Networks

Sky Sports Seeks To Grow Pub Business With Free Wi-Fi Goal Clips

Viewing figures are down and the cost of showing football in pubs is rising. Sky wants to make the pub…

8 years ago

Government’s Free Train Wi-Fi Project Has ‘No Mandatory Cybersecurity Guidelines’

FoI request shows train operators that apply for £50m free wi-fi fund will be left to their own devices when…

8 years ago

O2 Reaches 10m 4G Users But Brexit Hampers IPO Plans

O2 is still looking at floating on the stock exchange but won't commit to a timeline post-Brexit vote

8 years ago

Cisco Creates System To Clamp Down On Video Piracy

Bootleggers beware, as Cisco touts system to take down growing threat of pirated video content

8 years ago

Vodafone Is Fined £4.6m For Billing And Complaints Failures

Vodafone blames "complex" billing system migration for the biggest fine ever issued by Ofcom for "serious and sustained" breaches of…

8 years ago

TalkTalk To Bring 1Gbps Broadband To Most Of York In FTTP Expansion

TalkTalk buys Sky's equity in York FTTP broadband joint-venture and announces expansion to another 40,000 homes and businesses

8 years ago

Researchers Demonstrate How LTE Communications Can Be Hacked

Attackers using low-cost equipment could force handsets to use malicious networks, researchers find

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

TfL Rejects Virgin Media Claims That Crossrail Won’t Have Wi-Fi & 4G

Virgin Media CEO says Crossrail won't have in-tunnel Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity. TfL says Elizabeth Line will.

8 years ago

Massive MIMO Test Paves Way For Better Mobile Coverage In Crowded Areas

Vodafone and Huawei test Massive MIMO on commercial 2.6GHz network in Newbury

8 years ago

Massive Cyber-Attack Shows Risk Of Poor Security On Network Nodes

ANALYSIS: While the details regarding the sources and methods of the Oct. 21 DDoS attack that took down vast areas…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Skype And How It Changed Worldwide Communications

It was not the first VoIP package on the market, but global uptake of Skype changed how the world communicated

8 years ago

Sky Mobile Opens Up Pre-Registration On 31 October

Sky customers can register their interest for upcoming Sky Mobile MVNO on Haloween

8 years ago

Vodafone Powers IoT Network With 2017 Nb-IoT Rollout And Satellite Roaming

Vodafone will rollout Nb-IoT and satellite coverage to improve the power efficiency and reach of its global IoT network

8 years ago

BT Trials ‘Futureproof’ 40Gbps FTTP Ultrafast Broadband

BT hopes 40Gbps FTTP trials will show it is investing in future networks and can meet demand for ultrafast broadband

8 years ago

Qualcomm Launches First 5G Modem Chipset

5G is still on the drawing board, but Qualcomm is already supporting it with modem hardware

8 years ago

Emergency Services 4G Network Delayed By Five Months

The Home Office said it has 'reviewed' the network's ambitious timeline in order to ensure the plan is achievable

8 years ago

United Flights Disrupted By Computer Breakdown

The incident disabled United's online systems and led to long delays around the world

8 years ago

BT And Toshiba Showcase UK’s First Secure Quantum Communications

Quantum cryptography is being deployed to make intercepting communications on fibre networks all but impossible

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

Nokia Achieves Record 65Tbps Transmission On Undersea Cables

Nokia says its technology could improve the capacity of submarine telecommunications networks around the world

8 years ago

‘Foreign Intelligence Service’ Hacked Aussie Weather Computer

Official report blames 'foreign intelligence service' for hack on Aussie weather supercomputer

8 years ago

Virgin Media To Connect 360,000 Properties in Scotland To Its Cable Network

Virgin Media continues network expansion and will connect one third of Scottish premises targeted by end of 2017

8 years ago

CityFibre Brings 1Gbps FTTP Broadband To Sheffield & South Yorkshire

Businesses in Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster are the latest to benefit from CityFibre's 1Gbps broadband upgrades

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

EU Pushes IoT Security Regulations

The move comes amidst rapidly increasing exploitation of connected devices by criminals

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Classic BT Red Telephone Box Celebrates 80th Birthday

The red K6 telephone box is forever a symbol of Britain and this week it celebrates its 80th birthday

8 years ago

BT Revamps Randstad Networks And IT Infrastructure In £88m Deal

BT to deploy VPN, VoIP and standardise office networks across 37 countries for Randstad

8 years ago