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• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  EU announces cross-territory contact-tracing app gateway

  European Union announces ‘milestone’ in project developed and set up by T-Systems and SAP to ensure that member states’ apps will work seamlessly across borders, meaning users will only need to install one app for use across EU countries

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Security concerns remain a major barrier to IoT adoption

  Survey finds that internet of things decision-makers regard security as a short-term focus and see 5G as able to ‘transform the industry” in the medium to long term

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app to launch in England and Wales on 24 September

  After a catalogue of delays, missteps and a complete technological volte-face, UK government finally pencils in the date its contact-tracing app will become available nationally

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Small businesses projected to add £1.8tn to global GDP growth by 2024

  Small Business Digital Maturity research finds nearly three-quarters of global small businesses surveyed are accelerating their digitisation rates to address Covid-19 challenges and respond faster to the new normal of remote working

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Mobile stable as UK full-fibre broadband increases significantly over first half of 2020

  Second interim 2020 update to UK comms regulator’s examination of connectivity shows fibre and superfast broadband proliferate since March as millions remain at home to work, learn and be entertained during the pandemic

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Scotland confirms launch of contact-tracing app

  Mobile users north of the border get opportunity denied to those in England and Wales – namely the use of a widely available smartphone app designed to prevent the spread of Covid-19

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Edinburgh council to create smart city operations centre

  Edinburgh council extends an outsourcing agreement with CGI as it steps up its smart city programme

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Emerging markets on par with rest of world in 5G roll-outs

  Despite limited 4G penetration, so-called developing nations get on board with 5G faster than developed markets

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Connected vehicle association makes call for wireless spectrum to develop use cases

  5G Automotive Association pinpoints harmonised use of the 5855-5925 MHz band as key for mass adoption of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) services and to boost overall international digital traffic ecosystem

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Coventry University calls on Vodafone standalone 5G for virtual reality teaching

  UK’s first commercial standalone 5G network to offer students at Coventry University virtual reality seminars with interactive remote learning

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  5G roll-out delay could see £18.2bn hit to UK economy

  Huawei publishes research showing the huge potential financial cost of removing its 5G products and services from the UK’s next generation

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Ericsson 5G rides on Shenyang subway, goes live in Denmark and launches in Spain

  The leading Nordic telecommunications provider unveils a flurry of wins spanning Asia and Europe for its radio access network and core 5G technologies

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Scottish health bodies accelerate mobile Covid-19 detection technology

  Scottish regional and national government take the high and fast road to developing contact-tracing technology to assist in preventing further spread of Covid-19

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Aberla Utilities forges UK fibre partnership with Gabitel Ingenieros

  Spanish telecommunications expert digs out deal with Cheshire-based telecoms, energy management, renewables and engineering services to provide fibre communications

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Verizon advances 5G network security

  US comms provider Verizon reveals details of efforts to future-proof next-generation network by developing solutions for possible security threats

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  EE tops RootMetrics UK 5G survey

  BT-owned mobile operator EE is named as having the best overall 5G availability in the UK, as well as consistently fast 5G speeds against competitors by RootMetrics’ independent, real-world network testing

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Adtran eyes IoT scale opportunities and enhances gigabit switch portfolio

  As part of a sweep of moves to help service providers grow IoT applications, services and revenue, business connectivity solutions provider announces new gateways and brings carrier-class feature set to gigabit switch portfolio.

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Kudelski IoT Labs authorised as Alexa Voice Services test facility

  Internet of things division of cyber security firm brings device testing and certification expertise to implementers of Amazon Voice Services in speakers, headphones, vehicles and other connected devices

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Three expands full-fibre connectivity partnership with CityFibre

  The UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform provider teams up with telco on backhaul project

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Two-fifths of UK small businesses claim productivity increases since lockdown

  As UK government mulls programme to encourage big return to the office, survey finds that commuting time has been swapped for work time as homeworkers notch up almost a month in overtime

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Nokia powers the grid in China for the world’s biggest utility company

  Nordic comms tech giant’s WaveFabric supports power grid expansion with resilient, scalable optical network

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Enterprise WLAN market takes a tumble

  Quarantines and lockdowns due to pandemic are presenting a headwind for the enterprise WLAN market, with falls in first quarter persisting over the next three months of the year

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Western Europe dominates global broadband speed

  Annual assessment of global broadband speeds calculates that the gap is widening between the leaders and the laggards, with the countries focusing on pure fibre achieving the most success

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  UK government claims major leap in rural 5G roll-out plans

  Boost for rural phone coverage in programme clearing 700MHz spectrum of radio waves for 5G, with spectrum to be auctioned off in bid to deliver nearly 20% more capacity for mobile services

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  New normal of remote working compounds enterprise security challenges

  Sudden changes in priorities, poor network visibility and lack of time cited by Juniper Networks as key issues for security professionals struggling to cope with new norms

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Mobile workers to form 60% of total US workforce by 2024

