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Internet infrastructure

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  Ofcom must rethink rural broadband USO, says Lords report

  There are still serious concerns about whether or not the 10Mbps broadband USO is fit for purpose, and Ofcom needs to take account of them, according to The House of Lords Select Committee for the Rural Economy

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  British 5G developers to test their mettle in South Korea

  DCMS launches £2.4m project to support the development of 5G applications for public transport alongside its South Korean counterpart

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Huawei leak inquiry launched

  Cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill has instituted an inquiry aimed at discovering who leaked confidential discussions about UK mobile operators’ use of Huawei in their future 5G networks to the press

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Public becoming more aware of privacy abuses and unethical tech

  Widespread abuses of privacy, biometric information and artificial intelligence mean the internet is in poor health, but growing popular awareness of its problems gives some cause for hope, says the Mozilla Foundation

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  How technology is shaping Malaysia’s economy

  Malaysia has one of the most digitally connected societies in the world, but more work is needed to bridge the digital divide

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Apple spends upwards of $30m a month on AWS during first quarter of 2019, report claims

  According to US media reports, Apple is spending upwards of $30m a month on procuring cloud services from Amazon Web Services

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Autonomous vehicle tech is too costly and unreliable for production

  Level 5, fully autonomous vehicles are a decade away. By then, the tech will be so expensive, that it will only be available on high-end vehicles

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Construction halted at Apple datacentre in Denmark over alleged contractor dispute, report suggests

  A local media report suggests construction of Apple's first non-US datacentre has halted in Denmark over a dispute over missed deadlines by the contractor tasked with delivering the build

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  TfL suspends Wi-Fi service as Extinction Rebellion spreads

  Transport for London has cut off its public Virgin Media Wi-Fi service to disrupt climate change protests

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Vodafone upgrades old phone boxes to support surfers

  MNO is giving old phone boxes in Cornwall a new lease of life with a 4G upgrade

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Huawei cyber security chief John Suffolk: It’s not our culture to be aggressive

  John Suffolk, global cyber security and privacy officer at China-based telecoms equipment supplier Huawei, tells Huawei Analyst Summit growth is the best answer to US criticism

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Facebook takes extraordinary legal steps to contain document leak

  Facebook targets journalists and news organisations for computer searches

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  CityFibre loses court battle over ‘fake fibre’

  CityFibre has been knocked back by the courts in its dispute with the ASA over the use of the word ‘fibre’ in broadband ads

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Broadband upgrade improves response times for cave rescue team

  The South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team has switched on a new ultrafast broadband connection to help its members react more quickly in life-threatening emergencies

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  ASEAN datacentre providers must up their game

  Digital transformation trends are changing the ASEAN datacentre landscape and those that wish to succeed must transform themselves, says Frost & Sullivan