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• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  Microsoft 365 banned in German schools over privacy concerns

  German schools cannot legally use Microsoft Office 365 over lack of clarity about how data is collected, shared and used, as well as the potential for unlawful transfer of European citizens’ personal data to the US

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  ‘Legal but harmful’ clause dropped from Online Safety Bill

  Online Safety Bill’s ‘legal but harmful’ provision will be dropped by the UK government in favour of public risk assessments, tools to help users control the content they consume, and new criminal offences around self-harm

• November 24, 2022 24 Nov'22

  BT aims to reign in industry where connectivity is king

  In the latest part of its drive to evolve from a telco to a techco, BT unveils range of 5G-enabled robotics systems and reveals how it is driving the evolution of advanced communications in industrial applications

• November 24, 2022 24 Nov'22

  Internet of things market continues to surge

  China and US to drive world adoption of internet of things with global demand for smart offerings from industrial to security use cases still rising

• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  CityFibre inks strategic relationship with Toob

  Terms agreed to give rapidly growing full-fibre platform’s wholesale customers access to growing network footprints of south of England fibre-to-the-premise network provider

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Virgin Media feels strain from Warzone, teams with TIP for Dublin Wi-Fi

  Comms provider sees busiest day on record for UK data consumption, and teams with local authority in Irish capital to trial open, disaggregated Wi-Fi network with goal to provide city centre with free wireless internet access

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  GBI adds to optical network capacity to deal with World Cup traffic spike

  Middle East-based smart and fully managed network provider deploys optical network engine ahead of expected increase in demand on infrastructure

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Enterprises embrace SD-WAN but miss benefits of integrated approach to security

  Research from managed network and security services provider finds virtually all enterprises have deployed software-defined wide area networks or plan to do so within the next 24 months, but nearly half reported they either don’t have security ...

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Agility, business more important than cost, network management for IT teams

  Cisco report finds new rules applying in a multicloud world, with IT decision-makers regarding security as the top networking challenge when managing distributed and hybrid workloads

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Hispasat, Sencinet expand satellite broadband in Mexico

  New agreement between managed services and solutions network integrator and satellite communications operator expands and extends currently contracted capacity until December 2024

• November 11, 2022 11 Nov'22

  CityFibre celebrates Dundee anniversary, makes splash in Brighton & Hove

  Full-fibre platform makes mark at both ends of the UK, racking up two-year presence in growing gaming hub in North East Scotland and arriving on shore of South of England’s leading coastal resort

• November 08, 2022 08 Nov'22

  Nokia, Optus unveil ultra-low-latency Sydney to Melbourne network

  Australian operator takes on comms tech provider’s network infrastructure offering to upgrade its existing long-haul network and address growing market demands for bandwidth

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  Altnets announces fibre equipment partnership with HellermannTyton

  Supplier to internet service providers inks partnership with custom-built telecoms products manufacturer to distribute broadband products to service providers across the UK

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  Keeping personally identifiable data personal

  As it celebrates its 100th birthday, the BBC has begun a pilot looking into its role in enabling the general public to store their personal data

• November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

  UK government approach to space industry lacks coherence and investment

  As satellite broadband industry rockets, report from Commons Science and Technology Committee criticises government’s failures in key technical areas and continues to question value to taxpayer of OneWeb joint venture

• November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

  Networks division stars as SES shows solid Q3 2022

  Global satellite operator continues to benefit from its pivot away from video and to business connectivity, reporting a positive third quarter but continued revenue decline for its video business

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  BT sees fibre and 5G advances in H1

  After ‘building and connecting like fury’, UK incumbent telco claims to be remaining on the front foot in current turbulent times and nears nine million mark in fibre deployment

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Shadow digital secretary outlines Labour’s tech priorities

  Labour’s digital and technology plans focus on reining in the power of the tech giants, boosting connectivity across the UK, and improving online safety

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Truespeed invests £22m into South-West full-fibre roll-out

  With the addition of 12 new areas to its gigabit broadband network, Bath-based UK altnet expands full-fibre network access to parts of home city and regions of South Gloucestershire and North Somerset

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  Report reveals ‘clear gaps’ in UK’s broadband safety net

  Latest update on progress of broadband roll-out guarantees from April to September 2022 shows worrying signs that as the cost-of-living crisis rolls on, swathes of the UK population could be priced out of gaining acceptable broadband

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  CityFibre furthers gigabit in UK Midlands and claims £283m Blackpool boost

  Warwick and Leamington Spa added to growing list of gigabit broadband-enabled communities covered by UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform

• October 28, 2022 28 Oct'22

  Virgin Media O2 trials 5G drone in Snowdonia

  Comms operator trials new 5G drone technology to increase safety for millions of visitors at North Wales national park, delivering network coverage to remote areas and helping emergency services to respond to distress calls better

• October 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

  Government ups cyber support for elderly, vulnerable web users

  DCMS announces a funding boost to help the elderly, disabled and other vulnerable groups stay safe online and avoid being misled by disinformation

• October 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

  Meta tightens purse strings as it spends on Reality Labs

  Facebook’s parent company is betting the business on a long-term strategy to move social media into the metaverse

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Dutch lawyers raise human rights concerns over hacked cryptophone data

  Dutch defence lawyers say in an open letter that there is a risk of unfair trials unless they are allowed to test the reliability and legitimacy of hacked cryptophone evidence

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Germany: European Court of Justice asked to rule on legality of hacked EncroChat phone evidence

  Berlin’s Regional Court has asked the European Court of Justice to answer questions about whether the use of hacked EncroChat phone evidence complies with European law

• October 24, 2022 24 Oct'22

  Rural-urban broadband connectivity gap persists in UK

  Research from UK communications regulator finds widespread use of video streaming and other bandwidth-intensive services mean people are demanding more of their broadband connections, but accessibility to ultra-fast connectivity is dependent on ...

