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26 March 2025
More than 200 Lloyds bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training
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26 March 2025
4 Day Week Foundation launches tech sector pilot
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26 March 2025
Deutsches Forschungsnetz accelerates research with green IP network
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26 March 2025
Virgin Media O2 deploys small cells to improve city mobile connectivity
News Archive
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March 26, 2025
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Mar'25
More than 200 Lloyds bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training
Lloyds banking group is running a six-month training programme with the aim of giving senior leadership AI skills
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March 26, 2025
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Mar'25
4 Day Week Foundation launches tech sector pilot
UK tech firms are being invited to join a pilot programme run by the 4 Day Week Foundation, which aims to help prepare them for implementing shorter working weeks
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March 26, 2025
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Mar'25
Deutsches Forschungsnetz accelerates research with green IP network
IP network upgrade designed to give German national research and education network enhanced access to critical resources and more efficient collaboration with interface speeds up to 800 Gbps, increased capacity and 75% reduced power consumption
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March 26, 2025
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Mar'25
Virgin Media O2 deploys small cells to improve city mobile connectivity
Mobile customers in Plymouth set to benefit from enhanced mobile connectivity as six high-capacity small cells go live across port city in southwest of England
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March 26, 2025
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Mar'25
Military AI caught in tension between speed and control
The use of artificial intelligence in military contexts can unlock a range of benefits for defence organisations, but also highlights a clear tension between speed and control baked into the technology
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March 26, 2025
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Mar'25
Oracle bets big on AI, drives Australian business transformation
At the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Sydney, Oracle executives talked up the company’s strategy to integrate AI across its entire technology stack, empowering Australian businesses to move beyond experimentation and into practical AI-driven solutions
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
Public Accounts Committee calls out legacy IT
Unsupported and out-of-date software and hardware are hindering the government’s artificial intelligence plans for the public sector
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
UK regulator consults on enabling direct satellite to mobile comms
UK to be first country in Europe to move ahead with plans to enable satellite calls to be made from standard smartphones, with people and businesses in hard-to-reach areas set to benefit most
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
Nokia, Numana, Honeywell Aerospace team to advance quantum-safe networks
Collaboration designed to drive innovation and enable a global post-quantum security economy for enterprises using quantum key distribution and advanced cryptographic network technologies to safeguard digital infrastructure
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
Government needs to fix tech staff hiring process, says Whitehall’s AI boss
Giving evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, tech experts highlighted the lack of clarity on data exchange, the need for the new Government Digital Service to execute, and a lack of actual tech experts
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
ETSI launches first post-quantum encryption standard
European telco standards body launches its first post-quantum cryptography cyber standard, covering the security of critical data and communications
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
UK internet trade bodies issue best practice guidance for telecoms poles
Trade associations for providers of internet services in the UK offer guidance outlines that encourage a community-conscious approach to telecoms infrastructure deployment
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
Kroll reviewing Post Office Horizon’s current integrity and discrepancy identification
The Post Office appoints third party to review Horizon following concerns about current version of the system
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise expands IoT connectivity with private 5G
Networking and communications solutions giant Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise inks strategic partnership with private 5G network firm Celona to expand internet of things connectivity in complex enterprise environments and large outdoor areas
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
Scottish police hold almost no data on facial recognition use
It is currently impossible to assess Police Scotland’s use of retrospective facial recognition for efficacy and fairness because the force does not collect meaningful information that would enable a proper evaluation
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
MPs demand government reconsider response to Post Office compensation report
Select committee calls on government to ‘reflect and revise’ response to Post Office scandal compensation scheme
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
Interview: The role of IT innovation at Royal Ballet and Opera
We speak to the Royal Ballet and Opera’s head of IT delivery, Keith Nolan, about how IT lowers costs and helps power stage innovations for world-class performances
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March 25, 2025
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Mar'25
Tech specialist files legal claim after being refused security clearance for MI6 role
An IT specialist has asked the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to investigate a series of hacking incidents after disclosing their social media accounts to MI6 vetting staff
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
5G roaming spend to surpass 4G roaming by 2028
Study warns operators to implement 5G standalone network cores to maximise roaming revenue as competing technologies become more popular with mobile subscribers
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
Storage players ride the Nvidia bus at GTC 2025
As artificial intelligence’s big beast holds its annual shindig, storage firms line up to launch everything from new array products to validations, certifications and vague ideas around data ecosystems
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
CityFibre acquires Connexin’s full-fibre infrastructure
Strategic agreement enables the expansion of nationwide footprint of UK’s leading alternative and independent broadband provider by up to 185,000 premises
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
DE-CIX launches neutral internet exchanges in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
DE-CIX opens two internet exchanges, partnering with datacentre operators Equinix, Elea and Ascenty to boost enterprise connectivity, and connect to 60 locations and over datacentres in 600 cities
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
VMO2 scores with 5G O-RAN to improve sports mobile experience
Details published of major demonstration of UK government-backed and operator-led project to test the potential of open networks to manage high-density mobile traffic and boost user experience at mass events
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
Why I am challenging Yvette Cooper’s ‘secret back door’ order against Apple’s encryption
I took steps to lock down all personal data after I was named as an opponent of Russia. Now I am again worried about my family's safety after the home secretary issued a secret order against Apple
