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US Overturns Net Neutrality Rules
Long-anticipated reversal of Net Neutrality legislation will be hugely unpopular
Next Gen BT Phone Boxes Bring 1Gbps Wi-Fi & Free Calls To Leeds
BT Links will deliver a range of free services and power future smart city services
Leading Internet Figures Demand Cancellation Of ‘Net Neutrality’ Vote
Vint Cerf, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Steve Wozniak are amongst those calling for this week's vote to be called off amidst a 'lack of transparency'
HERE East Offers Own Fibre Network For Tenants
Olympic park tech hub Here East wants to protect tenants from London's 'infrastructure' challenges
UK’s Slowest Broadband Street Has Speeds Of Just 0.68Mbps
Slowest broadband street is 53 times slower than the UK average and 260 times slower than the fastest road in the country.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Promises Better Battery, AI & Speed For 2018 Smartphones
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 will power the majority of next year's high end smartphones
Tales In Tech History: BT And the Creation Of BT Openreach
The debate on Openreach's future has been raging for the past few years, so we thought it was time to look back at its origins
Tech Quiz: HP, HP Inc & HPE
What do you know about HP - the firm from the Silicon Valley garage that became HP Inc and HPE?
EE Hawk Smartphone Promises Up To 300Mbps 4G
EE releases another own-brand device to tempt users onto its 4G network
Openreach Drone Connects Remote Village To 1Gbps Broadband
Welsh village considered too difficult to connect gets 1Gbps broadband
New £29m BT Belfast R&D Centre To Research AI, 5G And IoT
BT and Ulster University will work together on future tech research in Northern Ireland
TfL Plans Tube 4G Mobile Coverage From 2019
Transport for London hold successful trial of tube 4G mobile coverage on the Waterloo & City line
BT, Nokia & University Of Bristol To Set Up 5G Testbed In City
Bristol 5G testbed will explore how next generation networks can be built and behave in urban areas
Online Giants, Small Businesses Criticise US Net Neutrality Repeal
The planned removal of a 2015 US law could mean more charges for large businesses and start-ups, not to mention price confusion for consumers
IT LIFE: James Kretchmar, Akamai EMEA CTO
Akamai CTO talks us through IPv6, the Apollo Lunar Module and why he would study foreign languages if he wasn't in tech
Broadband Advertising Rule Change Aims To Stop Bogus Speed Claims
Regulator rule change on broadband speed claims in effort to stop consumers being misled by ISP speed claims
Budget 2017: Government Targets AI, 5G & Driverless Car Leadership
Chancellor Philip Hammond wants UK to be at the forefront of future tech, but is his budget enough?
HPE CEO Meg Whitman To Step Down In 2018
Meg Whitman will be replaced after six years by current HPE President Antonio Neri
UK ‘Not Bad’ At 63rd In World’s Cheapest Broadband League Tables
Meanwhile, Burkina Faso tops the list of the most expensive offerings at nearly $1,000 a month - giving users access to the world's third-slowest speeds
Interpol & Cisco To Combat Cyber Crime At Singapore Nerve Centre
Cisco is to contribute its world-spanning cyber-threat analysis to help battle increasingly sophisticated internet threats
TV White Space Tech Brings Wireless Superfast Broadband To Loch Ness
TV White Spaces will deliver superfast broadband to areas not covered by fibre to the cabinet using Nominet's spectrum database
BT & Huawei Establish Research Group At University Of Cambridge
Academic and industrial researchers will investigate network technologies that can improve services and benefit society as part of £25m project
Tales In Tech History: Vonage, The VoIP Pioneer
Vonage beat Skype to market but struggled to match the global reach enjoyed by its VoIP rival
BT Invests £20m To Bring FTTP Broadband To A Quarter Of Northern Ireland
BT to bring ultrafast broadband to another 140,000 homes and businesses as FTTP plans accelerate
Behind The Scenes At BT Sport: How Tech & Social Media Are Changing Live Football
IN-DEPTH: Silicon sees how social media and technology is changing how sport is broadcast and helping BT Sport differentiate itself
EE & Huawei Achieve 2.8Gbps In UK’s First End-To-End 5G Test
EE claims to have taken a major step forward in being the first UK operator to launch 5G in lab tests with Huawei
Fixed, IoT & Enterprise Give Vodafone Hope For Strong Year
Vodafone posts strong results and increases outlook for the year as fixed broadband and enterprise services give cause for optimism
Vodafone & CityFibre To Bring FTTP Broadband To 5m UK Premises
Vodafone and CityFibre press ahead with FTTP plans in move that could shakeup UK broadband market
Vodafone Targets Consumers With IoT Services & Devices
Vodafone wants to bring enterprise IoT expertise to consumers with 'V by Vodafone'