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Hospital trusts in the London area are clamouring to sign up for free to a VoIP service using the NHS-only N3 broadband system.

From September 2008, voice over internet protocol (VoIP) operators will have to make sure their service allows 999 emergency calls.

Recent months have seen older people flock to the internet and challenge the idea that the web is mainly for younger generations, it has been suggested.

Internet growth is set to push the use of landlines away from phone calls and towards broadband, it has been suggested.

Improvements to communications over the past few years have greatly increased the ability of expatriates to keep in touch with family and friends back home, it has been suggested.

Telecoms regulator Ofcom is planning to increase the provision of wireless internet services in the UK by auctioning off unused radio frequencies.

UK consumers using traditional telephone services could be missing out on savings of up to 92 per cent on their bills by putting off a switch to VoIP, it has been suggested.

Championship football club West Bromwich Albion, known as the Baggies, has chosen to improve its communications systems by upgrading to VoIP.

A major upgrade to the communications systems of Allied Irish Bank (AIB) will see the firm move to a VoIP telecoms network, according to reports.

The debate over the future of broadband in the UK rumbles on as the telecoms regulator has called for more evidence to be presented that installing fibre optic lines would significantly boost the country's economy.

Government departments and public services such as the NHS have recently chosen to upgrade their communications systems to VoIP, but a further growth area is the emergency services, according to reports.

A contretemps is reportedly emerging between the European Union and the UK's telecoms regulator Ofcom over the issue of super-fast fibre broadband lines.