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
The Netherlands bets on brain-inspired computing for a greener future
The Netherlands is building a neuromorphic computing ecosystem, harnessing brain-inspired tech for unprecedented energy efficiency
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
‘Bankenstein’ and a cold calculation means banking crashes will continue
Following a three-day crash at Barclays, UK banks were forced to explain to MPs when, how and why digital services became unavailable over past two years
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
Neos expands BMC TV partnership to support UK live events broadcasting
Media network services provider teams with leading business connectivity provider aiming to deliver high-capacity, low-latency connectivity, addressing increasing live broadcast demands
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
Oracle plants agentic AI flag in business process automation
Oracle promotes its Agentic AI Studio, unveiled at OracleCloud World Tour London, as an avowed business process automation accelerant
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March 24, 2025
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Mar'25
APIs key to unlocking AI agent potential, says MuleSoft
Most Asia-Pacific IT leaders have either implemented or intend to deploy agentic AI in the next two years, but success will hinge on the implementation of APIs that AI agents rely on
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March 23, 2025
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Mar'25
How Jetstar is tapping data analytics
Low-cost carrier Jetstar is using the Snowflake data platform to optimise the number of meals to carry onboard and to generate flight schedules, among other data analytics initiatives to improve its operations
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March 21, 2025
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Mar'25
NCSC, DSIT enlist IBM to spearhead cyber diversity agenda
IBM signs on to a partnership deal in support of the popular NCSC CyberFirst Girls scheme designed to foster gender diversity in the cyber security profession
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March 21, 2025
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Mar'25
UK government to make £45m connectivity investment in schools
UK government says ‘no child left behind’ as it releases plans to narrow the digital divide in education through setting core digital standards for all schools focused on high-speed, reliable and secure connectivity
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March 21, 2025
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Mar'25
Dutch workforce faces radical transformation as AI adoption accelerates
While the Netherlands leads Europe in AI adoption, a deeper analysis of the labour market reveals a more nuanced narrative than the apocalyptic predictions of job losses
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March 21, 2025
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Mar'25
Jaguar Land Rover goes live with large-scale retrofit private 5G manufacturing network
Leading UK auto manufacturer goes live with installation of private 5G network at its Solihull plant in project that is part of UK government-backed 5G Innovation Regions programme
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
Nokia enhances Wi-Fi 7-enabled FWA gateway portfolio
Nokia’s 5G fixed wireless access gateway with Wi-Fi 7 is designed to deliver 5G speeds of up to 4Gbps for faster, more reliable connectivity
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
Oxa taps Nvidia to accelerate industrial mobility automation
Self-driving vehicle software provider announces deepened collaboration with AI processor leader to accelerate plans in IMA sector, through the support of physical AI, generating photoreal virtual world states to enhance its own training tools
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
NCSC proposes three-step plan to move to quantum-safe encryption
The NCSC urges service providers, large organisations and critical sectors to start thinking today about how they will migrate to post-quantum cryptography over the next decade
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
Hyperscale datacentre capacities continue to rise off back of AI boom
Market data from Synergy Research Group confirms that artificial intelligence is fuelling growth of datacentres in both number and capacity terms
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
Government considering redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims
Campaign group brings together the children of subpostmasters to meet Post Office minister to discuss redress for their suffering
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
The datacentre energy deficit: How worried should operators be about power outages?
The UK government’s plans to lower the barriers to new datacentre developments has left industry watchers querying how all these server farms will be powered. But are they worrying about nothing?
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
Ofcom outlines plans to take UK full-fibre roll-out into ‘final phase’
UK communications regulator sets out plans that will help full-fibre gigabit broadband reach almost all UK homes and businesses over the next two years
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
NAS storage: TrueNAS aims to make it big in Europe
Aimed at the SME market, but with NAS systems that go to tens of petabytes, iXsystems brings dual controllers, NVMe and hybrid flash, AI-capable storage, and container support
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
IDC: global edge computing spending to approach $380bn by 2028
Leading analyst predicts robust spending on edge computing services to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 13.8% over next three years, with AI workloads fuelling massive hardware investments, particularly in AI-accelerated processors
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
Snowflake founders reveal ‘cuckoo cloud’ vision that disrupted big data
Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes reveal the journey that led to their data platform, their bet against Hadoop and why they still code on weekends to stay connected to their creation
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March 19, 2025
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Mar'25
Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal
The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence
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March 19, 2025
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Mar'25
EE makes 5G standalone upgrade for more than 28 million people
UK’s leading mobile provider claims major milestone in its mission to deliver standalone mobile connectivity across the UK for smoother video calls, better video streaming and improved browsing experiences
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March 19, 2025
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Mar'25
Interview: Cynthia Stoddard, CIO, Adobe
After nearly 10 years in post, Adobe’s CIO is still driving digital transformation and looking to deliver lasting change through technology
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March 19, 2025
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Mar'25
Clop resurgence drives ransomware attacks in February
The exploitation of two new vulnerabilities in a popular file transfer service saw the Clop ransomware gang soar in February, according to NCC
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March 19, 2025
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Mar'25
Nokia unveils 25G PON fibre modems
In first of a series of launches of optical technologies, Nokia aims to make large-scale multi-gig and 10G+ modems viable and affordable
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March 19, 2025
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Mar'25
Zoom debuts new agentic AI skills and agents for Zoom AI Companion
AI-first work platform provider expands agentic skills across the entire portfolio using reasoning and memory to take action and orchestrate task execution, conversational self-service and custom agent creation