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Internet infrastructure

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  Surveillance watchdog investigates security risks of GCHQ IT contractors

  The investigatory powers commissioner is reviewing the security arrangements for IT contractors that have access to live computer systems at GCHQ holding highly sensitive records on the UK population

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  MWC 2018: 5G 'open for business', says Ericsson CEO

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm has been expanding on early commercial opportunities for 5G mobile networks

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  Estonia wants to introduce special visa for digital nomads

  Baltic state’s next digital development could be a visa targeted at people who work online and are location independent

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  Ofcom pledges to halve the cost of full-fibre broadband network builds

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom has finalised plans to make full-fibre broadband network builds cheaper, and encourage more private sector investment

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  5G mobile network rocks up in Brighton

  Digital Catapult and the Coast to Capital LEP will switch on a 5G mobile network test bed in Brighton in April 2018

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  O2 uses The O2 to run 5G mobile network trials

  Mobile network operator O2 is to trial a 5G ‘experience’ at the eponymous London music venue later in 2018

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  CityFibre launches consumer broadband partnership in Aberdeen

  CityFibre and Vodafone are preparing to launch a consumer FTTP broadband service in Aberdeen

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Lloyds Bank announces three-year digital transformation

  Lloyds Bank has announced plans to transform how it serves customers through substantial digital investment

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  VX Fiber brings Swedish open access full-fibre broadband model to UK

  Flush with success in its home market, Swedish open access full-fibre broadband specialist VX Fiber is launching in the UK, with plans to shake up service delivery to users by helping local councils monetise their network assets

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  UK finance regulator collaborates with US counterpart on fintech

  The FCA is working with a US finance regulator to support financial technology companies on both sides of the Atlantic

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Lauri Love can stay in UK: prosecutors will not appeal extradition ruling

  Crown Prosecution Service gives undertaking to Lauri Love that it will not appeal against a court decision not to extradite him to the US – but prosecutors are seeking leave to appeal over part of the court ruling on extradition procedure

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Church spires to become mobile coverage hotspots

  Following successful trials in East Anglia, DCMS and Defra plan to encourage rural vicars to host broadband connectivity hotspots in their churches

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Hong Kong, Singapore to continue datacentre bull run

  The two Asian cities, Hong Kong and Singapore, will remain primary destinations for datacentre deployments in the APAC region for the foreseeable future

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Cash will remain in use in Eurozone for a very long time, says central bank

  Cash seems set to survive the onslaught of digital payments, at least in countries that use the euro

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  EE launches home broadband over 4G LTE

  EE has been conducting tests of a powerful 4G antenna that it claims can provide isolated rural homes with broadband speeds equivalent to full-fibre

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  TalkTalk’s York FTTP broadband roll-out to go nationwide

  Following successful delivery of an ultrafast FTTP broadband network in York, TalkTalk is planning to start work on a £1.5bn national roll-out

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  Orange announces European 5G testing

  Mobile operator Orange will run 5G mobile network pilots in France and Romania later this year

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Lauri Love plans to use ‘internet as a force for good’

  Engineering student Lauri Love says he plans to help businesses fight cyber crime, after the court of appeal ruled that he can be tried in the UK for allegedly hacking US computer systems, rather than face extradition to the US

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Appeals court rules Lauri Love will not be extradited over US hacking charges

  The lord chief justice, Lord Burnett, says 33-year-old engineering student Lauri Love will not be extradited to the US to face hacking charges, in a landmark legal decision, and the Crown Prosecution Service should bring proceedings against Love in ...

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Researchers discover malicious Chrome extensions

  Security researchers have discovered a new botnet delivered via malicious Chrome extensions designed to hijack computers to mine cryptocurrency and record victims’ every move

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Appeal Court to give landmark verdict on Lauri Love extradition

  The Appeal Court will decide whether Lauri Love, who has serious health issues, should be extradited to the US to face hacking charges, or face trial in the UK. The landmark case is the first test of legal protections introduced by Theresa May to ...

