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• March 11, 2024 11 Mar'24

  TechUK calls for next government to introduce ‘industrial strategy’ for AI

  Trade group TechUK publishes blueprint calling for winner of next election to boost tech startups, digitise government services and accelerate technology R&D

• March 07, 2024 07 Mar'24

  UK altnets call for action after attacks on fibre infrastructure

  UK altnets raise concerns after a series of attacks on telecoms networks, demanding DSIT and Ofcom take responsibility to review current rules, from sentencing to policing to industry compliance

• March 06, 2024 06 Mar'24

  BT to supply ultrafast broadband to UK primary schools under Project Gigabit

  Communications provider wins £26m contract to connect more than 650 primary schools in hard-to-reach areas to gigabit broadband to enable children to access online resources and high-quality video streaming

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Meta outage disrupts social media globally

  Meta services, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads, have been downed in a brief service outage

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Unexpected costs hit many as they move to cloud storage

  A Wasabi survey of cloud storage customers finds more moving to the cloud, but they are experiencing busted budgets and unexpected fees, and expect big demands from artificial intelligence workloads

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Open Rights Group accuses LiveRamp of ‘unlawful’ data processing

  Privacy campaigners at Open Rights Group have submitted formal complaints to UK and French data regulators about allegedly unlawful data processing by online advertising firm LiveRamp

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Keepit brings backup and restore to unprotected SaaS applications

  SaaS backup specialist keeps data in its own cloud datacentres, protects cloud data across numerous platforms and aims to give customers the ability to rapidly add data sources

• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  STL, Nokia forge enterprise connectivity partnership

  Optical and digital services company and comms tech provider to explore 5G use cases for enterprises, and offer enhanced networking and digital services in manufacturing, healthcare, retail, banking, critical infrastructure and rural broadband ...

• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  Amazon lobbyists banned from European Parliament

  Amazon lobbyists have had their access badges to the European Parliament revoked, following allegedly repeated refusals to engage with lawmakers on issues around working conditions and rights

• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  Rakuten completes 1 Tbps single wavelength end-to-end transmission trial

  Japan-based mobile network operator and ICT services provider teams with comms tech company to claim 1 Tbps single wavelength transmission record for optical fibre communications

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Home Office GPS tagging of asylum seekers breaches data protection law

  The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued an enforcement notice against the Home Office after finding its programme to tag asylum seekers with GPS monitors breaches data protection law

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Police arrested journalists as part of surveillance operation to identify confidential sources

  Three police forces took part in surveillance operations between 2011 and 2018 to identify sources that leaked information to journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal hears

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Hycu uses AI to develop APIs for SaaS application backup

  SaaS applications don’t usually come with built-in data protection, but Hycu plans to tackle that gap in the market with AI to generate the connectors needed to backup user data

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  Global telcos team up on large language models

  Global Telco AI Alliance comprising telcos from Asia, Europe and the Middle East will form joint venture to build multilingual LLMs that are more attuned to telco domain

• February 23, 2024 23 Feb'24

  CIO interview: Craig Donald, CIO, The Football Association

  England men’s and women’s football teams have had a good few years – and like any successful organisation, they are supported by technology. We meet the IT chief behind football in England and Wales

• February 22, 2024 22 Feb'24

  EU sets sail with undersea connectivity drive in digital infrastructure initiative

  European Commission announces digital connectivity package to advance development of integrated connectivity and collaborative computing infrastructures and shape future EU policy action

• February 22, 2024 22 Feb'24

  UK government breaks one million mark for gigabit broadband upgrades

  Two more Project Gigabit contracts signed to connect a further 32,400 premises in rural UK and further support announced through £70m Future Telecoms programme and Very Hard to Reach Alpha Trials

• February 21, 2024 21 Feb'24

  London Grid for Learning enrols Community Fibre to connectivity curriculum

  London-based charitable trust taps community broadband provider for backup connectivity in part of wider strategy to deliver ‘world-class’ digital infrastructure to children in London

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Telefónica, Matsuko launch holographic meeting experience

  Telco and spatial computing firm to unveil holographic conferencing service to help users gain more effective communication and emotional connection in meetings

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Nexfibre makes billion-pound broadband infrastructure investment

  Next step in UK wholesale provider’s plan to deliver full-fibre gigabit network to 5 million premises by 2026 sees commitment to billion pound investment in broadband infrastructure across the course of 2024.

