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Telecoms networks and broadband communications

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Europe to follow US clearance of mobile devices on flights

  The European aviation regulator is to follow the US lead in easing restrictions on the use of mobile electronic devices during flights

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Virgin Media promises 152Mbps but at a price

  Virgin Media will launch the superfast 152Mbps packages in February 2014 but reveals its prices will rise by almost 7% for cable customers

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  BDUK seeks new CEO

  The top job within the division with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport charged with rolling out broadband across the UK is up for grabs

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  BT seeks startups for superfast broadband services

  BT joins East London's TechHub encouraging startups to develop applications and services using superfast connectivity

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Ofcom hikes spectrum licence prices

  Mobile regulator Ofcom more than quadruples the annual fees mobile operators will have to pay for 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum bands

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  What does the Public Accounts Committee want from BDUK?

  MPs slammed the BDUK broadband process for making it too easy for BT. But how to rectify the situation? We take an in-depth look at the report

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  MPs slam BT's rural broadband tactics

  MPs have slammed BT's business practices in the roll-out of rural and superfast broadband

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  BlackBerry quietly launches Z30 smartphone

  Mobile manufacturer BlackBerry has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Z30, to little fanfare

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Vodafone appoints new UK CEO

  After five years in charge, Vodafone veteran Guy Laurence is leaving his role to head up Canadian firm Rogers Communications and will be replaced by Jeroen Hoencamp

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  How networks and data win Formula One races for Mercedes AMG Petronas

  Tata Communications joins the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team to bring speedy connectivity worthy of its cars

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  BT to shut down dial-up in September

  BT tempts its customers over to broadband services, although also offers PlusNet narrowband alternative for those outside of its footprint

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Multimillion-pound broadband project axed in Yorkshire

  Despite millions of taxpayer’s pounds sunk into the Digital Region project in South Yorkshire, the councils involved decide to drop it to save £12.5m

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  National broadband projects key to UN goals

  The Broadband Commission claims national projects are the best way to ensure the benefits of the internet are enjoyed by all

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  O2 extends 4G backhaul with Virgin Media Business

  Mobile operator O2 will use Virgin Media Business’s superfast fibre network to bring capacity for its 4G roll-out later in 2013

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  Ofcom proposes cuts to wholesale broadband charges

  The telecoms regulator wants to reduce the wholesale price BT charges to smaller ISPs, which it hopes will lead to price drops for broadband and landline packages

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  DCMS to force BT’s hand on rural broadband gaps

  Maria Miller sets up a meeting to answer calls from local broadband providers and try to make BT identify where they will be needed to connect the final 10% of the UK to superfast fibre

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  BT and Intel invest in lab to research into future cities and telecoms technologies

  A research laboratory has been launched by BT and Intel to develop networking technologies and smart city capabilities.

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech

  Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  BT profits rise in Q4

  Profits for BT reached £1.67bn in the fourth quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, a 4% rise from the same period the year before

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Virgin Media tentatively names new CEO

  Liberty Global – the US firm buying out Virgin Media – has named Tom Mockridge as CEO, if the merger is approved by shareholders

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics

  The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Case study: London's Olympic network from BT

  After receiving an honourable mention in the European user awards for networking, Computer Weekly looks at the challenge of rolling out the network for the London Olympic Games in 2012

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Hampshire signs broadband contract with BT

  Funding from the council, BDUK and BT will provide over £13m to bring superfast broadband to at least 90% of the county by 2015

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  O2: ‘We have not lost a single customer to EE’

  O2’s head of enterprise says no customers have been drawn to EE's 4G and expects a challenge to entice them even after all operators launch

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Nokia Siemens Networks unveils Liquid Applications

  New technology enables data-rich applications to be run from base stations, reducing latency in mobile networks

• February 14, 2013 14 Feb'13

  Google battles BT in patent row

  Google has launched legal action against BT, accusing the British firm of four counts of patent infringement

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  ZTE predicts major losses for 2012

  Delayed projects and shrinking sales saw net profits plummet 240% at Chinese telecoms company ZTE in 2012

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  Ofcom proposes early exit to combat price rises

  Regulator Ofcom says users should be able to leave mobile, broadband and landline contracts without charge if their provider ups the price

• November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12

  British Airways deploys iTrinegy to test improved check-in

  The British Airways network infrastructure is being emulated at its new testing centre using ITrinegy

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  How will the 4G LTE roll-out benefit your business?

