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• March 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  ISPs to pay automatic compensation for broadband faults

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom says its plan, which would cover slow repairs and missed appointments, could see consumers in line for a payout of up to £185m every year

• March 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  FBI director reiterates call for action on encryption

  The world is wasting time in resolving the conflict between privacy and public safety, and should consider an international framework on encrypted data access, says FBI director James Comey

• March 23, 2017 23 Mar'17

  LastPass releases fix browser extension security flaws

  LastPass has been praised for its quick response in fixing flaws reported in browser extensions for its password manager

• March 23, 2017 23 Mar'17

  Apple denies hackers holding millions of iPhones, iCloud accounts ransom

  Apple reassures customers that none of its systems have been breached, dismissing hackers' claims that millions of iPhones and iCloud accounts are at risk of being wiped

• March 22, 2017 22 Mar'17

  Three may consider legal action if spectrum imbalance persists

  Three boss Dave Dyson says he may consider mounting a legal challenge if Ofcom does not change how spectrum holdings are regulated and controlled

• March 21, 2017 21 Mar'17

  Co-operative Group overhauls retail store networks

  The Co-operative Group has brought in BT to revitalise and upgrade legacy networking infrastructure at its food retail business

• March 21, 2017 21 Mar'17

  Three fails to stop second data leak

  Mobile operator Three should have done a thorough review and upgrade of security after its previous security breach to avoid another incident just months later, say security commentators

• March 20, 2017 20 Mar'17

  Openreach trains apprentice engineers in virtual reality

  Openreach inductees get to experience an immersive simulation of life as an engineer, taking them up telephone poles and into underground chambers

• March 20, 2017 20 Mar'17

  Netherlands aims to benefit from Brexit in IT talent search

  The Netherlands is positioning itself as the ideal home for ambitious IT professionals from across the world

• March 19, 2017 19 Mar'17

  SAP to invest $200m in United Arab Emirates

  European software maker plans investment to get near customers in the Middle East

• March 17, 2017 17 Mar'17

  IT contractors prosper from Brexit uncertainty

  Since the Brexit vote, IT contractors have seen higher pay rates and longer contracts, which indicates businesses’ caution over permanent recruitment

• March 16, 2017 16 Mar'17

  UK holidaymakers’ data breach highlights need to be proactive

  Security experts say the data breach at travel industry association Abta underlines that no organisation is immune from cyber attack and that data holders and consumers should be more proactive about data protection

• March 16, 2017 16 Mar'17

  US accuses Russian spies of directing Yahoo breach

  US authorities have arrested a man in Canada who has been charged alongside two Russian intelligence officers and a Russian hacker in connection with a 2014 data breach at Yahoo affecting 500 million accounts

• March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17

  Raising cyber security grasp is biggest challenge, says GCHQ chief

  Everyone has a role to play in cyber security, and the NCSC has the right pedigree to co-ordinate and balance the efforts of government, industry and academia, says GCHQ director Robert Hannigan

• March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17

  Tablets on the decline in Middle East as big smartphones take over

  A total of 13.8 million tablets were sold in the region in 2016 – 14.7% less than in 2015

• March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17

  Digital commerce makes up less than 1% of GDP in Middle East

  Region sees double-digit growth in consumer use of digital channels, but businesses seem reluctant to get involved

• March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17

  US set to charge four hackers for Yahoo breaches

  Three Russians are reportedly among four hackers US authorities believe to be linked to data breaches at Yahoo affecting more than a billion accounts

• March 14, 2017 14 Mar'17

  What’s in the UK government’s 5G strategy?

