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Drones, Bat Sensors & VR: ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Is The First ‘Smart Cricket’ Tournament

ICC and Intel will look to improve play and engage fans with IoT, VR and future technologies at the ICC…

7 years ago

BT To Integrate EE ‘Within Four Years’

BT says it makes sense to keep EE apart for now but more integration likely as revenues grow

7 years ago

Glastonbury 2017: EE Builds Permanent 4G Network To Cope With 40TB Demand

EE builds permanent masts at Glastonbury 2017 as it expects a third increase in the amount of 4G traffic

7 years ago

EE Has Best London 4G But Three & Vodafone Come Close

RootMetrics London 4G report shows Three and Vodafone close gap but EE has best speed and data performance

7 years ago

Election 2017: Labour Gives UK Tech Brexit Assurances & Ultrafast Broadband Pledge

Labour would seek to ensure UK tech firms have access to talents and market, while it would also work to…

7 years ago

Broadband Industry Demands Planning Reform For FTTP & 5G Rollout

Industry body BSG says local, central governments and providers must work together to eliminate barriers for FTTP and 5G

7 years ago

Smart Stadiums, Streets & Airports: How Tokyo Is Preparing For 2020 Olympics

In three years' time, the Olympics will arrive in Tokyo. But how will smart city technology improve Tokyo 2020, the…

7 years ago

BT Sport To Broadcast Champions League Final On YouTube In VR

BT Sport gives away free Google Cardboard devices for UEFA Champions League VR final broadcast

7 years ago

What Will The Japanese Smart Home Look Like?

Japan has traditionally been ahead of the curve when it comes to tech. Panasonic shares its vision of what the…

7 years ago

Alphabet’s Project Loon Helps Connect Peruvian Cities In Wake Of Serious Floods

The left-field Internet beaming balloon project was given a real stress test

7 years ago

Privacy and Politics: London Wants To Get Business Model Right For Smart Cities

London has a European smart city demonstrator but authorities say understanding the value of data and getting finance right is…

8 years ago

O2 Invests £80m In London Small Cells To Boost 4G And Pave Way For 5G

O2 says investment in 1,700 small cells will boost capacity on its mobile networks today and tomorrow

8 years ago

Three Ends Roaming Charges For Brazil & Singapore Alongside EU

Three mocks other operators, pointing out it had offered inclusive roaming in Europe and abroad long before the EU told…

8 years ago

‘Leaner’ BT Global Service Has New CEO To Target Digital Transformation

BT says tech changes means it no longer has to focus on local network to deliver transformative services through BTGS

8 years ago

Openreach Fibre Broadband Reaches 26.5m As BT Looks At ‘Large Scale’ FTTP Rollout

BT & Openreach make broadband and 4G gains despite accounting issues and Ofcom regulatory pressure

8 years ago

Vodafone To Shut Down Pager Service Over Competition Concerns

Vodafone says it makes more economic sense to shut down the pager unit rather than address competition concerns so it…

8 years ago

TalkTalk Prioritises Fixed Broadband Growth Over Profit For Now

TalkTalk returns to customer growth but chairman says he wants to secure more broadband customers above all else

8 years ago

BT Startup Competition Targets UK IoT Startups

BT offers support, resources and chance to commercialse IoT technology in BT Infinity Labs startup competition

8 years ago

FCC Website ‘Attacked’ After John Oliver Net Neutrality Call To Arms

US regulator claims website attack, hours after British comedian urges people to protest against rule change

8 years ago

O2 Will Comply With EU Law And Abolish European Roaming

O2 confirms plans to let customers use their phones abroad at no extra cost across Europe, falling in line with…

8 years ago

Newport 5G Chip Facility Hopes To Make South Wales A Tech Hub For IoT

Welsh government invests £12m into £38m 5G compound semiconductor factory as part of bid to make South Wales a tech…

8 years ago

Virgin Media’s £3bn Project Lighting Broadband Expansion Slows Down

Virgin Media results miss expectations but it expects to see more Project Lightning progress in second half of 2017

8 years ago

ISPs Face Ad Crackdown Over Misleading Broadband Speed Claims

Industry free-for-all surrounding broadband speed claims about to end, as advertising watchdog issues proposals

8 years ago

EE Offers Inclusive Roaming Across EU, USA, Canada & Australia

EE, like every other operator in the EU, will abolish charges across Europe and will offer inclusive roaming for North…

8 years ago

Three Plans 1Gbps Home Broadband Service Using 3.4GHz Spectrum

Three plans to deliver fixed wireless broadband services to 40 percent of the UK population once £250m acquisition of UK…

8 years ago

Vodafone Increases Prices For Out Of Contract Customers

Vodafone confirms price hikes of between 50p and £3.50

8 years ago

FCC Chairman Sets Public Course for Making New Internet Regulations

ANALYSIS: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says starting a fully public rule-making process to reverse last year's decision to regulate ISPs

8 years ago

Belfast Has Best UK Mobile Coverage Of Any Major UK City But Where’s London?

Belfast has good mobile coverage but London, Bristol, Hull and Cardiff must do better it seems, according to RootMetrics

8 years ago

Investigation Slams ‘Dreadful’ Broadband In New Homes

Working from home? Best not do it in a new home then, as investigation reveals 'shocking state' of broadband for…

8 years ago

Lords ‘Drop’ Demands For 30Mbps Broadband Minimum Speeds Ahead Of General Election

Government plans for a broadband USO will be fast tracked after Lords reportedly drop demands for a minimum requirement of…

8 years ago