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Telecoms networks and broadband communications

• December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17

  Highways England plans for 5G, smart vehicles, drones

  Highways England report sets out its aspirations for the next few years, and explores how digital technology will be used to keep people on the move

• December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17

  London mayor Sadiq Khan to invest in digital skills and infrastructure across the capital

  Draft economic development strategy promises to help Londoners access tech jobs, increasing digital skills, funding for small tech companies, and growing digital infrastructure

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  Forging a new identity: IT underpins Openreach’s independence

  Openreach chief technology and information officer Mark Lam discusses how IT is helping to forge a new and distinct identity for the network infrastructure business as it leaves the wider BT Group

• December 07, 2017 07 Dec'17

  EU telecoms ministers set out 5G mobile network roadmap

  Telecommunications ministers from across Europe have agreed on a joint roadmap that will govern the deployment of 5G mobile networks across the EU

• December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17

  Giving machines a voice: what’s next for unified communications?

  As Mitel closes its acquisition of ShoreTel, creating a new unified communications and collaboration powerhouse, CEO Rich McBee reveals what’s coming next in the sector

• December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17

  Australia-Singapore submarine cable connection cut again

  The damage to the SEA-ME-WE3 cable took place more than 1,000 km from Singapore, affecting Australian internet users who can expect increased latency to Asian destinations

• December 01, 2017 01 Dec'17

  EE in drive to improve ‘time on 4G’ for mobile users

  Mobile operator EE launches another phase of its long-running Clear on Coverage campaign, with a pledge to increase network coverage using data to show how long its customers spend on 4G

• December 01, 2017 01 Dec'17

  Openreach has incentive to stifle broadband competition, says Ofcom

  Ofcom is proposing tighter regulation on the wholesale prices Openreach charges service providers, to avoid stifling competition

• November 30, 2017 30 Nov'17

  Digital infrastructure critical to future development of London

  Mayor Sadiq Khan’s new London Plan will treat access to digital infrastructure as critical to the city’s development over the next 20 to 25 years

• November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17

  Mobile operators face profitability squeeze in 2018

  Mobile operators will struggle to balance the twin challenges of rapidly declining revenues and rapidly growing demand for mobile investment, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit

• November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17

  DCMS to spearhead review of UK telecoms sector

  The government is to embark on a landmark review of the UK’s telecoms markets to investigate how it can better support investment in future connectivity

• November 28, 2017 28 Nov'17

  CCS invites more SMEs to bid for NHS networking contracts

  NHS Digital’s HSCN Dynamic Purchasing System framework has gone live, and the government is keen to get smaller services providers signed up

• November 28, 2017 28 Nov'17

  TfL forges ahead with 4G for the Tube after successful test

  Having built a pilot 4G network for ESN on the Waterloo & City Line during the summer, TfL is pressing ahead with plans to roll out mobile broadband for all London Underground users

• November 24, 2017 24 Nov'17

  Academics and public sector organisations collaborate on London Wi-Fi project

  Students and public sector staff across London will get easier access to the Jisc eduroam and govroam Wi-Fi networks through a new scheme spearheaded by City, University of London and Camden Council

• November 23, 2017 23 Nov'17

  DCMS opens local fibre broadband fund to applicants

  Public sector bodies invited to apply for funding from £190m fund designed to stimulate local-level investment in FTTP broadband services