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Internet infrastructure

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Vodafone CityFibre broadband venture gathers pace

  Residents of four more cities – Coventry, Edinburgh, Huddersfield and Stirling – will be hooked up to the ultrafast full-fibre broadband service in the coming months

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Community Fibre gets £25m to fund broadband in London

  Broadband supplier receives backing from the National Digital Infrastructure Fund to bring full-fibre services to 100,000 more properties across London

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Estonia’s digital residency programme faces first headwind

  The Baltic country’s programme to offer anyone, anywhere a chance to run a company online is facing its first crisis

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Russian energy giant makes digital tech adoption a priority

  Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom Neft is exploring the use of the latest digital technologies across its entire business

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Fintech sector increasingly attractive compared to traditional banking for IT professionals

  Fintech job vacancies are growing, while less are being advertised in traditional banking sector companies

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  EU-US data sharing under threat as Irish court refers Facebook case to Europe

  The Irish High Court is seeking answers from the European Court of Justice in a case that could have huge implications for EU-US data sharing and raises questions about US government surveillance of EU citizens. The move could bring a five-year ...

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  LGA proposes full-fibre broadband kitemark for homebuyers

  The Local Government Association has urged housing developers to adopt proposals for a fibre-to-the-premises broadband kitemark for new-build homes in rural areas

• 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