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Ericsson Joins Forces With Telstra To Boot 4G Coverage In Australia With Small Cells
The small cells will be used to improve 4G coverage in difficult urban and rural areas
BT And Plusnet Top Ofcom’s Most Complained About List Over Broadband Woes
Telecoms providers still can't make people happy over broadband services
BT Tower Becomes World’s Highest IoT Base Station
BT and the Digital Catapult will create a LPWAN network across London
Nokia Acquires Deepfield For Network Insights
Trump won't like that. Finnish networking giant acquires US firm for its networking insights
Gotthard Base Tunnel: How Hardened Networks & IoT Keep World’s Longest Rail Tunnel Safe
The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel is fully operational, but building networks in the middle of a mountain is a difficult endeavour
Vodafone And Arrow Electronics Team-Up To Mix IoT Tech
Another IoT-based partnership with tech companies to propagate the spread of connected systems
EE Expands Roaming Options And Introduces Travel Data Pass
EE looks to challenge Three in the European roaming stakes
Deutsche Telekom: Cyberattack Could Have Taken 900,000 Routers Offline
Deutsche Telekom refuses to rule out "external parties" as it rolls out software upgrade to affected routers
Huawei Wants Industry Cooperation For Mobile Network Research
Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum: Huawei launches X Labs mobile research platform, fixed wireless products as it targets IoT, 5G
Autumn Statement: Government Commits £1bn For UK Digital Infrastructure
Government commits investment to tech R&D, broadband and 5G
BT Boosts Infinity Broadband Connections To 78Mbps For 46,000 Businesses
The telecoms giant is looking to curry more favour with SMEs
CItyFibre Fires-Up Glasgow Gigabit City Project Second Phase To Connect 7,000 Businesses
The pure fibre company will bring connect the city centre to is 31km network in Glasgow
British Airways European Flights Get In-Flight Wi-Fi In 2017
British Airways short haul flights get in-flight Wi-Fi a year later than planned, with long haul flights set to be connected in 2017 too
Broadcom Buys Networking Firm Brocade For £4.5bn But Will Sell Off Ruckus Wireless
The whole of Brocade’s IP Networking business is being sold off as Broadcom concentrates on supporting its chip business
CenturyLink To Acquire Level 3 Communications For £20 Billion
The American telecoms giant looks to expand its fibre reach with Level 3's backbone network
MPs Demand National Roaming Network To Improve Rural Mobile Coverage
Broadband Infrastructure Group (BIG) believes macro not spot targeting for national roaming could help solve rural mobile coverage problems
Cisco Creates System To Clamp Down On Video Piracy
Bootleggers beware, as Cisco touts system to take down growing threat of pirated video content
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
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 IoT smart city services
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 them a human issue
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
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
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 cameras
BT Revamps Randstad Networks And IT Infrastructure In £88m Deal
BT to deploy VPN, VoIP and standardise office networks across 37 countries for Randstad
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 it apply cloud and analytics
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 about BT and Vodafone's 'hoarding'
IoTUK Seeks Three Partners To Support London’s LPWAN Rollout
Potential partners will need to meed a hefty list of requirements
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 deliver faster Wi-Fi
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