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Government network services tender deadline slips again

Crown Commercial Service pushes back deadline for tender submissions to Network Services framework to give suppliers more time to prepareNews | 30 Jan 2015

Only 45% of IT pros get value from UK cyber security initiatives

Despite the positive effect of UK government cyber security initiatives, more work needs to be done to get real value out of themCyber security | 30 Jan 2015

Companies House proves £9m data governance value of just one letter

A tiny data governance error destroyed Taylor & Sons after Companies House recorded the insolvency of its near namesake Taylor & SonAnalysis | 29 Jan 2015

Post Office faces grilling by MPs over Horizon accounting system

The Post Office faces a grilling by MPs over its mediation scheme for subpostmasters penalised by its Horizon accounting systemNews | 28 Jan 2015

Universal Credit costs will not be revealed until after general election

The government will not reveal the full cost of its troubled Universal Credit system until after the general election in May 2015Government IT | 27 Jan 2015

HMRC’s move away from Aspire unachievable by deadline, say MPs

MPs claim Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs will be unable to move away from Aspire outsourcing contract by 2017 deadlineGovernment IT | 27 Jan 2015

QinetiQ hosts latest Cyber Security Challenge competition

UK defence firm QinetiQ challenged amateur cyber defenders in a realistic global online terrorist attack simulationCyber security | 26 Jan 2015

Local councils losing billions due to poor use of technology and data

Technology could help local authorities to avoid losing more than £1.3bn a year in tax fraud, claims reportGovernment IT | 26 Jan 2015

Future of parliament report calls for digital engagement and online voting

A report outlines how parliament should embrace digital technology to be more transparent, inclusive and better able to engage the publicGovernment IT | 26 Jan 2015

How can we build a flexible single digital market in the EU?

EU should address mobility and data security as well as innovation through fair competition to expand digital growth, says UK reportAnalysis | 23 Jan 2015

Allied Irish Bank outsources to Wipro

Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has signed a five year IT outsourcing agreement with Wipro as it attempts to transform into a digital bank.News | 30 Jan 2015

Lack of banking app functionality deters users more than security fears

More people are choosing not to use banking apps because of a lack of functionality than those deciding not to because of security fears, according to a surveyNews | 29 Jan 2015

Bank of Ireland outsources 130 jobs to Banktec

Bank of Ireland has outsourced cheque clearing services that will see 130 staff transferred to supplier BankTec.News | 29 Jan 2015

Apple Pay success shows role for technology firms in finance

2015 will be the year of Apple Pay, according to the firm's CEO. But will it encourage other tech firms with eyes on the financial services sector?News | 28 Jan 2015

Halifax launches online banking for children

Halifax has launched an online banking service aimed at helping 11 to 15-year-olds better manage their moneyBanking IT | 27 Jan 2015

UK senior citizens boost online banking popularity

Britain’s senior citizens are contributing to online banking’s popularity with about 2.3 million people aged 70 to 100 banking onlineBanking IT | 27 Jan 2015

Banks must prepare for state-sponsored cyber crime, says Bank of England

In a survey of 36 UK financial firms, the Bank of England says it found no immediate gaps in defence, but warns against complacencyBanking IT | 26 Jan 2015

Mobile banking will help the poor transform their lives, says Gates Foundation

Mobile banking can help the poor change their lives and two billion people who don’t have bank accounts store money by phone by 2030Mobile banking | 23 Jan 2015

Bank account switching in 2014 more than 2013 but less than 2012

Fewer people changed their current account provider in 2014 than before the seven-day switching service was availableNews | 23 Jan 2015

Online banking the most used digital service in the UK

Online banking is the most used digital service in the UK, according to 67% of peopleDigital services | 22 Jan 2015

Amazon to put cloud on the balance sheet

Amazon will report on AWS in its financials from Q1 2015, as it continues to invest heavily in the cloud serviceNews | 30 Jan 2015

Full steam ahead for P&O Ferries e-commerce website

P&O Ferries has seen a 20% increase in users of its new e-commerce website, which it launched in December 2014e-commerce | 30 Jan 2015

Argos to open digital stores in Sainsbury’s supermarkets

Argos has teamed up with Sainsbury’s with plans to open digital stores within 10 existing supermarkets.News | 29 Jan 2015