  The UK government’s 5G mobile strategy was released to coincide with the Spring Budget. We look at some of its key aims

• March 14, 2017 14 Mar'17

  NCSC chief calls for UK collaboration on cyber security

  The National Cyber Security Centre is unashamedly ambitious in aiming to make the UK the safest place to do business online, which chief Ciaran Martin sees as an achievable goal

• March 10, 2017 10 Mar'17

  Broadband controversy will linger despite BT Openreach split

  Communications experts have welcomed the news that the legal separation of BT and Openreach will go ahead, but it remains unclear how, or when, the state of the UK's broadband will change for the better

• March 10, 2017 10 Mar'17

  BT agrees to Ofcom’s terms over Openreach split

  BT agrees to Ofcom’s requirements for the legal separation of its arm’s length infrastructure division Openreach, which is now to become a distinct business

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  GDPR to place extra burden on ICO, says commissioner

  The GDPR and global enforcement work will place an extra work burden on the ICO, but government has collaborated on a new funding plan that is awaiting parliamentary approval

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  London IT firms trying to increase worker diversity

  IT firms in London need to do more to reduce a gender bias and increase diversity in the workplace, says research

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Danish consumer council refers Google to Data Protection Agency

  Danish consumer rights protection organisation has referred Google to regulator over its personal data storage policy

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Glencoe Mountain Resort switches on 4G at 2,800ft

  Skiers and snowboarders get access to EE's superfast 4G mobile broadband at Scotland’s Glencoe Ski Centre

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Open Rights Group calls for control of spies’ use of zero-days

  Wikileaks’ publication of documents detailing CIA hacking tools has prompted calls for government to control spy agencies’ use of vulnerabilities in widely used hardware and software

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  BT, Ericsson, O2 and Vodafone expand Stem for girls scheme

  BT and partners Ericsson, O2 and Vodafone are to expand a mentoring scheme launched last year to encourage girls into Stem careers

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Spring Budget advances 5G strategy and broadband funding

  The government has launched its 5G mobile strategy to coincide with Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget, and has revealed more details of its planned broadband investment

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  WhatsApp, Signal, ProtonMail safe from CIA hacking tools

  Top secure messaging and email apps are said to be safe from CIA hacking tools, but organisations are urged to assess their own vulnerability if the tools were to fall into the hands of cyber criminals

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  European data protection law to give consumers more control

  UK information commissioner calls on business to focus on data protection, not only to comply with the new data regulations, but also foster the digital economy and gain a competitive edge

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  3D printing gets serious in the Netherlands

  3D projects abound in the Netherlands, with the technology being applied to canal bridges, bicycles, ship components and buildings

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  More than a million Gmail and Yahoo account credentials on sale

  Usernames, email addresses and plaintext passwords of more than a million Yahoo and Gmail accounts are reportedly on sale on the dark web, posing a threat to corporate security

• March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17

  UK sailing team picks BT to help beat Oracle at America’s Cup

  BT is to supply a 4G wireless and fixed network to support the Land Rover BAR America’s Cup team, led by Olympian Ben Ainslie, in its bid to win the 35th America’s Cup

• March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17

  Businesses blame rivals for DDoS attacks

  Industrial sabotage is considered to be the most likely reason behind a distributed denial of service attack, a study has revealed

• March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17

  MWC 2017: Huawei R&D focuses on vehicles, drones, virtual reality

  Huawei used its presence at the annual Mobile World Congress fair in Barcelona to showcase a number of its mobile innovation programmes

• March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17

  Yahoo breaches underline executive role in cyber security

  Yahoo's data breaches cost its top lawyer his job, CEO Marissa Mayer millions in bonuses, and $350m off its sale price, highlighting the importance of executive involvement

• March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17

  MWC 2017: Barcelona trial uses IoT and big data to manage tourists

  Barcelona, the host city for Mobile World Congress, has been demonstrating its use of the internet of things and big data to help manage visitors to Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia

• March 01, 2017 01 Mar'17

  GDPR good for UK business and economy, experts tell Lords’ committee

  Adopting GDPR is good business practice and will put the UK on a good footing post Brexit, but getting an EC data protection adequacy ruling could be challenging due to bulk data collection provisions in the Investigatory Powers Act, experts warn

• March 01, 2017 01 Mar'17

  MWC 2017: Tata helps telcos transition to digital

  Tata Communications Transformation Services has launched a digital transformation plan to help telecoms and mobile operators transition from communications service providers to digital service providers

