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Sky, TalkTalk And Vodafone Outline Vision For ‘BT-Free’ Openreach
Broadband rivals want Openreach to have full control of assets, be overseen by an independent board and have its own distinctive brand free of the BT name
Ofcom Wants More 5GHz Spectrum For Wi-Fi Routers
Ofcom wants more spectrum to be made available to Wi-Fi routers, claiming 6m homes and offices have sub par wireless connections
Londoners Can Register To Try Out Driverless Cars In Greenwich
Greenwich residents can now sign up for trials of new GATEway autonomous vehicles
TalkTalk Eyes Business Fibre And Mobile Growth As Cyberattack Hangover Continues
TalkTalk profits slump as cyberattack aftershocks continue to be felt, but it wants to build advanced mobile network services and double business unit
Google Open Sources Nest ‘Thread’ IoT Networking Platform
Google wades into IoT standards war by opening up protocols behind Nest
What’s Next For UK Mobile Industry After Failed O2-Three Merger?
ANALYSIS: Virgin Media and O2 could merge, Three might buy TalkTalk and businesses might get cheaper prices but worse networks
Virgin Media Has 4.8m UK Broadband Customers
Virgin Media's network now reaches almost 13 million homes, while mobile subscribers grow to 3 million
British Airways Signs Deal With Gogo For Long Haul In-Flight Wi-Fi
International Airlines Group to bring in-flight Wi-Fi to British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus long-haul routes
No, The Government Isn’t Abandoning ‘Automatic’ 10Mbps Rural Broadband Rollout
ANALYSIS: Say what you like about government broadband schemes, but in this particular instance, it hasn't broken any promises
Vodafone Offers Up to 4GB Inclusive Roaming In Europe To New Customers
Vodafone will give new customers between 500MB and 4GB to use in 40 European countries
FTTP Broadband Makes York ‘Best Connected City In The UK’
Council believes York can become a digital leader while TalkTalk praises local authorities for helping it carry out building work
BT £6bn Ultrafast Broadband Rollout Will Connect 12m To G.Fast Or FTTP
BT discloses more details on how it plans to deliver ultrafast broadband to "majority" of the UK within a decade
Six Million UK Homes And Businesses Are Connected To BT Openreach Fibre
BT gets more than half of all new superfast broadband additions and 81 percent of brand new copper and fibre customers on the Openreach network
Microsoft Boosts Azure IoT With Solair Acquisition
Microsoft buys Italian firm for undisclosed amount as it seeks to get as many businesses, and coffee machines, on the IoT
EU Roaming Gets Cheaper Again Before Charges Are Scrapped In 2017
Roaming in the EU is made even cheaper before it is eliminated entirely next year
iPass Targets Mobile App And IoT Integration With Wi-Fi SDK
iPass makes its network selection tech available to developers who want constant connectivity
Samsung Protects Connected Devices With Thales Security
Partnership with Thales e-security looks to boost security of Samsung smart TVs, connected appliances and fridges
Hull Has The Slowest Broadband Of Any Major UK City
Research shows Middlesbrough and Belfast outpace London, but just 22 out of 42 urban areas have averages of 24Mbps or greater
Intel Insists Moore’s Law Is Safe As CEO Krzanich Outlines Post PC Strategy
Moore's Law will continue says Intel boss Brian Krzanich, as he outlines post PC strategy going forward
Dell Teams Up With Aerohive For Wireless Network Management
Dell turns to aerohive for wireless network management, continues open data centre efforts and offers new switches
Virgin Media To Connect At Least 1m Properties To FTTP Broadband
Virgin Media says network expansion is the UK's largest single FTTP deployment
EE Looks To Open Source Networks For 5G And Rural 4G
EE wants developers to create network services and applications using Lime Micro's software defined radio transceiver and Canonical Ubuntu Snappy Core
AT&T Teams Up With Otis For Smart City Push
Intelligent elevators and escalators among new possibilities following partnership
Nokia Buys Wearable Tech Experts Withings
£131m acquisition of French digital health specialist will see Nokia back in the devices game
Rolls-Royce Chooses Microsoft Azure For IoT Engine Monitoring
Rolls-Royce will use Azure's IoT Suite and Cortana Intelligence to collect and aggregate data from aircraft engines
Vodafone And Huawei’s NB-IoT Open Lab Can Be ‘Catalyst’ For IoT Development
Huawei and Vodafone envision global network of open NB-IoT labs, claiming the standard is as important to IoT as the App Store was for smartphones
1Gbps FTTP Broadband Services Go Live In Leeds And Bradford
CityFibre says its networks in northern cities can help develop the region as an economic powerhouse
EE Brings Customer Service Back To UK And Ireland
EE creates 600 new jobs as it hopes customer service will give it an advantage over rivals
EE 4G To Reach 95 Percent Of UK Landmass By 2020
EE says major investment will deliver 4G to areas that don't even have 2G, boosting LTE population coverage to 99.8 percent of the UK