CIO interview: Phil Pavitt, global CIO, Specsavers

Phil Pavitt, the new global CIO of Specsavers, has fixed his sights on helping the high-street optician take a great IT leap forwardinterview | 27 Jan 2015

Harrods invests in digital to entice customers

Harrods is investing in digital screen and publishing technologies to engage with its customersCase study | 27 Jan 2015

River Island takes part in retail tech startup accelerator

River Island is the latest company to get involved with a technology startup acceleratorRetail IT | 27 Jan 2015

Critical infrastructure executives complacent about IoT security, study shows

A survey reveals there is little concern about the security of energy firms' devices on the internet of things (IoT) despite the risksIT security | 26 Jan 2015

Developing software for smartwatches - how Hailo approached the problem

One of the developers for black cab booking app Hailo talks about the challenges of developing for wearables such as smartwatchesCase Study | 22 Jan 2015

Ebay cuts 7% of global workforce in restructuring plan

E-commerce giant eBay has announced a restructuring plan that includes cutting 2,400 jobs and a sale or IPO of its enterprise unite-commerce | 22 Jan 2015

Cancer Research UK trials contactless donations

Cancer Research UK installs four smart charity shop windows to enable contactless donationsNews | 21 Jan 2015

A lot of nonsense touted about IoT, says analyst

There is a lot of nonsense being touted about the internet of things, says Ovum analystInternet of things | 27 Jan 2015

AstraZeneca consolidates on-site IT to sole service provider Computacenter

AstraZeneca has outsourced its on-site IT services to Computacenter in a three-year agreementIT outsourcing | 27 Jan 2015

Supplier relationship management lessons from the car industry

IT can learn a lot from the car industry, which has transformed supplier relationship managementAnalysis | 15 Jan 2015

CES 2015: Connected cars

CES 2015: Car companies showcase automotive digitisation

Autonomous automotive technology has stolen the limelight from the usual fodder of gadgets at CES in Las VegasAnalysis | 08 Jan 2015

GIW Industries uses Pernixdata to avoid SAN upgrade

GIW Industries has used PernixData to improve the performance of XenDesktop desktop virtualisationNews | 07 Jan 2015

Defra: Broadband opens countryside up to cultivate startups

Defra has said economic productivity could grow faster in the countryside than in urban areas over the next decade because of faster broadbandNews | 30 Dec 2014

Two resolutions every IT leader should make in 2015

Rather than waiting for somebody to take over IT, why not aim to do something different that gets you noticedFeature

Top 10 CIO interviews of 2014

The top technology chiefs in the UK shared their opinions and experiences of modern IT leadership2014 review | 22 Dec 2014

Government chief scientific adviser: 'Don’t trivialise the internet of things'

Government chief scientific adviser publishes report on the internet of things, making several policy recommendationsNews | 19 Dec 2014

Only 45% of IT pros get value from UK cyber security initiatives

Despite the positive effect of UK government cyber security initiatives, more work needs to be done to get real value out of themCyber security | 30 Jan 2015

BDUK accused of not being “vigilant” in upholding broadband targets

MPs accused BDUK of not being vigilant enough to deliver its own current superfast broadband coverage targetsNews | 29 Jan 2015

Ofcom publishes plan to support UK internet of things

With 40 million devices already connected, telecoms regulator Ofcom has published plans to put the UK at the forefront of technological evolutionNews | 28 Jan 2015

Data Protection Day: Five steps to securing data

Data management firm Iron Mountain has compiled five steps to securing data to mark Data Protection DayData protection | 28 Jan 2015

Most EU businesses unclear on latest cyber security laws

Most EU businesses feel guidelines to achieve compliance with new European Union cyber security legislation are unclearcyber security | 27 Jan 2015

QinetiQ hosts latest Cyber Security Challenge competition

UK defence firm QinetiQ challenged amateur cyber defenders in a realistic global online terrorist attack simulationCyber security | 26 Jan 2015

How can we build a flexible single digital market in the EU?