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Google Q4 results show businesses are buying into its public cloud

  The Google Cloud Platform is earning the search engine giant $1bn per quarter. Expect more cloud investment this year

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Full fibre becomes broadband network of choice for Openreach

  Openreach CEO Clive Selley has pledged to extend the organisation’s full-fibre broadband network by 50% through a programme called Fibre First

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Australia’s internet speeds limiting productivity

  Australia’s broadband networks, already among the world’s slowest, could be further strained by the emergence of virtual and augmented reality

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Government surveillance regime unlawful, court rules in Tom Watson case

  Appeal court ruled in favour of Labour MP Tom Watson in a legal battle with the government over the UK’s surveillance laws, leading to calls to rethink controversial Investigatory Powers Act

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Hull and Highlands worst for superfast broadband availability

  Government statistics on average broadband speeds by constituency have found that a great number of people living in Kingston upon Hull, and the Scottish Highlands and Islands, are still unable to receive an acceptable level of service

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Government sets out further details of Digital Charter

  The government’s charter aims to tackle challenges and risks brought by technology in “an effective and responsible way”, thereby boosting the digital economy

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Sky to move pay TV services to broadband

  The days of the satellite TV dish are numbered as Sky signals its intent to switch to an IP streaming delivery model over broadband connections

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Colt Technology Services outage: European customers hit by internet connectivity issues

  Voice and data network provider Colt Technology Services suffers outage, blighting users in several European countries

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  AWS opens third availability zone in Singapore

  Cloud service provider is upping the ante in a region that has been lapping up cloud infrastructure services to advance digitisation efforts

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Mastercard sets biometric ID deadline for banks

  Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that every one of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  New controversies as Trump passes US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  The amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which seeks to legitimise US surveillance on foreigners, has been signed off by president Trump

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

  Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Judge will take time to seek answers from EU court over Max Schrems Facebook privacy fight

  The Irish High Court will take time to decide what questions to put before the European Court of Justice in a case with significant implications for EU and US trade and the privacy of EU citizens

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment

  European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit

• January 21, 2018 21 Jan'18

  Telstra invests in two new submarine cables to bolster Asia-US connectivity

  The Hong Kong Americas and Pacific Light Cable Network cables will provide more robust connectivity to support the Asia-Pacific region’s growing internet traffic

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Milton Keynes first to get CityFibre-backed consumer broadband

  CityFibre’s FTTP broadband network will be launched to residential customers in Milton Keynes through ISP partner Vodafone

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Telstra adds narrowband capability to its IoT network

  Australian telco claims to be one of the first in the world to support both narrowband internet of things and Cat M1 technologies

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Abu Dhabi continues fintech agenda in 2018

  Abu Dhabi is open to developing its fintech ecosystem, with the next 12 months expected to see more focus on the sector

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Telecoms industry at major tipping point

  Communications service providers should gear up for a software-driven operations model and embrace microservices and DevOps to thrive in the digital economy

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Marks and Spencer eyes £30m annual cost savings from digital-first retail push

  High-street retailer has fleshed out plans to put digital at the heart of its business to boost operational efficiency in response to changing consumer demands

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Google puts its payment services under one roof

  Internet giant is bringing all its payment services under the Google Pay brand, making them “simpler, safer and more consistent”

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  London attracted record tech investment in 2017

  London-based tech firms received record levels of venture capital funding last year

• January 04, 2018 04 Jan'18

  Scottish Ambulance Service tests satellite to improve critical care process

  The Scottish Ambulance Service is testing satellite broadband to help paramedics gather vital information on their patients’ conditions whilst in transit

• January 04, 2018 04 Jan'18

  NHS Coventry connects GPs to CityFibre broadband

  NHS Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group is upgrading to full-fibre broadband infrastructure for GP practices and community health centres

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Colt to expand datacentre footprint in APAC

  Datacentre service provider Colt is laying the groundwork to build datacentres in India and Singapore, and is working on new datacentre technologies to improve energy efficiency

• January 02, 2018 02 Jan'18

  Trackside network to bring 5G to UK rail travellers by 2025

  The government has launched a consultation on improving mobile connectivity for rail passengers

• January 02, 2018 02 Jan'18

  Controversial council broadband service sold to Gigaclear

  Ultrafast broadband services supplier Gigaclear has acquired the assets of troubled district-council-backed altnet Aylesbury Vale Broadband

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  Air New Zealand to trial digital translation technology

  Airline becomes one of the first companies to try out a business case for Google's real-time translation technology