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• September 02, 2016 02 Sep'16

  SpaceX rocket explosion is setback for Facebook internet project

  Facebook’s internet project has lost a satellite it was planning to use to provide broadband coverage to sub-Saharan Africa

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  Latest Broadband Forum spec offers faster route to gigabit speeds

  The Broadband Forum’s new specifications for FTTdp management use software-based techniques to offer an easier and quicker route to gigabit broadband for comms providers

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  400 security events a second monitored on Olympics network

  IT records as well as sporting records were set at the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

• August 22, 2016 22 Aug'16

  Australian census website failure spreads skepticism

  The public post-mortem of the Australian census website meltdown continues as the IT industry gives its opinions

• August 19, 2016 19 Aug'16

  Intel sees 5G networks as opportunity to sell more server chips

  Intel focuses on the back-end infrastructure behind upcoming 5G networks as it sees an opportunity for its processors and other datacentre technology

• August 19, 2016 19 Aug'16

  Gloucestershire NHS to modernise IT networks in the region with Updata

  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust signs contract with Updata infrastructure to upgrade its IT networks weeks before going live with new electronic patient record system

• August 18, 2016 18 Aug'16

  BT and Nokia to work together on 5G research

  BT and Nokia plan to work together on customer use cases, proof of concept trials, technology standards and equipment to support 5G

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Intel Developer Forum: Out of the server room and onto smart devices

  Augmented reality and building intelligence into IoT endpoints were among the highlights at Intel’s annual conference

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Ford promises to mass-produce an autonomous car by 2021

  The world’s first high-volume, fully autonomous vehicle will operate in a ride-hailing or sharing service by 2021, says Ford

• August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16

  No appetite among ISPs to become broadband USO provider, says Ofcom

  Ofcom’s summary of responses to its consultation over the proposed broadband universal service obligation reveals that many service providers do not want to take on the job

• August 15, 2016 15 Aug'16

  Europe lags US in gigabit broadband deployments

  Network test firm Viavi inaugurates its Global Gigabit Monitor, examining the pace of gigabit broadband roll-out around the world

• August 14, 2016 14 Aug'16

  Mobile internet will grow GDP and generate jobs in Asean countries

  Mobile internet penetration in Southeast Asia will boost the region’s gross domestic product and increase employment, a report says

• August 11, 2016 11 Aug'16

  Google Fiber to expand tests of gigabit-speed wireless broadband

  Google Fiber plans to expand tests of wireless broadband to accelerate the roll-out of low-cost superfast internet across the US

• August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16

  IPT fines Police Scotland for communications breach of privacy

  The case comes as the UK government prepares to introduce the Investigatory Powers Bill, which will give sweeping powers for suspicion-less surveillance of telephone, web and email communications

• August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16

  MI5 staff repeatedly overrode data surveillance rules

  Security service MI5 is responsible for 210 “clear contraventions” over five years for the way it accessed private internet and telephone data

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  PwC Australia uses gamification to teach cyber security lessons

  With the number of cyber incidents identified by Australian organisations more than doubling in the past year, PwC is using an online game to give enterprises first-hand experience of what it means to face a cyber attack

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  Vodafone to end broadband landline rental charges

  Vodafone becomes the first UK internet service provider to remove line rental charges for new and upgrading fibre-based broadband customers

• August 08, 2016 08 Aug'16

  CityFibre nears end of Edinburgh fibre broadband roll-out

  Urban fibre broadband supplier CityFibre is nearing the end of a 12-month, 150km network dig in Edinburgh, its largest project to date

• August 04, 2016 04 Aug'16

  Slow broadband causes widespread stress, campaigners claim

  A report compiled for the ISP-led Fix Britain’s Internet campaign has said that millions of people are experiencing stress and anxiety because of slow and unreliable broadband

• August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16

  Ofcom comms survey shows changing nature of UK network use

  Brits are spending more time online than ever before, according to Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report

• August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16

  Asean consumers divided on digital satisfaction

  SAP survey reveals 47% of Asean consumers are satisfied with their digital experiences, while 20% are dissatisfied

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  Broadband connection voucher SMEs generate substantial ROI

  London SMEs that received help in getting online through the government’s broadband connection voucher scheme in 2015 are generating much more money, according to a report

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  Sky suffers national broadband outage

  Nationwide service outage has affected users of Sky’s fibre-based broadband services

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  White House efficiency reforms will limit new datacentre investments from January 2017

  US government CIO Tony Scott outlines the next wave of reforms designed to curtail datacentre use by public sector agencies and departments

• August 01, 2016 01 Aug'16

  Rio de Janeiro faces 4G challenge at 2016 Olympic Games

  With the 2016 Olympics just days away, are mobile operators prepared for a deluge of network traffic that will dwarf what was seen at London 2012?