EU should address mobility and data security as well as innovation through fair competition to expand digital growth, says UK reportAnalysis | 23 Jan 2015

Property business enhances efficiency with Vodafone mobile… in 1985

Property boom spurs a small business to enhance its workforce productivity with a mobile communications deployment – 30 years agoCase Study | 23 Jan 2015

Kim Dotcom launches encrypted MegaChat service

Kim Dotcom has launched a free voice and video chat service called MegaChat, promoted as encrypted end-to-end and a rival to SkypeChat | 23 Jan 2015

Adobe Flash Player zero-day highlights threat of exploit kits

Exploits of latest Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerability highlight threat to the enterprise of web-based exploit kits such as AnglerMalware | 22 Jan 2015

A lot of nonsense touted about IoT, says analyst

There is a lot of nonsense being touted about the internet of things, says Ovum analystInternet of things | 27 Jan 2015

Critical infrastructure executives complacent about IoT security, study shows

A survey reveals there is little concern about the security of energy firms' devices on the internet of things (IoT) despite the risksIT security | 26 Jan 2015

Cameron and Obama plan war games to test cyber resilience

The UK and US have agreed to a series of simulated cyber attacks to test each other’s resilienceCyber security | 16 Jan 2015

Government chief scientific adviser: 'Don’t trivialise the internet of things'

Government chief scientific adviser publishes report on the internet of things, making several policy recommendationsNews | 19 Dec 2014

Lloyd’s Register Foundation grants £10m to Alan Turing Institute

The Lloyd’s Register Foundation has announced £10m in funding over five years to support research by the Alan Turing InstituteNews | 15 Dec 2014

DECC publishes annual report on delayed smart meter scheme

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published its annual report on the roll-out of smart electricity and gas metersIT hardware | 11 Dec 2014

Technology’s growing role in keeping Europe safe

Technology is playing a growing role in keeping Europe safe, but faces the challenge of ensuring it has the right legal frameworks in placeCyber security

Inside the Digital Catapult, six startups at the forefront of data innovation

The recently opened Digital Catapult in London’s Kings Cross is home to ambitious technology startups innovating around big dataStartup incubators

Report warns of Iranian critical infrastructure compromises

Iranian hackers have compromised critical infrastructure and other networks containing confidential data in 16 countries, a research report warnscyber crime | 03 Dec 2014

Smart Energy GB harnesses cloud through outsourced IT

Smart Energy GB created a hybrid cloud-based IT infrastructure and outsourced IT to support its campaignNews | 01 Dec 2014

Property business enhances efficiency with Vodafone mobile… in 1985

Property boom spurs a small business to enhance its workforce productivity with a mobile communications deployment – 30 years agoCase Study | 23 Jan 2015

TCS and Capgemini prove there's still life in the offshore IT model

The offshore IT delivery model is far from dead, despite moves to non-linear business models among IT services providersIT outsourcing | 21 Jan 2015

Police back-office outsourcing criticised by union

The leader of the union representing police back-office workers has criticised a Met Police plan to outsource back-office functionsIT Outsourcing | 20 Jan 2015

Blackburn with Darwen Council renegotiates Capita outsourcing deal

Blackburn with Darwen Council is renegotiating its £200m 15-year outsourcing deal with Capita as it tries to save millions of pounds in its budgetLocal government | 16 Jan 2015

Services provider Tech Mahindra adds banking IT expertise to its portfolio

Indian IT services supplier Tech Mahindra adds consultancy skills and gains finance customers after buying banking services firm SofgenIT services | 12 Jan 2015

National roaming SIM to hit the market in weeks

MVNO 24 Seven trials national roaming SIM in bid to pick up rural business customersMobile networks | 12 Jan 2015

Accenture and BT to battle for NHS email contract

The NHS has shortlisted two suppliers for its email system, with BT and Accenture still in the mixNews | 19 Dec 2014

Accenture to hire 1,600 people in the UK

IT services giant Accenture is recruiting 1,600 people in the UK next year in a wide range of roles spread across the countryNews | 17 Dec 2014

China targets offshore IT service industry for growth

The government in China is attempting to develop an IT services industry through tax cuts, financial support and reducing bureaucracyIT services | 28 Nov 2014

Mature Indian offshore IT services firms take larger chunk of market as US giants collapse

Indian IT services firms increased their share of UK private sector IT and BPO contracts from 4% to 25% in a five-year periodIT services | 24 Nov 2014

