect J brand

Qualcomm targets open source with new subsidiary

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:21:02 GMT

The Qualcomm Innovation Center will focus on the hardware optimisation of technologies such as Android and Symbian

Campaign urges cheaper calls to mobiles

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:54:02 GMT

A petition with over 114,000 signatures will be submitted to Ofcom calling for a reduction in the amount operators charge for connecting calls

Contactless payments launched in Liverpool

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:38:02 GMT

RBS WorldPay and MasterCard are launching a scheme that will see several of the city's retailers and buses adopt a contactless card system for payment

Google adds Eclair features to Android SDK

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:48:02 GMT

Developers can now include features such as peer-to-peer connectivity, multitouch and enhanced contact functionality in their Android applications

Symbian's Horizon app scheme goes live

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:57:02 GMT

The first 50 applications have been approved through the developer programme, but all are for current versions of Symbian rather than future, open-sourced versions

Mozilla storms email chaos with Raindrop

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:49:03 GMT

Raindrop will aggregate multiple online communications media, according to Mozilla, and sift the stuff you want from the less important

Ofcom lets Intel-funded firm offer mobile WiMax

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:44:02 GMT

Freedom4 can now use the 3.6GHz frequency band to offer mobile WiMax services in the UK, while the industry waits for the wider-ranging 2.6GHz spectrum to become available

US regulators move forward on net neutrality

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:02 GMT

In a unanimous vote, the Federal Communications Commission, has kicked off a process that could lead to regulations on net neutrality in the US

Bradshaw: Courts must OK P2P disconnections

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:02 GMT

People suspected of unlawful file-sharing will not have their broadband service cut off without a court order, culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has told a House of Commons committee

Dell moves to the mobile beat

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:46:01 GMT

As the PC maker heads into smartphones and more deeply into IT services, CEO Michael Dell talks about what businesses want from a notebook and the importance of the network