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Are we ready for a mobile-first world?

Stephen Lawson) — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:00 GMT

Judging from the number of people poring over their smartphones on the sidewalk, in their cars and in public places, mobile seems to have stolen our attention away from the wired Internet and traditional TV.

Google pursuing broad wireless project for emerging markets, report says

noreply@idg.co.uk (Zach Miners) — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:32:00 GMT

Google has reportedly launched an expansive effort to bring wireless networks and affordable computing to emerging markets such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, moves that could bring the Internet to a further billion people.

Proposed law would make reprogramming cellphone IDs a crime

noreply@idg.co.uk (Martyn Williams) — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:42:00 GMT

Reprogramming the identification number of a cellphone could be punishable with a prison sentence of up to five years under the terms of a proposed law announced Friday.

SoftBank gets state approval for Sprint acquisition

Grant Gross) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:34:00 GMT

SoftBank has received all the necessary state approvals for the Japanese mobile carrier to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel for US$20 billion, the companies announced.

Citrix CEO questions efficacy of Yahoo's remote working ban

Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:00 GMT

Citrix CEO Mark Templeton has said that banning employees from working from home is an ineffective way of preventing slacking on the job.

As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the cloud

noreply@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:00 GMT

As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the cloud.

Citrix NetScaler brings companies closer to Software-Defined Networking

Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Citrix's application delivery controller NetScaler is enabling organisations to take the first steps towards Software-Defined Networking (SDN), according to Citrix CEO Mark Templeton.

Citrix's NetScaler aims to bring companies closer to Software Defined Networking

Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Citrix's application delivery controller NetScaler is enabling organisations to take the first steps towards software-defined networking (SDN), according to Citrix CEO Mark Templeton.

SoftBank said to be in talks with US to allay national security fears

John Ribeiro) — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:55:00 GMT

The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the U.S. carrier's board, according to a news report.

Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network

noreply@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:49:00 GMT

Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.

Ericsson software automates Wi-Fi vs. cell choice in mixed networks

Stephen Lawson) — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:43:00 GMT

New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular network available.

Sprint hikes bid for Clearwire to counter Dish's offer

Stephen Lawson) — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:08:00 GMT

Sprint Nextel has increased its offer to buy out Clearwire, bidding US$3.40 per share, to counter a competing offer by Dish Network.

Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue

noreply@idg.co.uk (Mikael Ricknäs) — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:12:00 GMT

Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe.

EU investigation could affect business from China's 4G deployment

noreply@idg.co.uk (Michael Kan) — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:56:00 GMT

The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts.

Nokia Siemens unveils tools to boost mobile video performance

Stephen Lawson) — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:17:00 GMT

Mobile network builder Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled tools to optimize video performance on mobile devices on Monday, just in time for the CTIA Wireless trade show that begins Tuesday in Las Vegas.

Sprint gets SoftBank clearance to negotiate with Dish

noreply@idg.co.uk (John Ribeiro) — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:19:00 GMT

Sprint Nextel said it had received permission from SoftBank to negotiate a rival acquisition offer from Dish Network.

40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids

Stephen Lawson) — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:02:00 GMT

Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today.

T-Mobile drops challenge to FCC's net neutrality rules

Grant Gross) — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:03:00 GMT

T-Mobile USA has dropped a pending challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules.

Broadband speeds on planes and ships to double with new satellite

Antony Savvas) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:15:00 GMT

ViaSat has brought in Boeing to build a satellite to "double" existing broadband speeds on planes, ships and other locations around the world.

Tech City start-ups offered 'wibre' to quickly connect to cloud

Antony Savvas) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:00 GMT

Tech City businesses in Shoreditch, east London are being offered combined data centre and new "wibre" connectivity services to help them quickly grow.

Syrian Internet service comes back online

Grant Gross) — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:13:00 GMT

Internet traffic in and out of war-torn Syria has been restored after a disruption of nearly eight and a half hours, according to Internet traffic charts.

Cisco cites data-centre, wireless for quarterly revenue increase

Stephen Lawson) — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:38:00 GMT

Data-centre and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the US and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe.

UK leads in M2M market says analyst

Antony Savvas) — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:48:00 GMT

The UK is leading other major countries in the European mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) market, according to market analyst Frost & Sullivan.

Blackpool Council rolls out high-capacity broadband network

Sophie Curtis) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:42:00 GMT

Lancashire-based ISP The Networking People has won a £3.2 million contract with Blackpool Council to provide a high-capacity broadband network that will serve up to six North West local authorities, as well as 100 schools, libraries, business incubator sites and public buildings.

France should soften Internet 'three strikes' law, says gov't report

noreply@idg.co.uk (Peter Sayer) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:40:00 GMT

France should stop cutting off the Internet access of those accused of illicit file sharing, and close down the agency that polices online copyright breaches, according to a government-commissioned report.