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Internet infrastructure

• July 27, 2017 27 Jul'17

  Facebook share price hits record high

  Social networking giant reports revenue up 45% and profits up 71% in second quarter compared with Q2 2016, as share price hits $173

• July 26, 2017 26 Jul'17

  Events business uses fixed-wireless to serve demanding clients

  Etherlive, a provider of networking and IT services to organisers of major outdoor events, is using Luminet’s Fibre-Air fixed-wireless access product to better address its clients’ needs

• July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17

  North Korean web users enjoy Amazon, Facebook and YouTube, report claims

  Threat intelligence specialist Recorded Future claims that the North Korean elite are as plugged in to the worldwide web as any western citizen

• July 21, 2017 21 Jul'17

  Scottish community broadband network gets funding to expand

  The Locheilnet community wireless broadband scheme has been awarded funding to upgrade its core infrastructure and target new customers

• July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17

  Singapore begins quest for high-rise datacentres

  Huawei, Keppel Data Centres and the Singapore government will assess the feasibility of building high-rise facilities amid growing demand for datacentre capacity in the region

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  Bristol Council opens its fibre network to commercial operators

  Small business owners in Bristol will now be able to take advantage of ultrafast broadband connectivity using the local council’s fibre backhaul network

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  Dubai Health Authority unveils smart medical check initiative

  Dubai’s health authority takes aim at government bodies with a mobile consultation booth initiative

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Digital transformation at tipping point in Singapore

  Businesses in Singapore are fine-tuning their digital transformation efforts, with a third of them moving public cloud workloads to on-premise systems

• July 17, 2017 17 Jul'17

  First businesses connect to South Yorkshire gigabit broadband network

  The first customers have gone live on CityFibre’s South Yorkshire network, covering businesses in Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Visa encourages US businesses to go cashless with £500,000 in hard cash

  Card giant offers small US businesses financial support to upgrade their payments technology if they agree to abandon cash

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Ofcom sets up Openreach Monitoring Unit

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom is setting up a dedicated unit to keep a watchful eye on Openreach

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Figures suggest blockchain is a 'no brainer' in financial services

  Blockchain has quickly established itself in financial services businesses, with companies in other industries likely to see a similar trend

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Westminster Council to run broadband connection voucher scheme

  Westminster City Council has secured £2.8m to fund a local broadband connection voucher scheme to deliver gigabit speeds to businesses in the London borough

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  UK ranked as top 10 digital economy

  The UK has been ranked among the top 10 nations in terms of digital capabilities

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Cisco to build O2’s public Wi-Fi network for City of London

  O2 enlists Cisco to help build out the multi-million pound public Wi-Fi network currently taking shape in London’s Square Mile