O2 (UK) congestion. BT Cellnet launched the world's first GPRS network on 22 June 2000, although GPRS-enabled devices were uncommon at that time. O2 publicly announced on 15 December 2009 that it had successfully demonstrated a 4G connection using LTE technology installed in six masts in Slough. The technology, which was supplied by Huawei, achieved a peak downlink rate of 150 Mbps. In January 2012, the company announced plans to provide free internet to millions of residents and visitors in central London, by launching Europe's largest free Wi-Fi zone, along with free Wi-Fi access for anyone on any network in and around
CMP Technology Service Mark 'WEB 2.0'. In 1971, Gerard "Gerry" Leeds and his wife, Lilo, founded the company. Their sons Michael and Daniel managed the company in 1988, and launched TechWeb. CMP was sold to United Business Media's Miller Freeman in 1999 and in 2000, the IT portion of Miller Freeman was merged into CMP. In 2008, UBM broke CMP into pieces. "Today, the name is gone and what's left of the company is part of the British media conglomerate, UBM plc," according to Newsday. Recent acquisitions include Semiconductor Insights, LightReading, MediaLive International, Black Hat and Shorecliff Communications. CMP Technology CMP Technology