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Huawei And Telefonica Join Forces For 5G Development
Partners will work together on a number of 5G technologies after agreeing deal at Huawei MBBF 2015
Gigaclear Offers 5Gbps Broadband In Rural Areas
Gigaclear is trialling 5Gbps and will launch nationwide from early 2016
Ericsson Predicts 150m 5G Subscriptions By 2021
Ericsson report predicts sixfold increase in mobile data consumption and rapid adoption of 5G when it launches in 2020
55,000 SMBs Get Government Grants For Superfast Broadband
Latest figures for suspended super connected city voucher scheme are revealed, but no indication more money will be allocated for superfast broadband
BT Openreach CEO Joe Garner To Leave In 2016
Openreach chief to depart after two years in charge of BT network division
Average Openreach Fibre User Consumes 190GB A Month
BT reveals Openreach figures for the summer... but not a lot of them
Bluetooth Gets Speed And Range Upgrade In IoT Push
Bluetooth will get 100 percent faster, four times longer range and support Mesh networking
ISPs: Snooper’s Charter Will Mean Higher Broadband Bills
Snooper's Charter underestimates the cost and challenge of monitoring users, ISPA and Gigaclear tell MPs, while Sophos expresses security concerns
BDUK Connects 3.3m Homes And Businesses To Fibre
New government figures show BDUK is making more gains as coverage target edges nearer
UN Allocates Bandwidth For Global Satellite Flight Tracking System
WRC-15 paves the way fopr satellite flight tracking system following MH370 disappearance
EE Wants Three To Drop ‘Undisputed’ Reliability Claim
EE tells Advertising Standards Authority that Three's claim to be the 'undisputed' most reliable network in the UK cannot be substantiated
Li-Fi Could Connect And Power SmartWatches And IoT
Researchers want to commercialise integrated solar panel technology that uses visible spectrum to power devices and transmit data
TfL Adds 100 More Stations To London Tube Wi-Fi
Almost every station on the tube can get Wi-Fi... but not Tottenham Court Road or Bond Street
Vodafone Arrives At ‘Turning Point’ As It Reaches 5.3m UK 4G Users
Vodafone CEO praises £19bn investment programme in global networks as recovery, and UK 4G growth, continues
Vodafone Frustrated At Lack Of NB-IoT Standardisation
Vodafone R&D director says without NB-IoT progress, mobile industry could miss out on M2M oppoprtunity
Government Promises 10Mbps Broadband For Anyone Who Wants It
Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to reveal how 10Mbps will be made available to the entire UK by 2020
Virgin Media Has 4.6m Broadband Users As Expansion Continues
More than two fifths of Virgin Media customers take 100Mbps as firm increases top speed to 200Mbps
Gigaclear Presses Ahead With Rural FTTP In Berkshire And Cotswolds
Work on delivering fibre to 18,000 homes in two BDUK projects gets underway
Virgin Media Business Offers 300Mbps Broadband
Virgin Media Business doubles the speed of its fastest package for companies
Huawei Urges Operators Not To Waste IoT Opportunity
Huawei sets out mobile broadband vision, but says telcos and industry must work together to reap the benefits of IoT
Huawei And HKT Show Off First 1Gbps 4.5G Network
Partners claim 'significant milestone' ahead of commercial launch of 4.5G in 2016
GSMA Repeats Calls For More Mobile Spectrum Ahead Of WRC-15
Acting director general of GSMA says mobile industry needs more bandwdith to help solve future problems
Researchers Predict 1bn VoLTE Connections For 4G Calls By 2018
VoLTE connections to surge to one billion by 2018, with two billion possible by the end of the decade, report claims
Virgin Media Offers Free Superfast Broadband Installation To SMBs
Virgin Media calls for the restart of the government's super connected voucher city scheme and will cover installation of up to £1,000
EU Launches ‘In-Depth’ Investigation Into Three-O2 Merger
EC says it has competition concerns about £10.25 billion takeover of O2 by Three-owner Hutchison
Ofcom Wants To Protect TV Frequencies At Global Spectrum Event
Ofcom supports European proposals to free up spectrum for mobile broadband at WRC-15, but wants sub-700MHz to stay for Freeview
Ericsson Software Upgrade Allows For 10 Year IoT Battery Life On LTE
Ericsson, AT&T and Altair will show how a sensor can last for ten years on a commercial chipset and existing LTE network
BT Consumer Outshines Business As 415,000 Join Openreach Fibre
Champions League and BT TV boost profits, but consumer and global sales are down while Openreach competitors fight back in broadband battle
CMA Provisionally Approves BT’s £12.5bn EE Takeover
BT-EE takeover nears completion as competition authorities find no major issues