News In Brief: EC, Gartner, Cisco, Optus
Michael Carroll |
April 20, 2011
telecomseurope.net
European ISPs will be closely monitored to ensure
net neutrality rules due late May are properly implemented and adhered to, the
European Commission warns. It has called for communications regulator BEREC to report any barriers to switching provider or accessing content, and failures to advertise real data rates.
Figures showing a 13.4% rise in global business intelligence and performance management software revenues to $10.5 billion (€7.2 billion) in 2010 highlight the importance of a sector that has
consistently exceeded IT budget growth Gartner analyst Dan Sommer states.
Cisco claims new security management and video products will help IT departments to
centrally control and protect a growing range of mobile devices being used for corporate applications.
Australian cellco
Optus has awarded a multi-million dollar
network upgrade contract to
Nokia Siemens, as it seeks to deploy LTE to meet growing demand for data services.