Cancer Research UK trials contactless donations

Cancer Research UK installs four smart charity shop windows to enable contactless donationsNews | 21 Jan 2015

CIO interview: Omid Shiraji, CIO at Working Links

Just a year into his first IT leadership role and Working Links CIO Omid Shiraji is already busy with a digital transformation programmeinterview | 21 Jan 2015

CIO interview: Sarah Flannigan leads change at the National Trust

National Trust CIO’s IT strategy is a £40m transformation that represents the biggest change project in the charity's historyinterview | 20 Jan 2015

Inside the Digital Catapult, six startups at the forefront of data innovation

The recently opened Digital Catapult in London’s Kings Cross is home to ambitious technology startups innovating around big dataStartup incubators

UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly has announced the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK ITUKtech50 | 03 Dec 2014

Byte Night 2014 – success brings no rest

This year’s Byte Night, the IT industry’s charity sleep-out, was the 17th annual fundraiser for Action for Children - and donations are already over £1mOpinion

National Trust for Scotland overcomes legacy network challenge

The National Trust for Scotland has replaced a historical network infrastructure with a core service from BrocadeNetworking | 25 Nov 2014

Case study: JustGiving develops Facebook-like graph on HDInsight

Online fundraising site JustGiving has created a Facebook-like media graph database to understand how people donateCase Study | 19 Nov 2014

Digital Scotland passes 150,000 premises with superfast broadband

Scottish government celebrates milestone in £410m Digital Scotland superfast broadband roll-outSuperfast broadband | 10 Nov 2014

2014 one of strongest years for UK IT outsourcing

The amount spent on outsourcing contracts this year in Europe is expected to be one of the highest figures everNews | 31 Oct 2014

Government network services tender deadline slips again

Crown Commercial Service pushes back deadline for tender submissions to Network Services framework to give suppliers more time to prepareNews | 30 Jan 2015

BT pledges ultrafast 500Mbps connections for all

BT announces pilots of G.fast technology and promises universal ultrafast broadband within a decadeBroadband | 30 Jan 2015

Facebook's fourth-quarter profit soars on mobile advertising

Facebook has reported fourth-quarter revenue of $3.8bn and net income of $701m, up 49% and 34% respectively compared with the same period a year agoFinancial results | 29 Jan 2015

Samsung fourth quarter hit by smartphone competition

Samsung Electronics reported its first annual earnings decline in three years in the face of increased competition in the smartphone marketNews | 29 Jan 2015

Ofcom publishes plan to support UK internet of things

With 40 million devices already connected, telecoms regulator Ofcom has published plans to put the UK at the forefront of technological evolutionNews | 28 Jan 2015

A lot of nonsense touted about IoT, says analyst

There is a lot of nonsense being touted about the internet of things, says Ovum analystInternet of things | 27 Jan 2015

Kim Dotcom launches encrypted MegaChat service

Kim Dotcom has launched a free voice and video chat service called MegaChat, promoted as encrypted end-to-end and a rival to SkypeChat | 23 Jan 2015

Virgin Media Business sends superfast cavalry into Tech City

Virgin Media Business invests in managed fibre for shared occupancy offices in Tech CityBroadband | 22 Jan 2015

Public sector may get encrypted connections over PSN in defiance of PM

Civil servants risk clash with Number 10 following remarks made by PSN chief technology officer James DuncanPublic sector IT | 16 Jan 2015

Cameron and Obama plan war games to test cyber resilience

The UK and US have agreed to a series of simulated cyber attacks to test each other’s resilienceCyber security | 16 Jan 2015

Lizard Squad hijacks Malaysia Airlines website

Hacktivist group Lizard Squad has hijacked the official website of Malaysia AirlinesCyber security | 26 Jan 2015

Property business enhances efficiency with Vodafone mobile… in 1985

Property boom spurs a small business to enhance its workforce productivity with a mobile communications deployment – 30 years agoCase Study | 23 Jan 2015

Case study: Park Resorts engages customers through responsive website

Holiday resort management firm Park Resorts' recently launched responsive website delivers new features and improves the user experienceCase Study | 23 Jan 2015

Developing software for smartwatches - how Hailo approached the problem

One of the developers for black cab booking app Hailo talks about the challenges of developing for wearables such as smartwatchesCase Study | 22 Jan 2015