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  Vodafone looks to ease AR loads with HyperRealityHub

  Telco unveils standalone solution powered by Qualcomm technology utilising fast, secure connectivity computing to be shared between a hub, extended reality glasses and across the cloud

• February 16, 2024 16 Feb'24

  Vonage unveils network API availability

  Comms platform provider announces network API availability, and claims first-to-market developer registration service to simplify network API access and adoption

• February 15, 2024 15 Feb'24

  Openreach unveils ‘turbo-charged’ full-fibre gigabit broadband offer

  Nation’s leading broadband provider reacts with new speed tiers to ‘massive network traffic surge’ due to demand for high-definition streaming, online gaming, video conferencing  and other bandwidth-intensive applications

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  UK government adds to autonomous vehicle funding

  Members of the fifth connected vehicle technology development cohort given potential to receive funding from UK government to aid creation of services that could power self-driving vehicles

• February 13, 2024 13 Feb'24

  B4RN brings gigabit fibre internet to Northern England

  Specialist in advanced broadband to rural homes, small villages, farms and dispersed settlements inks deal with AI-native networking company to future-proof communities and deliver equal access to digital services

• February 12, 2024 12 Feb'24

  Virgin Media O2 switches on 2Gbps broadband, symmetrical speed options

  XGS-PON technology-based Gig2 becomes first residential 2Gbps service from UK provider to go live for sale, designed to help power future technologies from AI to immersive and cloud gaming

• February 08, 2024 08 Feb'24

  Average broadband use on pace to break terabyte barrier by 2030

  Broadband consumption data shows record use of 641GB per subscriber in 2023, with leap to 1TB expected by end of decade

• February 08, 2024 08 Feb'24

  Executive alleged to be behind EncroChat encrypted phone network arrested

  A businessman allegedly behind EncroChat, an encrypted phone network that was used by organised crime groups, has been extradited from the Dominican Republic to France

• February 08, 2024 08 Feb'24

  CityFibre wins five new Project Gigabit contracts

  Leading UK independent full-fibre network provider gains added stake in UK government’s £5bn gigabit broadband programme, subsidising infrastructure roll-out to over 202,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural areas in UK’s southern ...

• February 08, 2024 08 Feb'24

  Cisco taps Apple, Nvidia to achieve distance zero and propel collaboration in new workspace

  Networking and IT tech and services firm reveals solutions and partnerships with leading CE and processor manufacturer to support business in the new world of world where workspaces are being reimagined

• February 07, 2024 07 Feb'24

  Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google

  Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments

• February 05, 2024 05 Feb'24

  Gigabit drives UK local authority connectivity priorities for 2024

  Research finds ultra-high speed broadband roll out remains top priority for local authority digital leaders, 5G continues to divide opinion, and apparent lack of focus on net-zero activities

• February 02, 2024 02 Feb'24

  BT sees strong fibre uptake in third quarter

  Telco’s trading update for nine months to 31 December 2023 shows a quarter of revenue and EBITDA growth while upgrading customers to full-fibre broadband and 5G networks, staying on track to achieve financial outlook for full year

• February 01, 2024 01 Feb'24

  McArthurGlen gets tailor-made connectivity and security for fashion outlets

  Critical network infrastructure provider teams with bespoke network services company to deliver reliable and secure connectivity for McArthurGlen’s nine retail sites across the UK

• January 30, 2024 30 Jan'24

  Sporting events drive 2023’s biggest daily spikes in European and US network traffic

