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Microsoft Tests Quantum Computer-Proof Web Encryption
New system may allow the web's SSL systems to fend off attacks by advanced quantum computers
World’s First LTE-Maritime Network Hopes To Improve Ship Safety With 100km Coverage
SK Telecom will trial LTE-Maritime next year, offering ships within a 100km radius of the coast better navigation and safety
Nokia Sells HERE Maps To Audi, BMW, Daimler For £2bn
Nokia firmly focuses on networks and hardware as car makers move to secure connected future
Data Visualisation Projects Win First F1 Connectivity Prize
Tata Communications announces the winners of the first challenge in the 2015 F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize, which wants to make better use of team data
How NFC Took Over The World
TechWeekEurope Europe speaks to the creators of NFC to discover their secrets behind the technology
Microsoft Hooks Up With Jasper To Boost Internet Of Things Push
New partnership will boost Microsoft’s Azure IoT platform when it launches later this year
Nokia Posts Strong Results Ahead Of Alcatel-Lucent Merger
Nokia in healthy shape ahead of Alcatel deal, return to smartphones and possible sale of HERE Maps
BT Returns £129m BDUK Funding To Local Authorities
BT says it will work with local authorities to reinvest the cash into further expansion now that fibre adoption rates are predicted to be higher
Openreach Fibre Base Rises To 4.6m As BT Adds 100,000 Mobile Customers
Openreach continues to grow, with a fifth of all premises covered by fibre now taking superfast broadband
Sky Praises Diversification Strategy Following Broadband, NOW TV Gains
Sky now has 12m UK and Irish customers, with broadband, connected services and streaming all helping to boost revenues to £7.8bn and profits to £1.4bn
MPs Demand Superfast Broadband Answers With Parliamentary Inquiry
Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee expresses concern some homes and business might never get the connectivity they need
Internet Of Things Devices To ‘Triple’ By 2020
Over 38 billion units will be making the world a smarter place in just a few years, Juniper Research claims
The Battle For The Future Of UK Communications
BLOG: Why are broadband, landline, mobile and TV companies, not to mention the government, Ofcom and the BBC, setting the scene for 12 months of change?
EE 4G Base Rises To 10.9m As Coverage Reaches 90 Percent
EE says 4G innovations, bundled services and free power bars are boosting numbers ahead of BT takeover
EC Gives Green Light To Nokia’s Alcatel-Lucent Takeover
EC is satisfied £11.2bn takeover won't harm competition in the telecoms network equipment market
Government ‘Considers’ Making ISPs Pay For Rural Broadband Rollout
Chancellor George Osborne wants the likes of BT to pay for the cost of connecting the final five percent to superfast broadband, according to reports
Connected City Board Invites CIOs To Share Smart City Knowledge
Wireless Broadband Alliance-led Connected City Board wants CIOs to share best practices and create public-private models
Cisco Sells Connected Devices Unit To Technicolor For £388m
Cisco and Technicolor will also work on multimedia technologies and share patents in new partnership
BlackBerry Acquires Crisis Comms Firm AtHoc
BlackBerry snaps up communications provider despite major recent layoffs
Vodafone Europe CEO Philipp Humm Leaves In Management Restructure
Vodafone's UK chief Jeroen Hoencamp is promoted to the company's executive committee in yet another European management shakeup
Ofcom CEO Will Not Be ‘Intimidated’ By BT
Sharon White dismisses threats of litigation if Openreach split is forced and says she does not see Ofcom governing the BBC
Sky: BT-EE Merger Will Damage Hybrid Network Development
Sky tells CMA it fears acquisition will give BT too much control over UK communications and allow it to take an unfair lead in fixed-mobile convergence
Vodafone Denies TalkTalk’s MVNO Exit Claims
Vodafone says it was TalkTalk that ended their MVNO agreement and has no plans to exit MVNO market
Flying High: How IT Helps Gatwick Airport Beat The Queues
Gatwick Airport CIO and Fujitsu tell TechWeekEurope about how improved communications make all the difference in processing passengers
BT: Business Mobile Is More Ripe For Innovation Than Consumer
BT claims EE and its vision of a converged fixed-mobile network will help serve businesses demanding more enterprise applications
Virgin Media To Turn Home Routers Into Wi-Fi Hotspots
Virgin Media reportedly wants to create a rival to BT Wi-Fi and will hold trials in Thames Valley before expanding nationwide
BT Seeks Partners For ‘Ultrafast’ G.Fast Broadband Trials In Cambridgeshire
BT presses ahead with G.Fast pilot in Huntingdon, with the promise of 500Mbps speeds for most of UK within a decade
BT-EE Competition Inquiry Will Consider Impact Of Three-O2 Merger
CMA will see how BT-EE takeover would affect retail and wholesale mobile and fixed broadband markets as well mobile backhaul
Strong Smartphone And 4G Demand Boost Huawei Revenues By 30 Percent
Thirty percent rise in sales revenue leads to “stable and healthy growth” across device and networking businesses