• March 01, 2017 01 Mar'17

  Liberty begins legal proceedings in challenge to Snoopers’ Charter

  Civil rights group Liberty has begun its legal challenge to the bulk surveillance powers in the new Investigatory Powers Act, setting in motion a judicial review

• February 28, 2017 28 Feb'17

  Microsoft to discontinue Skype Wi-Fi service

  Microsoft is retiring its Skype Wi-Fi service to concentrate on other services on the communications platform

• February 28, 2017 28 Feb'17

  Unite union members at Fujitsu on strike

  Union members strike over jobs, pay and pensions after Fujitsu announced plans to cut it UK workforce by 1,800

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  MWC 2017: Global mobile operators to use big data for social good

  The GSMA has launched the Big Data For Social Good initiative, drawing together the big data capabilities of mobile network operators to address humanitarian crises around the world

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  MWC 2017: BT showcases network startups and 5G for VR

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, BT announces new research into network design and build, and explores the future of 5G networks

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  MWC 2017: Standard allows for LoRaWAN roaming

  A LoRa Alliance draft standard will allow wider collaboration and cross-border use cases for long range WAN IoT network operators by enabling roaming

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  MWC 2017: Ericsson launches marketplace for connected vehicles

  Ericsson’s Connected Vehicle Marketplace will feature open APIs for telematics, data, data sharing, partner management, and charging and billing systems

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  MWC 2017: Altice virtualises global network with Cisco, Red Hat

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, cable, fibre, telecoms and media company Altice announces it has enlisted Cisco and Red Hat to virtualise its worldwide mobile network

• February 23, 2017 23 Feb'17

  Lords pressurise government over broadband USO

  In a House of Lords debate on the Digital Economy Bill, peers passed an amendment to set the minimum standard speed for broadband at 30Mbps

• February 23, 2017 23 Feb'17

  BDUK head Chris Townsend to step down

  Government executive Chris Townsend, who oversees the DCMS-run BDUK rural broadband programme, is to step down in April

• February 22, 2017 22 Feb'17

  Virtual reality takes off in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

  There is a thriving virtual reality industry in the Middle East, with the technology's application expected to go far beyond gaming

• February 22, 2017 22 Feb'17

  Computacenter apprentices are business-critical today

  Apprenticeships in IT are increasingly seen as an alternative to university for many. Apprentices at Computacenter tell their stories

• February 21, 2017 21 Feb'17

  Yahoo takes $350m cut on deal with Verizon after security breaches

  Ending months of speculation, Verizon has announced a revised deal for acquiring Yahoo’s core business that is $350m less than the original due to revelations of two major data breaches

• February 21, 2017 21 Feb'17

  Half of enterprises to start digitising networks by 2019, says Cisco

  At Cisco Live Europe in Berlin, Cisco offers an insight into key networking trends and announces new products and upgrades to support and secure the digitisation of the network

• February 17, 2017 17 Feb'17

  HPE services and CSC to become DXC Technology

  The merger between HP's services division and CSC will launch in April 2017 and is expected to save the companies billions

• February 16, 2017 16 Feb'17

  Microsoft PCs get Brexit-fuelled price increase

  Microsoft has raised the price of its Surface PCs by as much as 15% in the UK because of the falling value of the pound since the country voted to leave the EU

• February 16, 2017 16 Feb'17

  Cisco sales fall as traditional product sales slump

  Cisco's traditional product sales such as switches are falling, but revenues in emerging products in areas such as security are on the up

• February 15, 2017 15 Feb'17

  Sky tackles mobile not-spots at west London headquarters

  Media and communications company Sky deploys a distributed antenna system at its west London campus to improve in-building mobile signals

• February 14, 2017 14 Feb'17

  ONF lays out innovation roadmap for SDN and NFV

  The Open Networking Foundation unveils its Open Innovation Pipeline to guide the next phase of development of software-defined and virtualised networking tech

• February 13, 2017 13 Feb'17

  Middle East organisations urged to prioritise cyber defence

  As the Middle East IT industry continues to transform and embrace digitisation, what are the greatest threats it faces today?