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: How the enterprise cloud war is hotting up

  With Amazon, Google and Microsoft all reporting strong growth on the back of cloud, we take a closer look at how they have achieved it

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  CIO interview: Gary Steen, chief technology officer, TalkTalk

  TalkTalk has overhauled security since its controversial data breach in 2015, according to CTO Gary Steen, and is investing in technology to beat its rivals on customer service

• July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  MI5 accused of compromising security court

  Judges at the UK's most secret court were persuaded not to disclose the existence of secret intrusive data on the population after briefings and lunch with MI5's deputy director general

• July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  UK’s top security judges struggle to assess privacy threats

  Technological advancements make it difficult for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to assess privacy threats, say the tribunal’s own judges

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Digital Greenwich joins forces with University of Surrey for 5G smart city tests

  Collaboration will investigate “smarter” ways to cope with challenges related to transport, health, energy and the built environment

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Interview: Jon Page, head of operations, BBC R&D

  As the way people consume media content is changing, so the BBC is adapting to new audiences, as Jon Page, head of operations for BBC Research and Development, describes

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  Why network function virtualisation matters

  The corporate network is coming under strain as employees bring their own devices into the workplace and businesses make more use of cloud services

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Yahoo confirms nearly $5bn sale deal with Verizon

  Verizon Communications to boost its advertising business by acquiring Yahoo's client database in a $4.83bn deal

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  BT says it's "absolutely willing" to create independent board to run Openreach

  BT Group chairman Michael Rake says the organisation is willing to let an independent board oversee Openreach’s spending and strategy decisions

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Gartner offers insights into how cloud is disrupting traditional IT spending habits

  Market watcher shines a light on how the adoption of off-premise technologies is shaking up enterprise IT spending trends

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  BT broadband users hit by UK-wide outage

  Telecommunications giant incurs the wrath of BT broadband users after thousands struggle to get online, following power outage at third-party datacentre provider

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Mobile data freebies spark controversy in Sweden

  Telia’s offer of data freebies to customers has brought criticism from some that believe it breaches net neutrality rules

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  BT accused of under-investing in Openreach, prompting renewed calls for business split

  The Culture, Media and Sport Committee calls for operation and investment overhaul for Openreach, and claims failure to deliver on this should prompt Ofcom to order breakaway from BT

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Chef bangs the drum for greater diversity in DevOps teams

  More diversity in DevOps teams could expand the total addressable market for the products and services they create, says Chef

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Chef CTO urges action to prevent DevOps staff burnout

  Chef CTO Adam Jacob has called on enterprises to cultivate a supportive working culture to protect DevOps staff from burnout

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  DevOps skills shortages hit enterprise digital transformation efforts

  Enterprises face challenges when recruiting and retaining experienced DevOps practitioners as demand for agile experts soars

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  EC gives Google extension in Android case but adds charges

  The European Commission has given Google an extension to respond to charges relating to Android, but has added fresh charges concerning its advertising business

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  IT professionals urged to dial-down tech talk to win CIO approval for DevOps projects

  Chef CEO Barry Crist claims senior management are not interested in the tech side of DevOps, so IT professionals should lead on the business benefits

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  ISP calls on Theresa May to eject Ed Vaizey from broadband role

  Wholesale internet service provider Entanet calls on Theresa May to replace digital economy minister Ed Vaizey at the helm of the UK’s broadband roll-out

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  Rethink needed on network security, says Cisco

  At Cisco Live in Las Vegas, Cisco's Rowan Trollope says security must be built-in from the start as the world moves towards the next generation of the internet

• July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

  Case study: Odeon goes to hybrid cloud for digital transformation

  Odeon cinema chain reveals how it is using hybrid cloud to power its digital transformation and tackle competitive threats

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Cisco UK and Ireland CEO Phil Smith steps down after 22 years

  Phil Smith announces he is stepping down from the day-to-day running of Cisco’s UK and Ireland business to take up the role of chairman

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Vodafone launches mobile scheme for community hubs

  Vodafone’s Community Indoor Sure Signal scheme builds on its Rural Open Sure Signal programme to provide indoor mobile coverage in community hubs

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Anglian Water picks Arqiva to run smartmeter network

  Network supplier Arqiva is to build a fixed network in Newmarket to showcase a trial smartmeter project

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Openreach starts duct and pole sharing trials for broadband delivery

  Openreach enlists five broadband services providers to take part in a trial of processes for sharing access to its duct and pole infrastructure

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  IDC predicts slowdown in public cloud infrastructure spend will be short-lived

  IDC claims prospect of overseas datacentre builds and growing enterprise demand for off-premise services should ensure sales of IT infrastructure increase through 2016

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Lufthansa IT services arm transforms to meet customer demands

  IT supplier Lufthansa Systems is changing its business model as its airline customers invest in digital technologies

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Is Singapore ready for a Paym-style platform?

