Networks

Ofcom Details Plan To Open Up BT Openreach Ducts & Poles

Regulator wants rivals to have fair access to BT's underground pipes and telegraph poles

8 years ago

UK 4G Availability Improves Significantly As Network Investments Pay Off

EE still out in front in OpenSignal & Which? 4G report, but all four improve

8 years ago

Virgin Media: 350Mbps Broadband As Standard Will Drive SMB Growth Amid Brexit Uncertainty

Virgin Media Business will offer 350Mbps broadband as standard from 2 May and has confidence in UK post-Brexit despite parent's…

8 years ago

Malaysian Airlines Is First To Use New Satellite Flight Tracking System

New satellite flight tracking system will enable global coverage when it goes live in 2018 - four years after the…

8 years ago

Gigaclear Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To Rural Herefordshire

Gigaclear to deliver phase 2 of Fastershire project in rural Herfordshire

8 years ago

Telefonica Deploys AI-Powered Operations Centres

Three centres are up and running in Argentina, Chile and Germany

8 years ago

Computer And Internet Pioneer Robert Taylor Dies At 85

Taylor oversaw the development of key technologies including the Internet, the graphical user interface, an early search engine and Java

8 years ago

Quest For Global Wi-Fi Could Result In Explosion Of Space Junk

European Space Agency calls for measures to prevent 50 percent increase in catastrophic satellite collisions

8 years ago

Foreign Office ‘Targeted By Sustained Cyber-Attack’

The British government was the subject of a sophisticated phishing campaign for several months last year, researchers say

8 years ago

Documents Show NSA Hacked SWIFT Service Provider

Documents released by hacking group Shadow Brokers detail efforts to monitor the systems of SWIFT money transfer service providers

8 years ago

Tech Firms Urge FCC Not To Repeal Obama’s Net Neutrality Rules

Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter etc warn FCC chairman over his intentions to repeal net neutrality rules

8 years ago

UK Telecoms ‘Must’ Have Access To Talent, Markets & Roaming After Brexit

BSG report says UK telecoms needs regulatory certainty as investments in 5G and ultrafast accelerate

8 years ago

Vodafone Abolishes Roaming In 40 Territories & Refreshes SMB Plans

Vodafone beats EU deadline to abolish roaming charges and offers new SMB plans and customer service improvements

8 years ago

TalkTalk Advances Dark Fibre Plans After Winning BT Cost Appeal

TalkTalk says Ofcom's method for determining dark fibre access caps were miscalculated and is preparing business broadband products for October.

8 years ago

Slough Trading Estate & Maidenhead Get 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

Slough and Maidenhead will be connected to 48km of fibre in CityFibre's latest FTTP broadband rollout

8 years ago

EU Roaming Charges Will End On 15 June

UK covered by EU roaming regulations after European Parliament vote - but perhaps not after Brexit

8 years ago

FCC Chair To ‘Quickly Replace’ Obama Net Neutrality Rules

Two speed Internet? Head honcho of US comms watchdog wants to reserve net neutrality rules

8 years ago

O2 Will Operate New High Speed City Of London Wi-Fi Network

O2 Wi-Fi and Telefonica-Vodafone joint venture Cornerstone to roll out small cell powered wireless

8 years ago

Which? Bad Broadband Campaign To Tackle Poor Connections

Buffering hell. Which? campaign to help 'millions of households' suffering from poor broadband

8 years ago

Fibre Broadband Advertising Probe Launched Into Copper ‘Last Mile’ Connections

Watchdog probe on broadband services being adbvertised as 'fibre', when it utilises copper connections

8 years ago

Mobile Data Traffic Will Flood Wi-Fi Networks This Year

Telcos need to be more strategic when it comes to incorporating Wi-Fi into their product offering

8 years ago

Ofcom Orders BT Openreach To Reduce Cost Of Superfast Broadband

Ofcom says cheaper superfast broadband will incentivise ultrafast rollout and new Openreach targets will boost service levels

8 years ago

Verizon Launches First Ever Nationwide LTE Network For IoT

Verizon sets sights on IoT with scalable and cost effective nationwide networks

8 years ago

Extreme Networks Buys Brocade Data Centre Business

Data centre networking move sees Extreme buy data centre networking unit, as Brocade breakup continues

8 years ago

Virgin Media Staff Suspended Over Broadband Claims

Staff could face dismissal after admission that Virgin Media overstated expansion of superfast broadband network

8 years ago

Liberty Global: Road To 5G Is Far From Certain If Market Is Too Competitive

Mike Fries, CEO of Virgin Media's parent company Liberty Global, and French telco giant Orange say current mobile market is…

8 years ago

Colt CEO: SDN Focus And Distracted Rivals Will Make Us A Telecoms Disruptor Once More

INTERVIEW: Colt CEO says while its rivals are distracted with content and mobile, it has been pressing ahead with its…

8 years ago

Reading & Bracknell Businesses Get Access To 1Gbps FTTP Broadband

CityFibre's Thames Valley network connects its first customers in Reading and Bracknell

8 years ago

Ofcom Fines BT £42m For Breaching Ethernet Contract Commitments

BT sets aside £300m to compensate Openreach customers who had compensation payments reduced because of retrospective Ethernet deadline extensions

8 years ago

Formula E CEO: Motorsport Essential For Electric And Autonomous Vehicles

Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag says motorsport will help make driverless cars safe as Roborace shows off world's first AI-powered…

8 years ago