Networks

French Billionaire Allowed To Retain BT Stake After Security Review

No further action to be taken, after government's national security review of Patrick Drahi's increased stake in BT Group

2 years ago

Vodafone To Sell Hungarian Operation For $1.8bn

Vodafone to offload its Hungarian business for $1.8 billion, in a move that will create a telecoms leader in the…

2 years ago

Police Arrest Four Over BT Cable Theft In North Yorkshire

Police make arrests after Openreach confirms to Silicon UK that a cable theft left 200 homes without telephone or broadband…

2 years ago

UK Staff Resisting ‘Big Return’ To The Office, Says infinitSpace

Remote working to stay? Majority of business leaders are struggling to get staff to return to the office, survey from…

2 years ago

Streaming Impact On Broadcast TV Revealed In Latest Ofcom Study

Young adults now watching two thirds less broadcast TV than in 2012, as scale of streaming challenge to broadcast media…

2 years ago

BT Looks To Minimise Disruption Ahead Of Fresh Strikes

BT to postpone non-essential planned engineering work to minimise disruption as thousands of workers prepare to strike at end of…

2 years ago

The State of Quantum Security

No longer a technology on the distant horizon, quantum computing brings with it security challenges that all enterprises must pay…

2 years ago

Disney Brings Ads To Streaming Platform As It Surpasses Netflix

Disney to introduce ad-supported version of Disney+ in December along with price hikes, as it surpasses Netflix with more than…

2 years ago

UK’s CMA Begins Probe Of Viasat Acquisition Of Inmarsat

British competition regulator the CMA, begins phase one investigation of $7.3 billion merger between Inmarsat and Viasat

2 years ago

Google Fiber Plans US Network Expansion – Report

Google Fiber resurfaces. Network to be expanded to offer speedy internet connectivity to cities in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and…

2 years ago

BT Completes Carrier Aggregation Trial In Europe 5G First

BT and Nokia complete carrier aggregation trial combining four 5G spectrum channels for faster speeds as operators migrate to standalone…

2 years ago

Reliance Jio Top Bidder As India 5G Spectrum Auction Concludes

India mobile leader Reliance Jio emerges as top bidder winning $11 billion in spectrum as India concludes 5G auction and…

2 years ago

FCC Launches Fresh Mid-Band Spectrum Auction To Boost 5G

US Federal Communications Commission launches latest auction of mid-band wireless spectrum for 5G services, with T-Mobile likely to be main…

2 years ago

OneWeb Confirms Merger With Eutelsat

UK government welcomes merger of OneWeb and Eutelsat as positive news for UK taxpayers, and confirms it will retain national…

2 years ago

Canada To Examine Network Resiliency In Rogers-Shaw Merger

Canada industry minister says government will take network resiliency into account in proposed Rogers-Shaw merger with Shaw following unprecedented outage

2 years ago

Eutelsat In Talks To Acquire OneWeb

Merger with Eutelsat would give OneWeb shareholders – including UK government – 50 percent stake in combined group, but securing…

2 years ago

US Investigates Huawei Equipment Near Missile Silos, Military Bases

US authorities begin investigation over Huawei equipment installed in mobile towers near military bases and missile silos

2 years ago

Openreach Full Fibre Now Reaches 8 Million UK Premises

Another one million UK homes have been added to full fibre broadband connections in a three month period, Openreach confirms

2 years ago

US Senators Plan Bill To Restore Net Neutrality

With FCC deadlocked, two democrat US senators are planning a bill to restore net neutrality regulations across the United States

2 years ago

BT Seeks To Keep Network Running, After CWU Sets Strike Dates

Carrier frustrated after trade union rejects BT's highest pay award in 20 years, and sets strike date on 29 July…

2 years ago

Netflix Partners Microsoft For Cheaper Subscription Plan…With Adverts

Streaming giant Netflix has partnered up with Microsoft for a cheaper consumer subscription plan, that will feature adverts

2 years ago

BT To Grow Digital Workforce In UK, India

UK carrier announces plans to add 2,800 jobs in UK and India, in contrast to others in tech industry implementing…

2 years ago

STMicro, GlobalFoundries Plan New French Chip Factory

New chip factory announced for France, to be located near Italian and Swiss border, will manufacturer 18-nanometer wafers

2 years ago

Man Charged With Selling Fake Cisco Equipment

Man arrested in Florida and charged with importing counterfeit Cisco networking equipment into the United States, worth an estimated $1…

2 years ago

Online Safety Bill Tweak To Combat Russian Misinformation

Foreign interference and misinformation to be designated a priority offence under Online Safety Bill, the government says

2 years ago

US Approves SpaceX Starlink For Planes, Trains And … Ships

US FCC regulator gives its official approval for SpaceX to use its Starlink satellite internet network with moving vehicles

2 years ago

Silicon In Focus Podcast: Connected Business

Is the definition of a ‘connected business’ very different today than it was just two years ago? And how can…

2 years ago

BT Disappointed As CWU Votes To Strike, Despite 5 To 8 Percent Pay Rise

First strike in 35 years after BT staff with the e Communications Workers Union vote for industrial action over a…

2 years ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Sustainable Business

How do sustainable businesses use technology to innovate? And as businesses want to connect sustainability to their ESG, can technology…

3 years ago