• February 10, 2017 10 Feb'17

  MWC 2017: 4G still has plenty of mileage, say mobile analysts

  5G is likely to be a hot topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which kicks off at the end of February, but operators should be paying more attention to getting more out of their 4G networks

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  South African children’s hospital uses video to train cardiologists

  The Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town is using remote video learning to teach paediatric cardiology surgery to medical students

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  Cardiff University opens Twitter ‘cyberhate’ centre

  Cardiff University researchers are to monitor Brexit-related hate crime on Twitter with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  Consumers losing millions through out-of-date broadband deals

  Consumers are still paying over the odds for out-of-contract broadband deals, according to a report from uSwitch

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  Battersea Power Station development gets ultrafast FTTP broadband

  Hyperoptic has been selected to deliver FTTP broadband to new-build apartments at Battersea Power Station

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  Inmarsat and Actility build IoT network for remote applications

  Network suppliers team up to deliver a low-power wide area network to support corporate internet of things deployments in remote areas

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  Interview: How security approaches are evolving in Southeast Asia and beyond

  Bill Smith, senior vice-president of worldwide field operations at LogRhythm, talks to Computer Weekly about the big shift in cyber security from traditional security models to behavioural anomaly detection, continuous data monitoring and analytics

• February 07, 2017 07 Feb'17

  Middle East and North Africa public cloud spend to hit $2bn by 2020

  Middle East-based organisations are turning to public cloud services, with software as a service driving a major year-on-year spending increase

• February 07, 2017 07 Feb'17

  CityFibre and Gamma strike long-haul dark fibre deal

  Gamma plans to connect 15 datacentres and exchanges around the UK using CityFibre’s long-distance and metro networks

• February 07, 2017 07 Feb'17

  US weighs email and cloud privacy law

  US privacy advocates and tech firms push for updated email and cloud privacy legislation that has been approved by the House of Representatives, but still requires approval by the US Senate

• February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17

  Three to expand into fixed broadband

  Mobile network operator Three is to acquire UK Broadband, heralding an expansion into fixed broadband services for the first time

• February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17

  Google to appeal against order to hand over foreign emails

  UK firms urged to consider the risks of non-UK cloud service providers and to encrypt data in the light of another US warrant to access emails held by a US cloud services firm on non-US servers

• February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17

  Openreach launches enhanced duct and pole mapping service

  BT’s infrastructure arm, Openreach, has made digital maps showing its duct and pole network infrastructure available to allow other comms services providers to plan new fibre broadband networks

• February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17

  Dutch businesses have heads in the cloud

  In the Netherlands, cloud computing is used by the central bank, large multinationals like Unilever, startups such as WeTransfer, and even a Dutch potato processing plant in China

• February 03, 2017 03 Feb'17

  PAC recalls ESN inquiry after Vodafone revelations

  The Home Office officials in charge of delivering the Emergency Services Network have been questioned by the Public Accounts Committee after new information came to light concerning some of the existing subcontracts

• February 02, 2017 02 Feb'17

  Vodafone underperforms in UK in third quarter

  A strong group performance in Vodafone’s third quarter was undermined by difficulties in the UK

• February 02, 2017 02 Feb'17

  EU’s General Data Protection Regulation unknown to most UK adults

  The majority of UK workers are unaware of incoming regulation, leaving employers with work to do on GDPR awareness and coming UK data protection laws in 2017, survey shows

• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  O2 offers internet of things-backed motor insurance

  Mobile network O2 expands its reach into the vehicle insurance market with the launch of an internet of things monitoring service

• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  UK legislation will mirror EU’s GDPR, says Matt Hancock

  The UK plans a full implementation of GDPR and is confident of agreements with the US to ensure uninhibited data exchanges with the EU and US post-Brexit, says digital minister

• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  TalkTalk CEO Harding steps aside for public service role

  TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding has stepped down, leaving the ISP in rude health

• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  Apple iPhone, services, Mac and Watch drive record quarter

  Apple has reclaimed the title of top smartphone seller after record sales of the iPhone, Mac and Watch delivered it a record quarter

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Gigaclear wins Northamptonshire BDUK contract

  Rural fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has been awarded a Stage Three BDUK contract covering remote parts of Northamptonshire

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Trump unlikely to reduce IT from India

  The fact that Donald Trump's labour secretary has previously offshored IT work to the Philippines could ease IT services fears, particularly in India

• January 30, 2017 30 Jan'17

  Bellway Homes signs Hyperoptic for Welwyn Garden City development

  Developer Bellway Homes chooses FTTP broadband supplier Hyperoptic to supply ultrafast services to new homes in Welwyn Garden City

• January 30, 2017 30 Jan'17

  Consumers do not trust companies with personal data, survey shows

  UK firms still have much work to do in preparing for GDPR compliance, minimising the risk of identity theft and regaining trust, according to law firm Winckworth Sherwood

• January 29, 2017 29 Jan'17

  Artificial intelligence will increase productivity by sharpening human mind

  The combination of AI and humans will triple productivity if businesses get the balance right for different roles

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  GDPR highlighted on Data Protection Day

  Businesses dealing with EU citizens' data urged to ensure they are on track to comply with the GDPR in less than 16 months, as the world marks Data Protection Day 2017

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  NHS Digital picks peering exchange provider for HSCN

  The development of the new Health and Social Care Network is moving ahead as NHS Digital signs Redcentric to provide peering exchange services

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  BT profits plunge after Italian accounting scandal

  BT’s pre-tax profit drops 37% as the telecoms giant comes to terms with the extent of massive corruption at its Italian business

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

  The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Facebook ups security with Fido U2F two-factor authentication

  Social media giant is enabling users to increase the security of their logins with Fido U2F USB security keys

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Microsoft’s cloud privacy battle may go to US Supreme Court

  The US Department of Justice is considering going to the Supreme Court after an appeals court refused to revisit its July 2016 landmark ruling blocking government access to Microsoft servers in Ireland

• January 25, 2017 25 Jan'17

  US man jailed for hacking into celebrity accounts

  Edward Majerczyk is jailed for 9 months and ordered to pay $5,700 compensation for hacking iCloud and Gmail accounts and stealing celebrity nude photos

• January 25, 2017 25 Jan'17

  Emergency Services Network will not be ready in time, says PAC

  A Public Accounts Committee examination of the Emergency Services Network concludes that the controversial project may need more testing and assurance than its delivery date allows for

• January 25, 2017 25 Jan'17

  Twitter botnet has cyber security implications, say researchers

  A researcher is urging the security community to consider the implications of massive botnets of fake Twitter accounts

• January 24, 2017 24 Jan'17

  TechUK outlines its Brexit negotiation priorities

  IT industry body TechUK outlines what it believes are the Brexit negotiation priorities for the UK IT sector

• January 24, 2017 24 Jan'17

  GDS signals intent to move public sector off PSN

  Government Digital Service’s Technology Leaders Network determines that the internet is an adequate solution to support the vast majority of public sector work

• January 23, 2017 23 Jan'17

  Government reaffirms broadband funding in industrial strategy plan

  The government reaffirms previous commitments to further funding of rural broadband roll-out and 5G mobile networking in its post-Brexit industrial strategy plan

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  BT draws fire over broadband price hike

  Consumer broadband groups have hit out after BT put up its broadband prices

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  ICO sets out plans to issue GDPR guidance

  Information Commissioner’s Office encourages business to review guidance on the General Data Protection Regulation as it is published to identify what areas need to be addressed in 2017

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  DDoS protection provider alleged to be Mirai botnet creator

  Investigative journalist Brian Krebs believes distributed denial of service mitigation firm owner is the author of malware designed to enable massive IoT botnet-enabled DDoS attacks