• October 24, 2022 24 Oct'22

  Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Cisco collaborate for inclusive, digital region

  Networking tech giant and local council unveil region-wide, secure, digital infrastructure to underpin transformation of public services in social innovation programme designed to boost digital skills, innovation with SMEs and access to services

• October 21, 2022 21 Oct'22

  Did Truss authorise ‘war risk’ provocation over Black Sea?

  A UK Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint spy plane was ordered to approach Russian territory in a Cold-War-style provocation just days after Liz Truss’s mini-budget collapsed

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  Broadband majors, altnets respond to cost-of-living crisis

  With latest UK inflation figures set to see comms contracts rise, industry reacts to mitigate against worst effects of price rises for customers and staff

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  NBN selects Nokia 5G mmWave FWA technology for connectivity refresh

  Much-criticised Australian national broadband infrastructure sees first large-scale, long-reach 5G mmWave FWA deployment in urban, suburban and rural environments

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  BT reveals role of robotics, IoT to transform and automate agriculture

  First fruits revealed of leading UK telco’s dedicated telecoms civil engineering robotics test facility, designed to help fibre network development

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Skype’s legacy and the rise of the ‘new Nordics’

  Estonia and other Baltic states could be part of a ‘new Nordics’ of technology innovation

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Vodafone, Altice create a fibre-to-the-home joint venture in Germany

  A 50/50 joint venture partnership aims to build on operator’s next-generation network with broadband firm’s industrial expertise and proven fibre-to-the-home construction capabilities, enabling gigabit connectivity to customers in Germany

• October 17, 2022 17 Oct'22

  Neos Networks announces business-grade managed dedicated internet access

  UK fibre connectivity supplier announces launch of the managed variant of its dedicated internet access service, providing businesses with fully managed, enterprise-grade, fibre-optic internet connectivity

• October 17, 2022 17 Oct'22

  GBI taps Nokia to enhances optical network capacity between Middle East and Europe

  Cloud, connectivity and content enabler undertakes optical network capacity upgrade between key markets to scale wavelength speed by a factor of x4 to offer high-speed connectivity across subsea cable and terrestrial network links

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  UK gigabit broadband expansion rolls on for CityFibre, Hyperoptic

  Deployment in South Yorkshire adds to largest independent provider’s estate as part of £8bn development plan, while fibre provider announces internal and external milestones as it clocks up 11 years in business

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  Indonesia’s NeutraDC outlines global ambitions

  Formed from the consolidation of Telkom’s infrastructure assets, NeutraDC has set its sights on being a global player in datacentre and connectivity services

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  Qualcomm unveils next-gen MR, VR devices based on Snapdragon platform

  New premium-tier extended reality platform is said to deliver 50% higher sustained power and 30% improved thermal performance to enable more immersive metaverse experiences in smaller, lighter form factors

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  French Supreme Court rejects EncroChat verdict after lawyers question secrecy over hacking operation

  France’s Supreme Court has sent a case back to the court of appeal after police failed to disclose technical details of EncroChat hacking operation

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  Meta presents vision for business metaverse

  How can hybrid teams collaborate seamlessly? Meta believes virtual reality tied to business applications is the way forward

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  ICO selectively discloses reprimands for data protection breaches

  Data protection experts question ICO’s selective approach to publishing formal reprimands for contravening the law, after FoI request reveals the Cabinet Office was among the organisations reprimanded

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Community Fibre secures £985m finance facility

  London and South East-based gigabit connectivity provider announces massive cash injection

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Wayfair shutters datacentres and ends hybrid cloud strategy with Google Cloud move

  Online home furnishings retailer Wayfair has completed a 16-month datacentre shutdown project that has seen it migrate all its applications and workloads to the Google Cloud

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Small businesses bask in broadband benefits as UK full-fibre reaches 11 million homes

  As more SMEs shift towards hybrid working, better broadband becomes a priority. Studies from research firm and UK comms regulator show full-fibre availability is on the increase, with almost two in five able to access services

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Nokia launches SaaS for fixed networks portfolio

  Comms tech giant intros software as a service for fixed networks portfolio line-up covering broadband and Wi-Fi controller, as well as operational tools

• October 07, 2022 07 Oct'22

  Private investors back innovators to boost African connectivity

  Local operator research finds nearly four out of five VC and private equity firms believe innovation in connectivity will drive expansion in Africa, despite infrastructure issues

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  EU rolling out measures for online safety and AI liability

  The European Council has approved the passage of the Digital Services Act to protect people’s rights online, while the European Commission has announced proposals to help those negatively affected by artificial intelligence to claim compensation

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  UK a broadband laggard as altnets grab share from incumbents

  Ookla overview of UK broadband market reveals that while fibre development is accelerating throughout the country, median fixed broadband download and upload speeds compare badly with global market

• October 03, 2022 03 Oct'22

  BT Group sees network gains through AI Accelerator

  Telco announces new platform to orchestrate, accelerate and monitor artificial intelligence model deployments developed by its data community and to drive efficiencies