Case study: Antwerp port boosts profits with activity-based management software

How the Antwerp Port Authority has improved its business processes with SAS softwarecase study | 22 Jan 2015

Virgin Atlantic Airways outsources digital transformation to Tata Consultancy Services

Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) outsources IT to Indian services giant Tata Consultancy Services as the airline creates digital services for customersIT outsourcing | 20 Jan 2015

Dartmoor National Park brings public wireless to remote sites

Dartmoor National Park Authority deploys Cloud in a Box to offer visitors Wi-Fi at its facilitiesNetworking | 20 Jan 2015

Supplier relationship management lessons from the car industry

IT can learn a lot from the car industry, which has transformed supplier relationship managementAnalysis | 15 Jan 2015

Case study: Scandinavian Airlines hands pilots worldwide Wi-Fi pass

SAS has implemented iPass Wi-Fi across its iPad estate, giving pilots and crew access to 15 million hotspots around the worldCase Study | 13 Jan 2015

CES 2015: Connected cars

Full steam ahead for P&O Ferries e-commerce website

P&O Ferries has seen a 20% increase in users of its new e-commerce website, which it launched in December 2014e-commerce | 30 Jan 2015

Minecraft developer Mojang not hacked, says Microsoft

Minecraft users were targeted directly to enable an online leak of personal details, not developer Mojang, says MicrosoftData security | 22 Jan 2015

Dartmoor National Park brings public wireless to remote sites

Dartmoor National Park Authority deploys Cloud in a Box to offer visitors Wi-Fi at its facilitiesNetworking | 20 Jan 2015

Case study: Scandinavian Airlines hands pilots worldwide Wi-Fi pass

SAS has implemented iPass Wi-Fi across its iPad estate, giving pilots and crew access to 15 million hotspots around the worldCase Study | 13 Jan 2015

CIO interview: Mercedes AMG Petronas IT director on the need for speed in IT

When Matt Harris became IT director for F1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas in 2009, IT costs needed to be slashed

Internet of things requires customer services rethink, says Gartner

The growth of the internet of things will see devices begin to initiate customer service requests on behalf of humans, says GartnerNews | 07 Jan 2015

Government chief scientific adviser: 'Don’t trivialise the internet of things'

Government chief scientific adviser publishes report on the internet of things, making several policy recommendationsNews | 19 Dec 2014

CIO interview: Mercedes AMG Petronas IT director on the need for speed in IT

When Matt Harris became IT director for F1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas in 2009, IT costs needed to be slashedInterview | 18 Dec 2014

MobileFirst iOS apps released for airlines, retail and financial services

Apple and IBM have delivered the first fruits of their partnership announced in July 2014News | 11 Dec 2014

Inside the Digital Catapult, six startups at the forefront of data innovation

The recently opened Digital Catapult in London’s Kings Cross is home to ambitious technology startups innovating around big dataStartup incubators

Facebook's fourth-quarter profit soars on mobile advertising

Facebook has reported fourth-quarter revenue of $3.8bn and net income of $701m, up 49% and 34% respectively compared with the same period a year agoFinancial results | 29 Jan 2015

Sky to reorganise news desk for digital age

Sky News is planning to reorganise its digital and television news operations to address the changing digital worldNews | 28 Jan 2015

Minecraft developer Mojang not hacked, says Microsoft

Minecraft users were targeted directly to enable an online leak of personal details, not developer Mojang, says MicrosoftData security | 22 Jan 2015

US blamed North Korea for Sony attack based on data from 2010 US hack

President Barack Obama accused North Korea of attacking Sony Pictures based on intelligence gathered in a US hack of the country’s networks in 2010IT security | 20 Jan 2015

Sony Pictures admits it was unprepared for November’s cyber attack

Sony Pictures admits it was not prepared for the nature and extent of the cyber attack that hit the company last NovemberCyber security | 12 Jan 2015

TalkTalk buys Tesco’s broadband and Blinkbox movies service

TalkTalk has acquired Tesco’s broadband customer base and loss-making Blinkbox video-on-demand service for around £5mNews | 08 Jan 2015

