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Internet infrastructure

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Future of internet regulation is focus of Lords inquiry

  Inquiry will seek evidence on whether or not the law is up to the job of regulating online platforms such as Facebook, and what improvements can be made

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Arm and Nvidia collaborate on internet of things intelligence

  A collaboration between Arm and Nvidia looks to provide deep learning and artificial intelligence on internet-connected devices

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Government sets deadline for affordable 10Mbps broadband

  Ofcom set the task of implementing the rules that ensure everyone in the UK can access affordable high-speed broadband by 2020

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  European insurtech growth dwarfs US

  Europe is seeing rapid growth in its insurtech as investors pump hundreds of millions into the sector

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Scottish village rolls out FTTP broadband at half normal cost

  Residents of the remote village of Balquhidder in Stirlingshire have banded together to roll out a full-fibre broadband network at just half the cost of a normal fibre network build

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Canadian broadband expertise speeds Gigaclear fibre dig

  Rural broadband provider Gigaclear has enlisted Canadian firm Lite Access Technology to assist in the roll-out of full-fibre services to 10,000 properties in Oxfordshire

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  CityFibre consumer broadband collaboration hits Peterborough

  CityFibre is returning to one of its earliest Gigabit City projects with Vodafone in tow to upgrade thousands of homes in Peterborough to gigabit-capable full-fibre broadband

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Fintechs weigh up their partnership options

  Fintechs need to consider what type of companies they should work with to make the most of open banking regulations

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  HPE pushes prescriptive AI for industrial applications

  Predicting when a machine will fail is one thing, but HPE hopes its artificial intelligence service will help businesses augment their maintenance programmes

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  Danish government launches business-focused national digital strategy

  Denmark’s government has launched a plan to get more small businesses into the digital economy as it targets being a leader in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Case study: Stationery firm gets things moving with FTTP broadband voucher

  Nuco, a Midlands-based supplier of paper and stationery products, has improved its business agility and is moving its IT into the cloud thanks to the government’s full-fibre broadband connection voucher scheme

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Ofcom opens 5G spectrum auction

  Ofcom has opened the bidding in the auction of spectrum to support 4G and 5G mobile networks

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Australia, ASEAN deepen links on smart cities and digital trade

  Besides fostering smart city development across Southeast Asia, Australia and ASEAN will also support the use of digital trade standards across the region’s booming e-commerce market

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  Southwark brings full-fibre broadband to council estates

  London’s Southwark Council has enlisted Hyperoptic to deliver FTTP broadband services across its housing portfolio

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  IT contractors not a risk despite Snowden leaks, GCHQ tells court

  The government argues in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that contractors with systems administration rights to computers holding GCHQ’s most sensitive intelligence pose no more of a security risk than the agency’s employees