  An EE survey of the business benefits of 4G LTE shows improved mobile working and innovation the main advantages of the superfast broadband

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  4G services launched in 11 UK cities

  EE has launched the UK’s first superfast 4G broadband services for consumers and businesses in 11 cities

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  Samsung posts record profits as smartphone sales soar

  South Korean electronics company Samsung records a 91% rise in profits as smartphone sales and display shipments rocket

• October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12

  UK needs more ambition for fibre broadband strategy

  With less than 1% of UK households served with fibre-to-the-home broadband, the FTTH Council calls on the government to be more ambitious with its schemes

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  Skype launches customer Wi-Fi service

  The video calling company teams with Wicoms to offer a service for businesses wanting to provide free Wi-Fi to their customers

• October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12

  4G victory was technical, not political

  Speedy execution of the digital television switchover and clearing of spectrum improved the 4G timetable, not negotiations by central government

• September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12

  Ten cities receive £114m for 100Mbps broadband infrastructure

  Ten cities in the UK are to receive £114m government funding for broadband infrastructure of 80-100Mbps and wireless internet access

• September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  Alcatel-Lucent creates chief operating officer role

  The COO job will be taken by its current CFO Paul Tufano as Alcatel-Lucent tries to turn around its fortunes

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  Interview: Dave Scammell, CEO of Sohonet

  We speak to the head of Sohonet, a service provider built for the film and media industry in the centre of London

• August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12

  Lord’s Cricket Ground gets Wi-Fi from The Cloud

  London’s home of cricket will give spectators the chance to get online for free after signing a five year deal with the BSkyB Wi-Fi provider

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  Samsung to power 3’s 4G network

  The company’s European network operations team will provide the LTE Radio Access Network and core infrastructure

• August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12

  Hunt: Ofcom 'beset by threats of litigations'

  Culture secretary calls on mobile operators to call off the lawyers and focus on the future of 4G to help government achieve broadband targets by 2015

• August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12

  Microsoft to revamp and rename Hotmail

  Microsoft has announced it is revamping and renaming its free webmail service, which analysts say may be aimed at winning over users of Google's rival Gmail service

• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Lords Select Committee slams government broadband plans

  A report from the Communications Committee claims the government is ‘preoccupied with speed’ rather than focusing on the roll-out of broadband to more areas

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Olympic Games 2012: Preparing for a mobile data deluge

  How mobile operators and the Olympic Delivery Authority prepared for the huge demand for mobile traffic expected during London 2012

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Vodafone appoints new CEO of Cable & Wireless Worldwide

  Following the acquisition of C&WW, Vodafone has transferred its head of global enterprise to run the new venture

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Twitter apologises for outage ahead of Olympics

  Twitter has apologised for the two-hour micro-blogging service outage on the day before the official opening of the London 2012 Olympics

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Broadcom touts ‘5G Wi-Fi’ mobile chip

  Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announces the first mobile chip based on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, set to launch in early 2013

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Huawei Technologies' first half profits drop 22%

  Chinese telecoms giant Huawei saw profits fall 22% to CNY8.79bn (£0.9bn) in its first half of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  Skype works to fix privacy bug as instant messages leak

  Internet telephony service Skype has confirmed that a bug in its software has been sending copies of instant messages to unintended recipients

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Vodafone and 3 confirm Irish shared infrastructure partnership

  Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 sign a deal to manage shared infrastructure in Ireland in a 50/50 joint venture