UK's superfast Uni network hobbled by Aberdeen collapse
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Damnit, JANET A mysterious equipment failure has crippled part of the UK's superfast educational network JANET (Joint Academic Network).â¦
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Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall.
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More than one of every five UK households has a broadband connection, according to a new study on Monday, indicating that falling prices have made Britain one of the fastest growing markets for high-speed Internet access.
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Why EU-US talks on renewing a deal on the transfer of air passenger data collapsed.
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Cable firm NTL  has dropped plans to bid for ITV  after its 4.7-billion-pound ($9.3 billion) proposal was rejected by the British broadcaster and rival BSkyB  swooped to take a blocking stake in ITV.
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Market-leading hardware doubted Exclusive: One of the UK's best-respected broadband providers has raised concerns about the reliability of the world's most popular ADSL chip.â¦
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The BBC's Mike Baker looks at the report that UK degree classifications have outlived their usefulness.
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Off-shoring continues to take its toll This month has seen the UK's aspiring Prime Minister recycling his views in his Budget Report on the requirements and funding for enhancing the training opportunities and skills to compete globally as a prelude to announcing greater investment in higher education. Some people and organisations, âspeaking on behalf of the UK IT Industryâ, have hitched themselves to this bandwagon in the anticipation that some of the UK Government's proposed increase in its skills and education funding will find its way to the IT industry both in funding terms and in delivering more highly trained and motivated IT professionals.â¦
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Beginning at around 5:30 EST on Thursday, AT&T's EDGE and UMTS data networks went down for reasons even now unknown to company technicians.
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London Underground (LU) is working to restore services across the network after a three-day strike was called off.
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Thousands of university applications are thought to have been delayed by computer problems.
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One in seven students at UK universities drop out, but there are wide variations between universities.
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(InfoWorld) - BT Group hopes to recycle some of its expertise from building a next-generation all-IP (Internet Protocol) network in the U.K. by offering consultancy services to network operators in other countries. The new business unit, 21C Global Venture, which is named after the operator's 21st Century Network (21CN) project,Â was announced WednesdayÂ during a press conference at the International Telecommunication Union Telecom World conference and exhibition in Hong Kong. The 21CN project is one of the most ambitious network overhauls of its kind in the world. BT is replacing its 16 legacy voice and data networks with a new network built entirely on IP technology. Last month, BTÂ connected the first 100 consumers to the next-generation networkÂ (NGN). By the end of the decade, the operator aims to have the bulk of the country's 30 million lines converted to IP. "We have acquired substantial know-how in planning, designing and building a NGN over the past few years," said Paul Reynolds, chief executive officer of BT Wholesale. "We can use this experience to help other operators around the world with their NGN plans." The new unit will compete with numerous consultancies and equipment manufacturers also vying for a chunk of the emerging NGN market. It will draw on a pool of in-house experts, including the engineers that designed the U.K. network, according to Karsten Lereuth, president of the Global Telecom Markets unit of the BT Global Services division. "We will pull in people from all of our units, depending on the area of expertise required by a customer, and will provide local support," Lereuth said. " BT Wholesale has around 500 customers in more than 100 countries, generating nearly half of the group's total revenue, according to Reynolds. In Honk Kong, BT also announced a maintenance service contract withÂ newly merged Alcatel-Lucent. As part of the contract, worth $350 million, Alcatel-Lucent will offer the operator a single point of contact for equipment maintenance and spare parts management. Telecom World runs through Friday.
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Comment is free: Stephen Glaister: Metronet's collapse shows the fatal flaws of PPP, and the folly of relying on consultants.
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Britain&#39;s telecommunications regulator  Ofcom launched a consultation on Wednesday to chart the  country&#39;s move to a super-fast broadband network needed to keep  it internationally competitive.
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Slap on the wrist for Openreach The UK now has 735,000 unbundled phone lines in BT's local exchanges, but "planned quality levels" have not been met for Business As Usual lines (individual lines rather than bulk migrations), according to the Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator's monthly report.â¦
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Business & money: Critical upgrade work on network could be scaled back, London Underground boss warns.