  City state is considering developing a payments system similar to the UK’s Paym, which allows people to send money using just a mobile number

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Digital Economy Bill enshrines right to broadband into UK law

  Legislation introduced to parliament will place the right to broadband into law alongside measures to improve data sharing and online protection

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  Australian tech startups mourn loss of political voice after election

  Australian tech startup community loses a strong political voice as innovation minister loses seat in general election

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  What do Asean region cities want from tech startups?

  Malaysia and Singapore seek to connect UK tech startups to their smart city plans

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  CityFibre and Gigaclear partner to close rural broadband gap

  Backhaul supplier and ultrafast ISP form strategic partnership to boost broadband speeds in rural areas

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  The Services Family bank outsources IT to Sopra Steria

  The Services Family, a bank set up to serve military personnel, has outsourced technology services to Sopra Steria

• June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

  Brexit: Cloud community mulls over implications for data protection regulation reform

  TechUK fears Brexit could see the UK lose its power to influence cloud regulations, while others say it could free the market from having to toe the EU line so closely

• June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

  UK top for mobile broadband speed, says Akamai

  Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report says the average mobile broadband user in the UK can expect to get a service speed close to 30Mbps

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Middle East and Africa to see fastest IP traffic growth by 2020

  IP traffic in Middle East and Africa to grow 41% a year by 2020, according to Cisco Visual Networking Index

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Facebook data case raises US national security issues

  Dublin court case on the legality of Facebook’s data transfers to the US raises issues that affect US national security, claims US Department of Justice

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  BT to offer secure, private network connection into Oracle Cloud

  Telco plans to roll out BT Connect service to Oracle Cloud customers during final quarter of 2016

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Prison services worked with Ofcom in test of mobile phone blockers

  Documents reveal trials of mobile traffic interception technology in UK jails, which may have affected users beyond the prison walls

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Malaysia approaches fintech with Islamic twist

  A fintech Islamic finance platform that links leaders with businesses via banks in Malaysia will change the role of Islamic lenders

• June 24, 2016 24 Jun'16

  Netherlands rushes to mobile payments

  Following the wave of e-commerce that has swept the Netherlands, there is a surge to use mobile payment systems

• June 22, 2016 22 Jun'16

  Act now to save the open internet, says Internet Governance Commission

  The future of the internet is at risk from multiple scenarios, and quick action is needed to protect it, says the Internet Governance Commission

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Australian government entices UK tech startups

  Australia is trying to entice UK technology firms to open operations in the country, with benefits including a stepping stone to Asia and a skilled workforce

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  US takes on the critics of Prism in Irish court

  The US says social media companies have to do mass surveillance in Europe, while the European Union says they can’t. The Irish court is to decide competing claims

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Work in progress: How Jisc’s shared datacentre vision is shaking up the education sector

  Computer Weekly gets a progress report from the Jisc shared services datacentre team in Slough about how the education sector is making use of the site

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Millions of city-dwellers still lack broadband connections

  A study by the Wireless Broadband Alliance has found that over half of the global urban population are unconnected, including many in some of the world’s wealthiest cities

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Euro Championship network traffic spike highlights OTT boom

  The BBC and EE both reported massive spikes in network traffic during the England versus Wales clash at Euro 2016

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Clegg unaware of GCHQ monitoring parliamentary emails

  Former deputy prime minister tells a public meeting he was unaware parliamentary emails were scanned by system linked to GCHQ

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  French Resistance uses satellite broadband for anniversary event

  A satellite broadband service was used to connect veteran secret agents for an historic commemoration of the work of MI6 in Nazi-occupied France

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Bluetooth 5 standard brings range, speed and capacity boost for IoT

  The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced the forthcoming Bluetooth 5 standard, promising significant improvements to support an accessible and interoperable internet of things

• June 16, 2016 16 Jun'16

  Builders kill Virgin broadband service to thousands of Londoners

  Builders working in Brixton, south London, have severed a crucial link in Virgin Media’s trunk network, cutting broadband and cable TV services to thousands

• June 16, 2016 16 Jun'16

  BDUK finds more cash for rural broadband

  BDUK has uncovered and hopes to recover £150m of underspend from Phase 1 of the rural broadband roll-out project

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Openreach announces SME FTTP service roll-out

  A number of cities are to receive a fibre-to-the-premises broadband service specifically designed for small to medium-sized enterprises

• June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16

  Brexit and broadband: Boom or bust for UK infrastructure?

