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United Nations body to protect undersea communications cables that are crucial for international trade and security holds first meeting
World spanning subsea cable measuring 40,000km (or 24,854 mile) long, reportedly being planned by Meta for its exclusive use
Possible sabotage? Two undersea cables in the Baltic sea have been severely damaged, triggering security concerns
Victory of Donald Trump in the US Presidential election and the potential implications for the tech industry
BT cell tower in Shropshire Hills has 100 percent of its power requirements delivered by renewable energy sources
SpaceX rocket blasts off on Sunday with 20 satellites to expand the Eutelsat/OneWeb communications network
Openreach announces a further 79 exchanges where it is to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband connections
Valuable scrap. As fibre transition continues, BT recycles 3,300 tons of redundant copper cabling, recouping millions of pounds
Hundreds of Sky Glass televisions and Stream devices fail to turn on, with speculation of a faulty software update to…
Level of cyberthreats revealed, after BT says it spots 2,000 signals of potential cyberattacks every second
Sky and CityFibre agree long-term partnership that will bring Sky's Full Fibre Broadband to the CityFibre network
BT will in April 2025 launch a symmetric 1Gbps broadband product, potentially offering same upload speeds as download
Indian conglomerate Bharti Global is to take a huge shareholding of the former UK telecoms incumbent, BT Group
Second stage of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes in orbit in company's first failure since 2016, endangering Starlink satellites
AT&T chief says biggest tech companies should be forced to contribute to troubled fund for low-income and rural broadband access
Video call made from one smartphone connected to Starlink satellite, to another phone connected to T-Mobile USA network
Carrier 'refines' its digital switchover programme, and extends deadline for UK move from old analogue PSTN to digital landlines
US and Japan to be connected by two new subsea Google cables, amid possible AUKUS alliance expansion to include Japan
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to hold vote on 25 April to restore Net Neutrality rules in US, overturned by Trump
Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson blamed “challenging mobile networks market” and “further volume contraction” for job losses
More downsizing at Vodafone after German operation announces 2,000 jobs will be axed, as automation increases in the future
SpaceX reportedly developing network of hundreds of low-orbit spy satellites for US intelligence agency under classified $1.8bn contract
Landmark BT Tower in central London to become a luxury hotel, after it is sold for £275m to US hotel…
Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) broadband speeds are to be ‘turbo-charged’, after Openreach launches two new speed tiers
Huawei says it is fully co-operating, after its French offices were searched last week as part of probe by financial…
With current chief executive Philip Jansen stepping down at the end of the month, BT confirms February start for new…
Nearly there. Carrier fails to completely meet UK government's year-end deadline, for removal of Huawei equipment from core network
People living on Fair Isle, the UK’s most geographically remote inhabited island, have received a significant connectivity improvement. Openreach has…
UK carrier BT is at risk of a fine as it nears 31 December deadline to replace Huawei equipment from…