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Internet infrastructure

• September 15, 2017 15 Sep'17

  Banks across Europe cut thousands of staff and branches as IT replaces them

  Banks across Europe cut jobs and close thousands of branches as IT shakes the industry

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  HMRC confirms Microsoft corporate vice-president Jacky Wright as new CDIO

  HMRC has tasked Microsoft corporate vice-president Jacky Wright with helping the department achieve its goal of becoming one of the world's most digitally advanced tax authorities

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  Mobile networks restored to hurricane-hit Caribbean islands

  Emergency networking teams from the Vodafone Foundation and Télécoms Sans Frontières are working to restore mobile connectivity after the Caribbean was ravaged by Hurricane Irma

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  Dubai Health Authority unveils bilingual app for service providers

  The Dubai Health Authority has put the process for bidding for its contracts on an app

• September 13, 2017 13 Sep'17

  Vodafone identifies 50 future digital hubs

  A Vodafone research report has identified a number of towns and cities that have the potential to become what it refers to as Digital Super Towns

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Openreach and rivals want collaborative approach to broadband

  The government’s ambitions for FTTP broadband roll-out can only be met through collaboration, and an urgent shake-up of Ofcom regulatory policy is needed to reflect this, say Openreach and CityFibre

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Government wants to remain in EU cyber security club after Brexit

  The UK government wants to maintain deep links with the European Union’s cyber security working groups following Britain’s exit from the bloc in 2019

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Nearly half of Asia-Pacific manufacturers will have fully connected factories by 2022

  Study finds that thinner margins and the desire for faster and higher quality production has driven manufacturers to modernise their operations through digital technology

• September 11, 2017 11 Sep'17

  Why the best way to encourage digital innovation is not to fund it

  Give people the space to grow and reward people for ideas rather than their output and innovation will come, says Frazer Bennett, a member of PA Consulting’s management team

• September 11, 2017 11 Sep'17

  EAN airline broadband service moves closer to reality

  The European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and will begin to service in-flight broadband customers later in 2017

• September 08, 2017 08 Sep'17

  Government recovers £645m for BDUK broadband roll-out

  The government has recovered £645m of funding to be reinvested in future broadband roll-out through a mix of clauses in its BDUK contracts with BT and project savings

• September 08, 2017 08 Sep'17

  Millions of customer records compromised in Equifax breach

  Major security breach unfolded over a two-month period, and is thought to have affected 143 million customers in the US, as well as an undisclosed number of Britons and Canadians

• September 06, 2017 06 Sep'17

  IoT networks a massive sales opportunity for operators, claims GSMA

  Commercial initiatives around low power wide area network infrastructure will present mobile operators with a potential $1.8tn revenue opportunity over the next decade

• September 05, 2017 05 Sep'17

  Gigaclear extends narrow trenching FTTP broadband dig

  Fibre broadband provider Gigaclear is extending its BDUK dig in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  Government launches FTTP pilot for businesses, schools and hospitals

  The government has released £10m to six FTTP trial projects around the UK, testing ultrafast broadband technology in businesses, schools and hospitals