A website just for IT Jobs launched today, providing a single directory of vacancies for those looking for a new career in IT, and a specialist advertising space for employers looking to recruit.
IT.co.uk already lists over 190,000 IT related jobs in the UK, and is growing daily.
With what has to be one of the easiest to remember website addresses we’ve seen, IT.co.uk is set to become the place for IT Recruitment.
www.it.co.uk

Ofcom has revised proposals for its fourth-generation mobile spectrum auction, adding measures that could bring coverage to 98% of the UK.
The regulator said the winning bidder will have to provide the high-speed coverage to current “not-spot” areas.
It said the measures would help bring fast mobile internet to parts of the country that are underserved.
The bidding process for the spectrum is still scheduled for the end of this year, Ofcom said.
A 10-week consultation period into the revisions will now begin ahead of Ofcom’s final decision on the precise details of the …

Virgin Media will double the speed of its broadband service for over four million of its customers, the company has said.
The upgrade, which begins in February, will also see the service’s top speed increase from 100Mbps to 120Mbps.
The full roll-out is expected to be complete by mid-2013 at a cost to the company of £110m.
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, said the investment would be a “great boost” to the UK.
“I welcome this announcement from Virgin Media,” Mr Cameron said in a statement.
“It will provide a great boost for the economy …

Mobile operator O2 is to provide free internet to “millions” of residents and visitors in central London by launching Europe’s largest free wi-fi zone.
The service will be rolled out across the boroughs of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea in 2012.
It will be powered by a system installed on street furniture.
O2 said the deal, which will have no cost to the taxpayer, will enable visitors to “make the most of what London has to offer”.
Councillor Philippa Roe, cabinet member for strategic finance at Westminster City Council, said: “Westminster welcomes over a …

Superfast broadband will be available to more than half of the British population in 2012, BT has announced.

The company is currently unveiling the latest batch of telephone exchanges in its programme to upgrade Britain’s internet services. It said it would now be covering a further 1.8 million homes and taking its Infinity service to more rural areas.

The Government is aiming for Britain to have the best broadband network in Europe, and last week David Cameron and the Cabinet met Ian Livingston, the chief executive of BT, to discuss progress on …

The Countryside Alliance says plans to bring fast broadband to rural areas have stalled.
The government named four pilot areas last year, but local councils have admitted that they have not yet started work on their broadband projects.
Freedom of information requests were sent to councils in each area.
The responses revealed that none had received any money from the Treasury, chosen a company to build their networks, or started work on them.
In October last year George Osborne named Cumbria, Herefordshire, North Yorkshire and the Highlands and Islands, as pilot areas for rural …

The UK is at risk of missing out on a “connected-homes” economic boost, according to a report.
The study refers to new internet services including media, smarter energy meters, and access to education and health advice.
The British tech trade association Intellect claims the market could be worth £3bn a year within five years.
However, it says a range of problems must be addressed first, including a “bewildering” range of technologies.
The report says customers are confused by different types of cabling and multiple standards.
As an example it notes that the existing Digital Living Network Alliance, …

Better broadband networks in 10 cities across the UK are being promised by the government.
In his autumn statement, Chancellor George Osborne announced £5bn of spending on infrastructure projects such as roads, railways and broadband networks.
£100m of that is set to boost broadband coverage in London, Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff.
A further six cities will be identified later.
“For the first time we are identifying over 500 infrastructure projects we want to see built over the next decade and beyond. Roads, railways, airport capacity, power stations, waste facilities, broadband networks,” the chancellor told …

UK broadband speeds drop by an average of 35% from their off-peak highs when most people are online in the evening, according to a report.
The research, conducted by the comparison site Uswitch, was based on two million broadband speed tests.
The peak surfing times between 7pm and 9pm were the slowest to be online, the report said.
There were also huge regional variations between evening and early morning surfing times.
The report suggested the best time to be online was between 2am and 3am.
Users in Evesham, Worcestershire, fared worst, according to the survey, …

The mobile network O2 has started testing a next-generation mobile data service in London.
The nine month trial will involve hundreds of consumers and businesses using a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network across parts of the city.
O2 says its LTE downloads will be many times faster than those over 3G.
The news comes a fortnight after MPs urged O2 and other operators to stop fighting over how 4G airwaves should be shared out.
The experiment is an extension of O2′s LTE trials in Slough, west of the capital, which began in 2009.
Participants will be given …