Networks

The Battle For The Future Of UK Communications

BLOG: Why are broadband, landline, mobile and TV companies, not to mention the government, Ofcom and the BBC, setting the…

9 years ago

EE 4G Base Rises To 10.9m As Coverage Reaches 90 Percent

EE says 4G innovations, bundled services and free power bars are boosting numbers ahead of BT takeover

9 years ago

EC Gives Green Light To Nokia’s Alcatel-Lucent Takeover

EC is satisfied £11.2bn takeover won't harm competition in the telecoms network equipment market

9 years ago

Government ‘Considers’ Making ISPs Pay For Rural Broadband Rollout

Chancellor George Osborne wants the likes of BT to pay for the cost of connecting the final five percent to…

9 years ago

Connected City Board Invites CIOs To Share Smart City Knowledge

Wireless Broadband Alliance-led Connected City Board wants CIOs to share best practices and create public-private models

9 years ago

Cisco Sells Connected Devices Unit To Technicolor For £388m

Cisco and Technicolor will also work on multimedia technologies and share patents in new partnership

9 years ago

Vodafone Europe CEO Philipp Humm Leaves In Management Restructure

Vodafone's UK chief Jeroen Hoencamp is promoted to the company's executive committee in yet another European management shakeup

9 years ago

Ofcom CEO Will Not Be ‘Intimidated’ By BT

Sharon White dismisses threats of litigation if Openreach split is forced and says she does not see Ofcom governing the…

9 years ago

Sky: BT-EE Merger Will Damage Hybrid Network Development

Sky tells CMA it fears acquisition will give BT too much control over UK communications and allow it to take…

9 years ago

Vodafone Denies TalkTalk’s MVNO Exit Claims

Vodafone says it was TalkTalk that ended their MVNO agreement and has no plans to exit MVNO market

9 years ago

Flying High: How IT Helps Gatwick Airport Beat The Queues

Gatwick Airport CIO and Fujitsu tell TechWeekEurope about how improved communications make all the difference in processing passengers

9 years ago

BT: Business Mobile Is More Ripe For Innovation Than Consumer

BT claims EE and its vision of a converged fixed-mobile network will help serve businesses demanding more enterprise applications

9 years ago

Virgin Media To Turn Home Routers Into Wi-Fi Hotspots

Virgin Media reportedly wants to create a rival to BT Wi-Fi and will hold trials in Thames Valley before expanding…

9 years ago

BT Seeks Partners For ‘Ultrafast’ G.Fast Broadband Trials In Cambridgeshire

BT presses ahead with G.Fast pilot in Huntingdon, with the promise of 500Mbps speeds for most of UK within a…

9 years ago

BT-EE Competition Inquiry Will Consider Impact Of Three-O2 Merger

CMA will see how BT-EE takeover would affect retail and wholesale mobile and fixed broadband markets as well mobile backhaul

9 years ago

Strong Smartphone And 4G Demand Boost Huawei Revenues By 30 Percent

Thirty percent rise in sales revenue leads to “stable and healthy growth” across device and networking businesses

9 years ago

Apple, Samsung Want To Kill Off The SIM Card

Phone makers in talks with major mobile trade body about introducing ‘e-SIMs’

9 years ago

Sky Broadband Customers Hit By Speculative Piracy Letters

Are you a Sky broadband customer? Did you illegally download The Company You Keep? TCYK is relying on you to…

10 years ago

Ofcom Considers BT Openreach Split And Market Deregulation

Phase 1 of Ofcom's major communications market review confirms all options are on the table, including the retention of the…

10 years ago

Two Fifths Of SMBs ‘Don’t Know’ What Their Broadband Speeds Are

New research suggests SMBs don't know what type of broadband they have yet plan on becoming more digital

10 years ago

Hive’s New Thermostat, Plugs And Sensors Can Make Your Home Smarter Than Ever

Hive 2 revealed alongside smart plugs, motion sensors and active lights to smarten up your house

10 years ago

Vodafone Offers SMB Digital Skills Workshops In Leeds And London

Operator says it wants to help small companies improve their digital and online abilities to help build their business

10 years ago

Government Launches £10m IoT Competition For Smart Cities

DCMS and Innovate UK invite local authorities and businesses to submit city-wide collaborative IoT proposals

10 years ago

Government To Make 4G Mast Building Easier, But Is Quiet On Ultrafast Broadband Plans

New government reports says fixed and mobile broadband are essential for UK producitivitry, but ultrafast broadband plans still a mystery

10 years ago

BT Finally Begins Tests Of IPv6

It's been a long time coming, but IPv6 could soo be on the way as BT begins tests

10 years ago

Business Travellers Spend ‘£855m A Year’ On Roaming And Wi-Fi

iPass claims it can save business travellers money and that new EU roaming regulations won't help

10 years ago

BT: Sky Calls For Openreach Separation Are Distraction From Pay TV Dominance

BT calls for Ofcom's once in a decade market review to include 'non-competitive' pay TV market

10 years ago

Cisco Makes £650m UK Investment Pledge

Funding to create jobs, invest in UK companies and aid education as part of new Cisco investment programme

10 years ago

United Airlines Grounded By ‘Network Fault’

US passengers delayed by 'network connectivity issue' that grounded United Airlines planes

10 years ago