  IDC offers more evidence of how Covid-19 has changed the face of work in the US, with CIO investment in mobile-based management and security systems to take precedence in 2020 and beyond

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Ministers urge local councils to lead on broadband and mobile

  Digital minister Matt Warman and local government minister Simon Clarke want local councils to do their bit to help ensure better access to connectivity during the Covid-19 recovery

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Unwired Planet wins patent licensing case against Huawei

  Landmark ruling goes in favour of Unwired Planet and Conversant Wireless and may define the future of telecoms patent licensing

• August 21, 2020 21 Aug'20

  Scottish government reveals broadband voucher scheme to make up project shortfall

  Government reveals details of funding for Scottish residents who fall outside reach of its primary broadband project

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  StarHub starts 5G commercial trial for consumers and businesses

  StarHub customers will be among the first in Singapore to access 5G services which are being delivered through a non-standalone network

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Cisco-led consortium eyes up rural UK 5G opportunities

  Part government-funded communications project develops first-of-its-kind deployment toolkit for next-generation networks using 5G technologies to empower rural and poorly connected communities

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Gigaclear to take on 120 engineers for rural broadband expansion

  New full-time field engineers will join rural broadband provider’s in-house team by the end of March 2021 to increase company’s build capacity

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Bayer taps Verizon for global network infrastructure

  Pharmaceutical giant chooses Verizon to provide software-defined infrastructure to support its future cloud-based business needs

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  UK government redesigns contact-tracing app and begins new trial phase

  No official launch, but app is upgraded to offer alerts based on postcode, QR check-in at venues, symptom checker and test booking in conjunction with the official Test and Trace programme

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  PCCW Global furthers global IoT reach with Nayar Systems

  Industrial internet of things firm collaborates with global comms services provider to reduce the time and cost of deploying the services most required by high-tech elevator systems

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Ericsson hits 100th 5G commercial agreement milestone

  Century up for Swedish communications tech firm in next-generation infrastructure wins with deal at Telekom Slovenije to supply essential RAN and Packet Core technology

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  Broadband upstream usage, speeds spike higher in Q2 2020

  As the need for remote working, learning, information and entertainment makes broadband access more important than ever, a consumption report finds mass usage of applications such as Zoom driving uptake of higher-speed packages

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  CIOs raise IT budgets as increased remote working drives security concerns

  Research finds that as the pandemic forces companies to accept the idea of permanent massed remote working, CIOs are waking up to the threat of increased cyber attacks

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  SD-WAN revealed as key enabler for ‘new normal’ remote workforces

  Research from software-defined network and cloud platform provider shows the increased importance of software-defined infrastructure to the new work environment

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  PCCW Global and Sure Universal team up for home-based medical IoT

  Leading IoT software and platform developer teams with Hong Kong telco to offer global network of connected solutions for medical care from home, providing a customisable platform and interface to deliver global connectivity, simplify device ...

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  DAG Wireless unveils 4G/5G infrastructure for in-flight connectivity

  Broadband access products provider announces new FCC and DO-160 certified in-flight broadband network designed to offer first-class wireless connectivity experiences

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  UK government gigabit broadband scheme nears half a million new premises benchmark

  UK government celebrates reaching gigabit broadband services deployment milestone as part of its ambitious target over the lifetime of parliament

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  EE expands emergency services network to 500th site

  BT-owned UK operator announces milestone for emergency services network as it accelerates its strategy towards bringing 4G to more places across the country, particularly rural communities

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  SD-WAN gains momentum with enterprises in Australia

  As Australian businesses accelerate migration to the cloud, the underlying network will play an increasingly important role and nearly 60% of enterprises in the country have already implemented SD-WAN

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  Poor connectivity sees home workers lose over half an hour of work a day

  Business leaders reveal pressure of new normal with research revealing four-fifths of home workers experiencing unreliable internet connection while working from home, and nearly half having slow and/or unreliable internet connection

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  Isle of Wight trial shows positive effect of contact-tracing app, but data privacy body slams UK

  Rare piece of good news for long-awaited but much-criticised mobile app as technical conference highlights the positive outcomes for first large public test of coronavirus contact-tracing service

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  Virgin Media customers targeted in Twitter phish

  Customers seeking help from the ISP are being targeted by a scam Twitter account

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  Intel, VMware broaden 5G collaboration across radio access network

  Leading software and chip companies embark on a pre-integrated software platform for virtualised RAN designed to reduce development cycles for communications service providers

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  ‘Inadequate’ broadband impacts bottom line for London’s SMEs

  Research reveals as many as 85% of small businesses in UK capital do not know how fast their broadband speed needs to be for their business to thrive, and only two-fifths were able to transition to a fully online business model after Covid-19 hit

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  Bandwidth Inc wraps up Ribbon deal to boost home network capacity for AWS

  Session border controller software edition deployed on AWS to enable enterprise communications company’s customers to improve home working with no disruptions to network performance