BT trials radio broadband

BT is to trial broadband over the air as part of its effort to bring broadband access to everyone by the end of 2005. 105 triallists from four regions (Ballingry in Fife, Scotland, Pwllheli in Wales, Porthleven in Cornwall and Campsie in Northern Ireland) will test the new technology in the pilot that will last until March of next year. Pierre Danon, chief executive, BT Retail, said: 'We want to make broadband services available to everyone in the UK - whether they live in town centres or rural communities should be irrelevant. ...more

Sun signs up for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Sun has entered into a global agreement with Red Hat to distribute the x86 versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The two companies have also agreed to 'broaden the use of each other's technologies'. What this means is that Red Hat will also be distributing Sun's latest JVM (Java virtual machine) with its business oriented Enterprise Linux. ...more

Extended-reach ADSL trials to be expanded

BT is planning to expand its trials of a modified version of ADSL that would bring broadband within reach of another 600,000 UK homes. The trials are investigating whether BT can increase the range from 55dB to 60dB, equating to a distance of around 6km from an exchange to the user. The maximum distance, by wire, that an ADSL user can be from the exchange is around 5km. ...more

Amazon fosters author reader connections

Amazon is turning to blogs to further draw authors and readers into its digital world. The online book-seller has started the Amazon Connect programme which lets authors post messages in a blog format. Currently, it is only running on the . ...more

PlusNet lifts data caps on broadband

PlusNet has announced that it is to raise the data usage ceilings for its PAYG Basic, Plus and Premier customers. From 1 August 2006, the included peak-time usage for the PAYG Basic service will rise from 50MB to 450MB. Plus peak time usage rises from 3GB to 4GB for Option 1, 5GB to 7GB for Option 2 and 8GB to 11GB for Option 3. ...more