New research from the Centre for Telecoms Research suggests that the availability of faster broadband will boost the use of IPTV to 5% of UK households by 2011. This represents around 1.5 million households, compared with 80,000 users in 2006. The transition to IPTV will also be driven by the release of hybrid DTT/IPTV set

Following news that the Department for Education and Skills is planning to equip more schools with Wi-Fi systems, Sir William Stewart, chairman of the Health Protection Agency, has called for the health effects of Wi-Fi on children to be investigated. Although there is no evidence that Wi-Fi can have harmful effects when used as specified,