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BT Extends Deadline For PSTN Switch To Digital LandlinesBT Extends Deadline For PSTN Switch To Digital Landlines

BT Extends Deadline For PSTN Switch To Digital Landlines

Carrier 'refines' its digital switchover programme, and extends deadline for UK move from old analogue PSTN to digital landlines

10 months ago
FCC To Vote This Month To Restore Net NeutralityFCC To Vote This Month To Restore Net Neutrality

FCC To Vote This Month To Restore Net Neutrality

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to hold vote on 25 April to restore Net Neutrality rules in US, overturned by Trump

11 months ago
Ericsson To Cut 1,200 Jobs in Sweden Amid ‘Challenging’ MarketEricsson To Cut 1,200 Jobs in Sweden Amid ‘Challenging’ Market

Ericsson To Cut 1,200 Jobs in Sweden Amid ‘Challenging’ Market

Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson blamed “challenging mobile networks market” and “further volume contraction” for job losses

12 months ago
Vodafone Germany Confirms 2,000 Job Losses, Amid European RestructuringVodafone Germany Confirms 2,000 Job Losses, Amid European Restructuring

Vodafone Germany Confirms 2,000 Job Losses, Amid European Restructuring

More downsizing at Vodafone after German operation announces 2,000 jobs will be axed, as automation increases in the future

12 months ago
SpaceX ‘Developing Spy Satellites’ For US AgencySpaceX ‘Developing Spy Satellites’ For US Agency

SpaceX ‘Developing Spy Satellites’ For US Agency

SpaceX reportedly developing network of hundreds of low-orbit spy satellites for US intelligence agency under classified $1.8bn contract

12 months ago
BT Tower In London Sold, And Will Become Luxury HotelBT Tower In London Sold, And Will Become Luxury Hotel

BT Tower In London Sold, And Will Become Luxury Hotel

Landmark BT Tower in central London to become a luxury hotel, after it is sold for £275m to US hotel…

1 year ago
Openreach Confirms Faster Fibre Speeds From 1 AprilOpenreach Confirms Faster Fibre Speeds From 1 April

Openreach Confirms Faster Fibre Speeds From 1 April

Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) broadband speeds are to be ‘turbo-charged’, after Openreach launches two new speed tiers

1 year ago
French Prosecutors Raid Huawei OfficeFrench Prosecutors Raid Huawei Office

French Prosecutors Raid Huawei Office

Huawei says it is fully co-operating, after its French offices were searched last week as part of probe by financial…

1 year ago
BT’s Successor Allison Kirkby To Start As CEO On 1 FebruaryBT’s Successor Allison Kirkby To Start As CEO On 1 February

BT’s Successor Allison Kirkby To Start As CEO On 1 February

With current chief executive Philip Jansen stepping down at the end of the month, BT confirms February start for new…

1 year ago
BT Misses Deadline For Huawei Equipment Removal From Core NetworkBT Misses Deadline For Huawei Equipment Removal From Core Network

BT Misses Deadline For Huawei Equipment Removal From Core Network

Nearly there. Carrier fails to completely meet UK government's year-end deadline, for removal of Huawei equipment from core network

1 year ago
Full Fibre Arrives In UK’s Most Remote Inhabited IslandFull Fibre Arrives In UK’s Most Remote Inhabited Island

Full Fibre Arrives In UK’s Most Remote Inhabited Island

People living on Fair Isle, the UK’s most geographically remote inhabited island, have received a significant connectivity improvement. Openreach has…

1 year ago
BT Risks Fine As Huawei Removal Deadline Nears – ReportBT Risks Fine As Huawei Removal Deadline Nears – Report

BT Risks Fine As Huawei Removal Deadline Nears – Report

UK carrier BT is at risk of a fine as it nears 31 December deadline to replace Huawei equipment from…

1 year ago
NASA Uses Laser To Beam Cat Video From Deep SpaceNASA Uses Laser To Beam Cat Video From Deep Space

NASA Uses Laser To Beam Cat Video From Deep Space

Space communications. NASA JPL streams ultra HD video of cat back to earth from deep space, 19 million miles away…

1 year ago
Full Fibre Broadband Reaches 17 Million UK Homes, Says OfcomFull Fibre Broadband Reaches 17 Million UK Homes, Says Ofcom

Full Fibre Broadband Reaches 17 Million UK Homes, Says Ofcom

Ofcom finds that for the first time, over half of homes in all four nations of the UK have access…

1 year ago

Ofcom Proposes Ban On ‘Inflation-Linked’ Mid-Contract Price Hikes

UK regulator Ofcom proposes new rules for consumers to protect against inflation-linked price rises during a contract

1 year ago

Apple, Paramount Discuss Bundling Streaming Service Offer – Report

Streaming tie-up? Discussions reportedly between Apple and Paramount discuss bundling respective streaming services

1 year ago

Amazon Confirms ‘100% Success’ For Prototype Kuiper Satellites

Amazon's Kuiper satellite network will begin large scale deployment by mid 2024, after success with two prototypes

1 year ago

Foxconn Launches First Communications Satellites

Foxconn launches two prototype communications satellites aboard SpaceX rocket as proof-of-concept for broadband and smart vehicle plans

1 year ago

Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 25

Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the…

1 year ago

FCC Votes To Start Reinstating Net Neutrality Rules

US communications regulator votes to begin process to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules struck down under Trump

1 year ago

Netflix Mails Its Final DVD As It Ends Postal Service

Netflix's DVD via post , which began back in 1998, has mailed its final DVD on Friday, as the service…

1 year ago

FCC Proposes To Restore Net Neutrality Laws In US

Back from the dead? Democrat controlled FCC proposes new net neutrality laws after Republican roll back in 2017

1 year ago

TalkTalk To Split Into Three Companies, With CEO To Step Down

Job losses expected, as TalkTalk confirm plan to “demerge its main operating businesses” into three standalone entities

1 year ago

Openreach Reveals New Destinations In Full Fibre Build Update

Fibre to the premise deployment reaches 11.5 homes, as Openreach announces another 19 locations that includes 200,000 homes and businesses

1 year ago

BT Halts Sale Of New Copper Lines On Openreach Network

As UK full fibre rollout continues, BT announces halt to sales of new copper telephones lines, after more than a…

2 years ago

Openreach Saves £10m, Extends FTTP Rollout Via ‘Subtended Headends’

Use of Subtended Headends helps Openreach extend its fibre to the premise (FTTP) rollout in more difficult and remote locations

2 years ago

BT Appoints Allison Kirkby As Carrier’s First Female CEO

Allison Kirkby has been named to succeed chief executive Philip Jansen, when he steps down at the end of January…

2 years ago

Virgin Media O2 To Axe 2,000 UK Jobs

Price of 2001 merger? Virgin Media O2 is to axe 12 percent of its workforce, as it seeks to “simplify”…

2 years ago

Amazon Builds $120m Florida Facility For Internet Satellites

Amazon says building massive processing facility in Florida for Project Kuiper broadband satellites as it races to catch up to…

2 years ago