Networks

Jersey Broadband Slows Down After Ship’s Anchor Cuts Cables

Jersey Telecom traffic must reroute through France after ship anchor severs links with England. Repairs could last a week

8 years ago

CityFibre Starts FTTP Broadband Rollout To Business Parks

CityFibre will start FTTP rollout to businesses in Bristol, Coventry and Peterborough as it continues drive to be alternative to…

8 years ago

Ofcom Notifies EC Of Plans To Legally Split BT & Openreach

Talks between BT and Ofcom fail to result in agreement over Openreach future

8 years ago

Plusnet Bills Itself As SMB Broadband Champion As Mobile Network Goes Live

INTERVIEW: Plusnet CEO Andy Baker says its customer service and no fuss contracts make it ideal for small businesses. But…

8 years ago

Deutsche Telekom: Cyberattack Could Have Taken 900,000 Routers Offline

Deutsche Telekom refuses to rule out "external parties" as it rolls out software upgrade to affected routers

8 years ago

Huawei Wants Industry Cooperation For Mobile Network Research

Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum: Huawei launches X Labs mobile research platform, fixed wireless products as it targets IoT, 5G

8 years ago

Three, TalkTalk Want Consumers To Support Calls For 30 Percent Spectrum Limit

Three, TalkTalk and others want mobile customers to contact Ofcom and will place pressure on CEO Sharon White with nationwide…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: GPS

A product resulting from the Cold War, the GPS system has transformed people's lives and indeed journeys

8 years ago

IoT-Powered RAC Telematics Can Predict Vehicle Faults & Make Britain’s Roads Safer

IoT and Big Data is the future of RAC's century old business - and they can save businesses money and…

8 years ago

Broadband Industry Welcomes Government’s FTTP Commitment

INDUSTRY VIEW: Government pledge of cash for 'full fibre' is well received but each firm has its own view on…

8 years ago

EE 4G Covers 75 Percent UK Landmass & 99 Percent Population After 800MHz Switch On

EE says it will reach 92 percent next year and CEO Marc Allera calls on rivals and Ofcom to use…

8 years ago

Siemens Patches CCTV Camera Hijacking Bug

The vulnerability could allow network-based attackers to take control of IP-based CCTV cameras

8 years ago

Data Protection Breach Cases Set To Soar With GDPR Introduction

Legal experts expect disputes related to privacy or data breaches to become much more common in the next five years

8 years ago

Cobalt Gang Makes ATMs Across Europe Spew Cash

The 'touchless jackpot' technique uses hacked bank networks to compromise teller machines

8 years ago

Government Pledges £400m For ‘Ultrafast’ FTTP Broadband Rollout

Chancellor Philip Hammond set to detail new funds for 'full fibre' but who will get money for FTTP?

8 years ago

Ordnance Survey, Met Office & 5GIC Create 5G Network Mapping Tool

DCMS commissions consortium to create 5G network 'windtunnel' that can accurately predict how thousands of expected sites needed will perform

8 years ago

Ofcom Bans BT-EE From Bidding For 2.3GHz Spectrum To Maintain Competition

Ofcom moves to stop BT hoarding mobile spectrum but falls short of the 30 percent cap demanded by Three

8 years ago

Sigfox Lands Mammoth Funding For IoT Network Expansion

French start-up gains £130m funding from Salesforce and others to expand its IoT global network

8 years ago

Vodafone Has 8.5m UK 4G Customers

Vodafone also claims 96 percent 4G coverage and 167,000 fixed broadband customers

8 years ago

Advertising Standards: Broadband Speed Guidance ‘Not Working’

ASA: New guidance is on the way after a study finds consumers feel misled by current broadband ads

8 years ago

Android Firmware ‘Mistakenly’ Sends User Data To China

UPDATED: The firmware sent text message contents, call data and app usage details to Shanghai, researchers found

8 years ago

IT Life: Calum Malcolm, Timico CTO

Timico CTO Calum Malcolm talks about his career in IT and why he never wanted to do anything else

8 years ago

‘Test Messages’ Sent To 1.2m Staff Downs NHSmail Email System

A test message mistakenly sent to the entire NHS restricted access to the email system

8 years ago

GSMA Demands Global Government Support For 5G

GSMA wants governments to harmonise spectrum and promote investment for 5G ahead of WRC-19

8 years ago

Plusnet Mobile Offers 4G SIM Only Plans As BT Rebrands LIFE Mobile MVNO

Phones4u launched LIFE Mobile in 2013, EE saved it from bankruptcy in 2014, BT bought EE in 2015, and now…

8 years ago

Facebook Claims Record 20Gbps Millimeter-Wave Wireless Connection

Demonstration of how millimeter-wave (MMW) part of spectrum can be used for Internet access in developing world

8 years ago

Isle of Arran Gets White Space Radio Powered Broadband

Nominet and Broadway Partners plan to extend white space broadband to other parts of Scotland and Wales using unused TV…

8 years ago

Web Summit Suffers Wi-Fi And Capacity Issues In First Lisbon Event

Web Summit's Dublin Wi-Fi issues continue to plague it in the sunnier climes of Lisbon and sparks controversy among Portuguese…

8 years ago

Welsh Government Seeks EU Funding For Superfast Broadband Rollout Despite Brexit

After Assembly criticises Superfast Cymru project, government promises £80m to extend coverage - £37m is projected BT returns and £20m…

8 years ago