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Vodafone Is Fined £4.6m For Billing And Complaints Failures

Vodafone blames "complex" billing system migration for the biggest fine ever issued by Ofcom for "serious and sustained" breaches of…

8 years ago

WiGig Wi-Fi Promises 8Gbps Speeds And Less Congestion From 2017

WiGig devices are set to go mainstream next year, offering 'wired-grade' connectivity for VR, AR, cloud

8 years ago

BT Offers Free 1Gbps Wi-Fi, Mobile Charging And Calls From New London Phone Kiosks

BT to replace London pay phones with kiosks delivering ad-supported Wi-Fi, local information, free calls and sensors that can power…

8 years ago

TfL Rejects Virgin Media Claims That Crossrail Won’t Have Wi-Fi & 4G

Virgin Media CEO says Crossrail won't have in-tunnel Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity. TfL says Elizabeth Line will.

8 years ago

Massive MIMO Test Paves Way For Better Mobile Coverage In Crowded Areas

Vodafone and Huawei test Massive MIMO on commercial 2.6GHz network in Newbury

8 years ago

Swisscom Claims European First With G.Fast Launch

Swiss telco launches ultrafast broadband capable of 500Mbps that includes the use of humble copper lines

8 years ago

Government Insists UK Needs Full Fibre Network And 5G

Pure fibre network and 5G connectivity needed for UK to maintain global lead, says government minister

8 years ago

Amazon Could Include Broadband In Prime Subscriptions

Amazon could package broadband connections with its Prime video steaming service to take on Netflix and ISPs alike

8 years ago

Mozilla Wants To ‘Humanise’ Net Neutrality Issues With £200,000 Innovation Prize

Mozilla is seeking ideas to help promote web access and ensure the principles of net neutrality are enshrined by making…

8 years ago

Google Cloud And Facebook To Benefit From ‘Highest Capacity’ Transpacific Cable

Google and Facebook invest in new subsea cable between Los Angeles and Hong Kong

8 years ago

Sky Mobile Launch Is Imminent But Its Quiet On Broadband Figures

Sky is happy with mobile plans but has no specific broadband numbers and analysts are concerned despite revenue growth

8 years ago

Nokia Joins Bristol Is Open Smart City Project

Nokia will contribute expertise and networking equipment to Bristol is Open smart city initiative, starting with analytics test for CCTV…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Classic BT Red Telephone Box Celebrates 80th Birthday

The red K6 telephone box is forever a symbol of Britain and this week it celebrates its 80th birthday

8 years ago

BT Revamps Randstad Networks And IT Infrastructure In £88m Deal

BT to deploy VPN, VoIP and standardise office networks across 37 countries for Randstad

8 years ago

Gatwick Airport Moves To Digital Radio System To Improve Safety

Gatwick Airport migrates to a Motorola Solutions digital radio system in latest stage of a digital transformation that has seen…

8 years ago

Three & TalkTalk Demand Ofcom Stops BT, Vodafone Getting Too Much Spectrum

Regulator is urged to impose a 30 percent cap ahead of spectrum auction next month as Three, TalkTalk voice concerns…

8 years ago

IoTUK Seeks Three Partners To Support London’s LPWAN Rollout

Potential partners will need to meed a hefty list of requirements

8 years ago

New Ethernet Standard Delivers Five Times The Speed On Existing Cables

Ethernet Alliance "applauds" finalisation of the 802.3bz standard, claiming up to 70 billion metres of cable can be reused to…

8 years ago

Google Station To Provide Free Wi-Fi Across India’s Public Hotspots

Facebook’s Internet.org project is about to get some competition in India

8 years ago

CityFibre Reaches 40 Cities After £5m Redcentric Fibre Network Purchase

CityFibre acquires 137km of new fibre from Redcentric as its quest to be a BT Openreach rival continues

8 years ago

New Tests Will Ensure Wi-Fi And 4G LTE-U Can ‘Share’ Unlicensed Spectrum

Mobile operators want unlicensed spectrum to boost 4G, but Wi-Fi relies on these airwaves. Wi-Fi Alliance hopes tests will allow…

8 years ago

Northampton Gets CityFibre 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network

CityFibre makes Northampton its latest gigabit city, delivering 1Gbps fibre broadband to businesses in the area

8 years ago

European Commission Kills Free Mobile Roaming Limits

The Commission will apply a criteria for free mobile roaming use to prevent its abuse

8 years ago

Government-Backed LPWAN IoT Network Goes Live In London

Digital Catapult and academic institutions claim LPWAN network will remove the barriers for IoT development in London

8 years ago

Network Rail ‘Shelves Plans’ To Sell Fibre Network

Network Rail suspends plans to sell fibre network, form a joint venture, or share capacity despite significant interest to boost…

8 years ago

Motorola Solutions CTO: Public Safety Will Be Transformed By Data-Driven Communications

INTERVIEW: Motorola Solutions CTO Paul Steinberg explains how data and enhanced communications can make cities safer - even if they're…

8 years ago

O2 CEO: Planning Reform Is Needed If UK To Be A 5G Leader

Ronan Dunne will leave O2 after 15 years but says out of the box thinking and better regulation will ensure…

8 years ago

Reading Receives 30km Of CityFibre’s High-Speed Network

Reading becomes the UK's latest Gigabit City with access to ultrafast broadband

8 years ago

Liverpool Is The UK’s Leading City For Mobile Performance

RootMetrics ranks the home of The Beatles as the best city for overall mobile network performance

8 years ago

O2 CTO Talks Network Upgrades As Life Goes On After Failed Three Merger

O2 CTO Brendan O'Reilly says network will only get better under Telefonica despite failed Three merger but wants spectrum and…

8 years ago