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EE Offers Inclusive Roaming Across EU, USA, Canada & Australia
EE, like every other operator in the EU, will abolish charges across Europe and will offer inclusive roaming for North America, Australia and New Zealand
NSA Ends Some Data Collection Amidst Privacy Row
The NSA said it will no longer collect communications by US citizens that merely mention foreign surveillance targets, in a win for online privacy
Three Plans 1Gbps Home Broadband Service Using 3.4GHz Spectrum
Three plans to deliver fixed wireless broadband services to 40 percent of the UK population once £250m acquisition of UK Broadband
Barts Health Trust Cancels Operations Due To IT Failure
A 'major' computer failure beginning on 20 April has led to a number of systems being inaccessible to clinical staff
British Youth Receives Two Year Sentence For DDoS Attacks
Adam Mudd admitted to running the 'Titanium Stresser' DDoS attack tool out of his bedroom in Hertfordshire
Vodafone Increases Prices For Out Of Contract Customers
Vodafone confirms price hikes of between 50p and £3.50
FCC Chairman Sets Public Course for Making New Internet Regulations
ANALYSIS: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says starting a fully public rule-making process to reverse last year's decision to regulate ISPs
Belfast Has Best UK Mobile Coverage Of Any Major UK City But Where’s London?
Belfast has good mobile coverage but London, Bristol, Hull and Cardiff must do better it seems, according to RootMetrics
Investigation Slams ‘Dreadful’ Broadband In New Homes
Working from home? Best not do it in a new home then, as investigation reveals 'shocking state' of broadband for new builds
Lords ‘Drop’ Demands For 30Mbps Broadband Minimum Speeds Ahead Of General Election
Government plans for a broadband USO will be fast tracked after Lords reportedly drop demands for a minimum requirement of 30Mbps
UK And 14 Other EU States ‘Oppose’ Minimum Spectrum Licences Ahead Of 5G
15 EU countries claim minimum 25 year licences would stifle innovation and flexible in the mobile sector
BrickerBot Malware ‘Disables Two Million Devices’
A malware family aimed at 'bricking' devices before they can be infected by Mirai has allegedly rendered millions of vulnerable devices useless
Microsoft Connects LinkedIn To Dynamics 365
Dynamics 365 users will be able to draw on LinkedIn sales data in the first fruit of Microsoft's £20bn acquisition of the social network
How Land Rover BAR Hopes Wearables, Mobile Apps & 4G Will Deliver America’s Cup Glory
Silicon pays a visit to the south coast to find out how Ben Ainslie Racing is using mobile technology to power its bid for the 2017 America's Cup in Bermuda
Police Use Of ICT Is ‘Persistently Weak’ Finds Inspectorate of Constabulary
Police aren't making effective use of digital technologies to manage and share information, and risk being 'left behind'
Emergency Services Network Delay Could See Service ‘Turned Off’
The latest ESN delay takes its planned implementation six months beyond the expected obsolescence of the current network
Three Apologises After Network Goes Down Across The UK
Everything now appears to be up and running following a day of problems for UK users
Microsoft Touts IoT Central To Remove Complexity For Businesses
IoT solutions can be complex, but Microsoft seeks to help with new SaaS solution to simplify the Internet of Things
Ofcom Details Plan To Open Up BT Openreach Ducts & Poles
Regulator wants rivals to have fair access to BT's underground pipes and telegraph poles
UK 4G Availability Improves Significantly As Network Investments Pay Off
EE still out in front in OpenSignal & Which? 4G report, but all four improve
Virgin Media: 350Mbps Broadband As Standard Will Drive SMB Growth Amid Brexit Uncertainty
Virgin Media Business will offer 350Mbps broadband as standard from 2 May and has confidence in UK post-Brexit despite parent's pre-referendum prediction
Malaysian Airlines Is First To Use New Satellite Flight Tracking System
New satellite flight tracking system will enable global coverage when it goes live in 2018 - four years after the disappearance of MH370
Gigaclear Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To Rural Herefordshire
Gigaclear to deliver phase 2 of Fastershire project in rural Herfordshire
Telefonica Deploys AI-Powered Operations Centres
Three centres are up and running in Argentina, Chile and Germany
Computer And Internet Pioneer Robert Taylor Dies At 85
Taylor oversaw the development of key technologies including the Internet, the graphical user interface, an early search engine and Java
Quest For Global Wi-Fi Could Result In Explosion Of Space Junk
European Space Agency calls for measures to prevent 50 percent increase in catastrophic satellite collisions
Foreign Office ‘Targeted By Sustained Cyber-Attack’
The British government was the subject of a sophisticated phishing campaign for several months last year, researchers say
Documents Show NSA Hacked SWIFT Service Provider
Documents released by hacking group Shadow Brokers detail efforts to monitor the systems of SWIFT money transfer service providers
Tech Firms Urge FCC Not To Repeal Obama’s Net Neutrality Rules
Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter etc warn FCC chairman over his intentions to repeal net neutrality rules