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Ofcom Proposals Will Make It Easier To Switch Mobile Networks

Ofcom says a customer's new mobile phone provider should handle all aspects of the switchover amid concerns it is too…

9 years ago

T- Mobile: Jive Frees Customer Service And Sales From IT

T-Mobile explains how Jive helps it communicate internally and externally to boost customer service and compete in competitive US market…

9 years ago

Ofcom Orders BT To Open Up Dark Fibre And Install Business Broadband Faster

Ofcom's business broadband review wants better competition, more innovation and cheaper prices

9 years ago

Google Offers Internet Access For Cuba Amid Historic Obama Visit

Cubans to receive Google Internet access as frosty relationship between the two nations thaws

9 years ago

Ofcom Promises 98 Percent Indoor 4G Coverage

Ofcom CEO Sharon White wants nearly all of the UK should be able to get a 4G signal by the…

9 years ago

Three Customers Use 5GB A Month As 4G Coverage Reaches 75 Percent

Traffic on Three's mobile network has risen by 1,100 percent over the past five years

9 years ago

TalkTalk Drops Passwords For Voice Recognition After Hack

Post hack, TalkTalk allows customers to access their accounts via voice recognition technology

9 years ago

Vodafone M2M Network To Power Philips Smart Lighting Platform

Philips Lighting says Vodafone deal will make it easier for local authorities to save money with smart lighting

9 years ago

ICANN Submits Migration Plan Away From US Control

Independence move for ICANN after it submits official plan for global stewardship to the US government

9 years ago

ICO Hands Politicians Data Protection Warning After David Lammy MP Fine

David Lammy gets £5,000 fine after two day, 35,000 automated call binge as ICO tells political campaigns to respect the…

9 years ago

Free Wi-Fi Available On Half Of All South West Trains

South West Trains expands free Wi-Fi to cover even more services from the capital to south west England

9 years ago

Ofcom Investigates Ex-Employee TV Data Breach

Ofcom confirms an ex-employee tried to offer a broadcaster sensitive information about rivals

9 years ago

BT Plans FTTP Trial In Bradford And More G.Fast Pilots In Ultrafast Broadband Push

BT says FTTP trial will help it develop a 1Gbps service for SMBs and has promised to connect all new…

9 years ago

David Cameron Plans To Relax Mobile Mast Planning Restrictions

Prime Minister David Cameron hints legislation that makes it easy to build networks could be on the way

9 years ago

Aruba Shows Off HPE Integration With New Networking Offerings

At Aruba's user conference, officials unveil a range of integrated wired and wireless that take advantage of the best of…

9 years ago

Can AI-Powered Call Centres Improve Telecoms Customer Service?

AI could make it less painful to contact your broadband, landline and mobile provider and boost reputation and revenues for…

9 years ago

Email’s Inventor Ray Tomlinson Dies

Ray Tomlinson dies aged 74, leaving behind a communication technology that changed the world and is still used today

9 years ago

TalkTalk: BT Openreach Split Is Only Way To Solve Ofcom’s Concerns

TalkTalk reiterates calls for Openreach separation, claiming no concessions can stop BT from having too much influence

9 years ago

Virgin Media: Ultrafast Broadband Doesn’t Need To Be ‘Regulated Into Existence’

Virgin Media says its network investment shows there is no need for more regulation and is concerned that Ofcom will…

9 years ago

Ofcom: We Want Network-Level Broadband Competition

Ofcom director of strategy says its main goal is helping deliver ultrafast broadband, not separating BT or promoting a particular…

9 years ago

Marketing Firm Goes Into Liquidation After ‘Record’ £350,000 ICO Fine

ICO fines Prodial £350,000 after 46m automated nuisance calls about PPI insurance claims but regulator says it will work with…

9 years ago

Virgin Media Invites Rural Areas To Apply For 200Mbps Broadband

Communities in 18 counties can apply to be covered by Virgin Media's £3bn cable expansion

9 years ago

IT Life: Calling Down Under

Telstra's head of Europe Tom Homer talks about his career in IT, views on cloud and fear of shadow IT

9 years ago

Can Ofcom Get Openreach Reform From BT Without Messy Divorce?

BLOG: Just like NFL owners have threatened to relocate to Los Angeles to get what they want, Ofcom hopes the…

9 years ago

BT: ‘Voluntary Agreement’, Not Legal Action Is Best Way To Fix Openreach

BT regulatory head says working together will benefit consumers and communications providers

9 years ago

Broadband Providers Welcome Ofcom’s Openreach Recommendations

NEWS ANALYSIS: What do the UK's major broadband providers think about the initial findings of Ofcom's once-in-a-decade review

9 years ago

Ofcom Tightens Openreach Regulation But Does Not Separate It From BT

BT must allow rivals to lay fibre in Openreach ducts and telegraph poles, while Ofcom also wants open access division…

9 years ago

MWC 2016: BT CEO Warns Broadband Speed Upgrades Hinge On Ofcom Review

BT CEO Gavin Patterson makes final defence of Openreach structure and says it is prepared to make fibre, G.Fast investments…

9 years ago

Pure Wi-Fi Uses 10,000 Times Less Power Than Regular Wi-Fi

Researchers at the University of Washington develop system that could make smartphones more efficient and Wi-Fi suitable for IoT

9 years ago

Government Promises Business Broadband Review

Business Secretary Sajid Javid promises manufacturers he will launch inquiry into the availability and affordability of business broadband

9 years ago