FBI reiterates claims North Korea is behind Sony cyber attack

The FBI says it is confident North Korea is behind the recent cyber attack on Sony Entertainment PicturesCyber security | 08 Jan 2015

Internet of things requires customer services rethink, says Gartner

The growth of the internet of things will see devices begin to initiate customer service requests on behalf of humans, says GartnerNews | 07 Jan 2015

North Korea slams 'hostile' US sanctions over Sony cyber attack

North Korea has denounced fresh US sanctions in response to the November cyber attack on Sony as “hostile” and “repressive”News | 05 Jan 2015

2015 New Year Honours list lauds digital transformation programmes

The 2015 New Year Honours list features a slew of accolades for people involved in digital transformation programmesNews | 02 Jan 2015

Government network services tender deadline slips again

Crown Commercial Service pushes back deadline for tender submissions to Network Services framework to give suppliers more time to prepareNews | 30 Jan 2015

Google sees 2014 revenues hit $66bn

Google has seen its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 increase by 15% year-on-year.News | 30 Jan 2015

Allied Irish Bank outsources to Wipro

Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has signed a five year IT outsourcing agreement with Wipro as it attempts to transform into a digital bank.News | 30 Jan 2015

Amazon to put cloud on the balance sheet

Amazon will report on AWS in its financials from Q1 2015, as it continues to invest heavily in the cloud serviceNews | 30 Jan 2015

IT sector outdoing rest of economy despite rise in IT supplier insolvencies

Insolvencies among information and communication suppliers increase by a fifth as the economy continues to pull out of recessionNews | 30 Jan 2015

Full steam ahead for P&O Ferries e-commerce website

P&O Ferries has seen a 20% increase in users of its new e-commerce website, which it launched in December 2014e-commerce | 30 Jan 2015

CIOs admit they are concerned about Saas management

The majority of organisations are running applications in the cloud, but IT managers are concerned they are losing control of the Saas budgetNews | 29 Jan 2015

Samsung fourth quarter hit by smartphone competition

Samsung Electronics reported its first annual earnings decline in three years in the face of increased competition in the smartphone marketNews | 29 Jan 2015

Bank of Ireland outsources 130 jobs to Banktec

Bank of Ireland has outsourced cheque clearing services that will see 130 staff transferred to supplier BankTec.News | 29 Jan 2015

Apple Pay success shows role for technology firms in finance

2015 will be the year of Apple Pay, according to the firm's CEO. But will it encourage other tech firms with eyes on the financial services sector?News | 28 Jan 2015

What are the options for electronic patient records in the NHS after NPfIT?

Many hospitals lack comprehensive electronic patient record (EPR) systems. What are the options now, in the wake of the NPfIT disaster?Analysis

Local councils losing billions due to poor use of technology and data

Technology could help local authorities to avoid losing more than £1.3bn a year in tax fraud, claims reportGovernment IT | 26 Jan 2015

NHS to bring two IT systems in-house away from BT

Two NHS IT systems will be moved from BT to be managed in-house by the Health and Social Care Information Centre from February 2015NHS IT | 19 Jan 2015

Public sector may get encrypted connections over PSN in defiance of PM

Civil servants risk clash with Number 10 following remarks made by PSN chief technology officer James DuncanPublic sector IT | 16 Jan 2015

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust moves off BT with picture archive system

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has begun redeploying its picture archiving system on a new architecture as it migrates off BTArchiving | 15 Jan 2015

Gateshead NHS migrates over one million radiology images

Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust moves images and scans to a central archive which can be viewed from any department in the hospitalHealthcare IT | 15 Jan 2015

Home Office cans Lot 4 of Emergency Services Network

The Home Office concedes the fourth contract for the Emergency Services Network is to be scrappedNews | 14 Jan 2015

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust embarks on clinical portal project

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust selects HP Enterprise Services to supply a clinical portal from Orion Health, with single sign-on from ImprivataHealthcare IT | 14 Jan 2015

N3 network outage knocks NHS users off internet

An internet gateway fault causes problems for users of the NHS N3 networkHealthcare IT | 13 Jan 2015

National roaming SIM to hit the market in weeks

MVNO 24 Seven trials national roaming SIM in bid to pick up rural business customersMobile networks | 12 Jan 2015