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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
Apple, Samsung Want To Kill Off The SIM Card
Phone makers in talks with major mobile trade body about introducing ‘e-SIMs’
Sky Broadband Customers Hit By Speculative Piracy Letters
Are you a Sky broadband customer? Did you illegally download The Company You Keep? TCYK is relying on you to admit it
Ofcom Considers BT Openreach Split And Market Deregulation
Phase 1 of Ofcom's major communications market review confirms all options are on the table, including the retention of the current Openreach model
Two Fifths Of SMBs ‘Don’t Know’ What Their Broadband Speeds Are
New research suggests SMBs don't know what type of broadband they have yet plan on becoming more digital
Hive’s New Thermostat, Plugs And Sensors Can Make Your Home Smarter Than Ever
Hive 2 revealed alongside smart plugs, motion sensors and active lights to smarten up your house
Vodafone Offers SMB Digital Skills Workshops In Leeds And London
Operator says it wants to help small companies improve their digital and online abilities to help build their business
Government Launches £10m IoT Competition For Smart Cities
DCMS and Innovate UK invite local authorities and businesses to submit city-wide collaborative IoT proposals
Government To Make 4G Mast Building Easier, But Is Quiet On Ultrafast Broadband Plans
New government reports says fixed and mobile broadband are essential for UK producitivitry, but ultrafast broadband plans still a mystery
BT Finally Begins Tests Of IPv6
It's been a long time coming, but IPv6 could soo be on the way as BT begins tests
Business Travellers Spend ‘£855m A Year’ On Roaming And Wi-Fi
iPass claims it can save business travellers money and that new EU roaming regulations won't help
BT: Sky Calls For Openreach Separation Are Distraction From Pay TV Dominance
BT calls for Ofcom's once in a decade market review to include 'non-competitive' pay TV market
Cisco Makes £650m UK Investment Pledge
Funding to create jobs, invest in UK companies and aid education as part of new Cisco investment programme
United Airlines Grounded By ‘Network Fault’
US passengers delayed by 'network connectivity issue' that grounded United Airlines planes
Vodafone: Our 5G Network Will Help Smarten Up The Connected Car
We want to connect every machine in the world, operator's M2M head says
Superfast Cymru To Connect 40,000 More Premises To Superfast Broadband
BT and Airband to extend superfast broadband coverage to 42,000 more properties in the country
Stornoway Is First Outer Hebrides Town To Get BDUK Fibre
Highlands and Islands connects town on Isle of Lewis to BDUK fibre, with the promise of more connections next year
It’s Official – M2M Is Taking Over The Business World
Vodafone study shows that more businesses than ever before are embracing M2M