Networks

CenturyLink To Acquire Level 3 Communications For £20 Billion

The American telecoms giant looks to expand its fibre reach with Level 3's backbone network

8 years ago

MPs Demand National Roaming Network To Improve Rural Mobile Coverage

Broadband Infrastructure Group (BIG) believes macro not spot targeting for national roaming could help solve rural mobile coverage problems

8 years ago

American ISPs Need Permission To Share User Web Data

Privacy win for America. The FCC requires US ISPs to gather consent before sharing online data

8 years ago

Qualcomm Buys NXP For £39bn To Become IoT Chip Giant

Qualcomm digs deep in order to acquire NXP, to create IoT semiconductor powerhouse

8 years ago

O2 Reaches 10m 4G Users But Brexit Hampers IPO Plans

O2 is still looking at floating on the stock exchange but won't commit to a timeline post-Brexit vote

8 years ago

BT Now Has 4.5m Fibre Broadband And 17.6m 4G Subscribers

BT is boosted by EE and fibre but other providers secure more than half of Openreach superfast additions for the…

8 years ago

Cisco Creates System To Clamp Down On Video Piracy

Bootleggers beware, as Cisco touts system to take down growing threat of pirated video content

8 years ago

Vodafone Is Fined £4.6m For Billing And Complaints Failures

Vodafone blames "complex" billing system migration for the biggest fine ever issued by Ofcom for "serious and sustained" breaches of…

8 years ago

TalkTalk To Bring 1Gbps Broadband To Most Of York In FTTP Expansion

TalkTalk buys Sky's equity in York FTTP broadband joint-venture and announces expansion to another 40,000 homes and businesses

8 years ago

WiGig Wi-Fi Promises 8Gbps Speeds And Less Congestion From 2017

WiGig devices are set to go mainstream next year, offering 'wired-grade' connectivity for VR, AR, cloud

8 years ago

BT Offers Free 1Gbps Wi-Fi, Mobile Charging And Calls From New London Phone Kiosks

BT to replace London pay phones with kiosks delivering ad-supported Wi-Fi, local information, free calls and sensors that can power…

8 years ago

TfL Rejects Virgin Media Claims That Crossrail Won’t Have Wi-Fi & 4G

Virgin Media CEO says Crossrail won't have in-tunnel Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity. TfL says Elizabeth Line will.

8 years ago

Massive MIMO Test Paves Way For Better Mobile Coverage In Crowded Areas

Vodafone and Huawei test Massive MIMO on commercial 2.6GHz network in Newbury

8 years ago

Banks Are ‘Hoarding’ Bitcoin To Pay Attackers

British financial institutions are reportedly looking into buying up stocks of bitcoin that could be used to pay off denial-of-service…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Skype And How It Changed Worldwide Communications

It was not the first VoIP package on the market, but global uptake of Skype changed how the world communicated

8 years ago

Sky Mobile Opens Up Pre-Registration On 31 October

Sky customers can register their interest for upcoming Sky Mobile MVNO on Haloween

8 years ago

Vodafone Powers IoT Network With 2017 Nb-IoT Rollout And Satellite Roaming

Vodafone will rollout Nb-IoT and satellite coverage to improve the power efficiency and reach of its global IoT network

8 years ago

Swisscom Claims European First With G.Fast Launch

Swiss telco launches ultrafast broadband capable of 500Mbps that includes the use of humble copper lines

8 years ago

LGA Urges Cheap Broadband For Poorest People

Local Government Association calls for USO to include 'social tarrif' to aid connectivity for society's poorest

8 years ago

Government Insists UK Needs Full Fibre Network And 5G

Pure fibre network and 5G connectivity needed for UK to maintain global lead, says government minister

8 years ago

Amazon Could Include Broadband In Prime Subscriptions

Amazon could package broadband connections with its Prime video steaming service to take on Netflix and ISPs alike

8 years ago

BT Trials ‘Futureproof’ 40Gbps FTTP Ultrafast Broadband

BT hopes 40Gbps FTTP trials will show it is investing in future networks and can meet demand for ultrafast broadband

8 years ago

Qualcomm Launches First 5G Modem Chipset

5G is still on the drawing board, but Qualcomm is already supporting it with modem hardware

8 years ago

BT: Third Broadband Fibre Competitor ‘Unlikely’

Encouraging a third major fibre network would be 'extremely difficult', finds a BT study

8 years ago

US Legislators Demand Briefing On Yahoo Email Scan

Lawmakers want to judge the legality of intelligence services' access to Yahoo Mail

8 years ago

Banks ‘Under-Reporting Cyber Attacks’ Say Security Firms

Banks are not providing enough details on cyber-attacks in order to downplay security fears, say insiders

8 years ago

Emergency Services 4G Network Delayed By Five Months

The Home Office said it has 'reviewed' the network's ambitious timeline in order to ensure the plan is achievable

8 years ago

United Flights Disrupted By Computer Breakdown

The incident disabled United's online systems and led to long delays around the world

8 years ago

Mozilla Wants To ‘Humanise’ Net Neutrality Issues With £200,000 Innovation Prize

Mozilla is seeking ideas to help promote web access and ensure the principles of net neutrality are enshrined by making…

8 years ago

Google Cloud And Facebook To Benefit From ‘Highest Capacity’ Transpacific Cable

Google and Facebook invest in new subsea cable between Los Angeles and Hong Kong

8 years ago