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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
EE Still UK’s Top Network As O2 And Vodafone ‘Struggle’ Outside Cities
New tests from RootMetrics show Three, O2 and Vodafone are closing the gap on EE, but the latter two are much better in cities than elsewhere
Ofcom Wants To Make It Easier To Switch Mobile Network
Ofcom proposes new regulations which would require your new mobile operator to deal with your old one when you want to leave
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
Sky To Create 400 Jobs At Leeds Tech Hub
Broadcaster 'steps up' commitment to the north with new tech centre end software education academy to create products for Sky services
‘Urgent’ Investigation After EE Power Bar Explodes, Causes Severe Burns
EE says it will investigate 'isolated incident' after Power Bar explodes and catches fire in the night, causing severe burns to medical student
Public Sector Lags Behind Business In Device And App Use
O2 and YouGov report suggest businesses are saving significantly more because of technology than public sector
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
Vodafone Reaches 4.7m UK 4G Users
European recovery continues as total Vodafone revenue nears £10 billion
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
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
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
EE: Government’s 4G Signal-Blocking Trees Must Not Be Repeated
EE says trees it was obligated to plant to obscure masts are now affecting signal and wants future legislation to avoid such mistakes ahead of 5G
Ofcom Happy With Mobile Competition… For Now
Ofcom says four operator model is sustainable but is looking at how mergers and convergence will change market
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