  As the campaigns to remain in and leave the European Union ramp up their rhetoric in the last days of the drawn-out campaign, what is the possible impact of a Brexit on the national broadband roll-out?

• June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16

  Virgin Media cuts agreement with HBF for new-build networks

  Virgin Media has forged a partnership with the Home Builders Federation to improve delivery of fibre-based broadband services to new-build properties

• June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16

  Fintech trailblazer hits United Arab Emirates

  European challenger bank takes its financial technology (fintech) model to the Middle East with the opening of an office in Dubai

• June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16

  Openreach CEO Selley emphasises broadband delivery technology

  Joe Garner’s replacement at Openreach, technologist and engineer Clive Selley, discusses VDSL, G.fast and pure fibre as elements of the future for UK broadband

• June 13, 2016 13 Jun'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Johnny Bröms, Swedish fast-food chain Max Burger

  The CIO of Swedish fast-food chain tells Computer Weekly how digital technology is increasing sales and supporting expansion

• June 10, 2016 10 Jun'16

  UK plc loses £12.3bn to internet downtime over a year

  Research from business ISP Beaming suggests internet connection failures hit two-thirds of British businesses last year, costing the economy £12.3bn

• June 09, 2016 09 Jun'16

  Bahrain IT hub could increase choice for Middle East organisations

  The Bahrain government is trying to create an IT industry with global ambitions that could increase options for CIOs in the wider Middle East region

• June 09, 2016 09 Jun'16

  Edge datacentres hailed as answer to latency concerns in IoT era

  With user demand for low-latency, high-performing applications, delegates at Datacloud Europe 2016 hail edge datacentres as the answer

• June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Internet traffic to triple by 2020, says Cisco

  The latest edition of Cisco’s Visual Networking Index predicts a near tripling of internet traffic during the coming years as more than a billion people come online

• June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Fintech poised to revolutionise banking in the Middle East

  The Middle East has been slow to join the fintech revolution, but there is an opportunity for CIOs to help banks stride ahead as demand picks up

• June 03, 2016 03 Jun'16

  Download speed not biggest broadband concern, say manufacturers

  Manufacturing association EEF warns the government that focusing too much on broadband speed is distracting policy-makers from other issues

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Finland to deploy national Sigfox IoT network

  Internet of things service provider Sigfox has announced plans to extend its global network across Finland by 2017

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  More safeguards needed to protect MPs communications, claims parliamentary body

  Joint Committee on Human Rights argues Investigatory Powers Bill protections are ‘inadequate’

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  LogMeIn customers complain over price hikes and contract renewals

  Remote management supplier denies not notifying customers about impending price rises and renewal dates, as end-user complaints mount

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Server shipments fall as firms use cloud and virtualisation to cut hardware costs

  Gartner’s latest global server sales tracker highlights the toll that cloud and virtualisation are taking on the market

• June 01, 2016 01 Jun'16

  MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ

  Computer Weekly investigation reveals the extent of interception of MPs’ and peers’ email communications and data

• June 01, 2016 01 Jun'16

  Gotthard Base Tunnel opens with 4G coverage throughout

  Rail passengers travelling through the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland will be able to access 4G LTE connectivity throughout their journey

• May 31, 2016 31 May'16

  Hyperoptic adds locations to network footprint

  FTTP supplier Hyperoptic expands its ultrafast broadband offering into seven more towns and cities

• May 31, 2016 31 May'16

  Vodafone rolling out mini base stations in London

  Mobile operator and Ericsson install the first of a number of briefcase-sized devices in the capital

• May 27, 2016 27 May'16

  European Commission endorses UK broadband plans through 2020

  The European Commission gives the thumbs up to the UK’s National Broadband Scheme, designed to extend next-generation broadband access as far as possible by 2020

• May 25, 2016 25 May'16

  EC sets out proposals for online platform regulation

  The European Commission has outlined a number of proposals to better regulate the operation of online platforms in the Digital Single Market

• May 25, 2016 25 May'16

  French authorities raid Google’s Paris office in tax fraud probe

  French investigators raid Google’s Paris office to follow up complaints by tax authorities of acts of aggravated financial fraud