  Analysis from leading internet exchange operator reveals 23% rise in global data traffic in 2023 to 59 exabytes, showing clear seasonal impact of gaming and video conferencing

• January 29, 2024 29 Jan'24

  CityFibre hits £100m revenue milestone in 2023

  Trading update shows UK’s largest independent fibre network reaps benefit from adding one million ready-for-service (RFS) homes in 2023, taking total RFS premises to over 3.2 million

• January 29, 2024 29 Jan'24

  Google Cloud teams up with Singapore government on AI initiatives

  Over 100 generative AI use cases have been tested through the AI Trailblazers programme, among other initiatives to spur AI adoption and build AI talent in the city-state

• January 26, 2024 26 Jan'24

  GenAI tools ‘could not exist’ if firms are made to pay copyright

  AI firm Anthropic hits out at copyright lawsuit filed by music publishers, claiming the content ingested into its models falls under ‘fair use’ and that any licensing regime would be too complex and costly

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  DE-CIX Dallas achieves peak traffic milestone of 1Tbps

  Leading global internet exchange operator achieves new peak traffic record of more through surge due to live-streaming of sports events and the area’s population density and low latency links

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  Altnets, ISPA present telecoms procurement research

  Key UK gigabit target in the balance as report suggests operators can ensure future commercial success built on robust network infrastructure by adopting procurement strategies that supplement in-house operational teams

• January 23, 2024 23 Jan'24

  Neos Networks enhances purchasing with API ordering and ‘quantum quoting’

  Features added to Neos Networks customer provision tool aim to simplify the overall wholesale buying experience through increased personalisation and parity between portal and API purchasing

• January 23, 2024 23 Jan'24

  EXA bolsters transatlantic cable presence

  Digital infrastructure platform launches new cable route and inks point of presence deal to bolster options in connecting Europe and North America, looking to enable businesses to traverse the digital landscape faster and more efficiently

• January 22, 2024 22 Jan'24

  Vocus rolls out 1.6 Tbps technology to light up Australia

  Australian network services provider deploying coherent optical technology to meet growing demands for bandwidth and cut energy usage across the network’s long-haul and metro links from Brisbane to Perth

• January 22, 2024 22 Jan'24

  Chat control: Tech companies warn ministers over EU encryption plans

  Tech companies have written to EU ministers to urge them to back the European Parliament, rather than the European Commission, over proposed regulations to police child abuse

• January 19, 2024 19 Jan'24

  ICO prompts confusion over police cloud legality

  The UK data regulator has suggested that, despite major data protection concerns, it is likely to greenlight police cloud deployments because of an information-sharing agreement with the US government

• January 19, 2024 19 Jan'24

  Telstra, Google, APTelecom to connect Pacific subsea cable system

  Telstra partners with APTelecom and Google to deliver central Pacific Connect initiative to increase digital connectivity, delivering two new intra-Pacific cables

• January 19, 2024 19 Jan'24

  Telcom installs 10Gbps full-fibre for £400m Manchester office development

  Businesses full-fibre and final mile wireless connectivity to deliver connected building solution to Manchester office spaces, allowing access to business internet of up to 10Gbps within 24 hours

• January 18, 2024 18 Jan'24

  Tech firms: Investigatory Powers review will undermine privacy of UK citizens

  Trade group TechUK argues in a briefing sent to the Home Office that proposed amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill could have a far-reaching impact on privacy and security

• January 16, 2024 16 Jan'24

  Connexin, Toob advance altnet gigabit reach in UK

  Further acceleration in the UK’s independent broadband industry sees Hampshire-based broadband provider invest £8m in full-fibre network roll-out, while Humberside-based digital provider launches business offer

• January 15, 2024 15 Jan'24

  Four-fifths of UK gains access to gigabit broadband

  Drive by leading commercial players and Project Gigabit programme sees milestone for gigabit broadband in UK including access for almost a million premises in so-called hard-to-reach places