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• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Liverpool top of the league for mobile business usage in UK

  Merseyside rated as the sweetest of sweet spots for business wireless connectivity

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  UK government, mobile trade association, operators slam attacks on UK 5G masts

  Criminal damage to phone masts and abuse of telecoms engineers condemned as the product of “crackpot” online conspiracy theories

• April 05, 2020 05 Apr'20

  Google data shows high interest in security and remote working

  An analysis of the most Googled technology terms during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the scale of the cyber security challenge presented by the crisis

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Standardisation delays threaten long-term enterprise 5G

  Covid-19 outbreak could see delays in essential technology roll-out, leading to the 5G industry missing out on up to 10% of total revenues, says research firm

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Australian broadband providers team up to meet network demand

  NBN Co and five retail service providers have formed a working group to manage congestion and take steps to address the surge in demand for broadband connectivity amid the Covid-19 outbreak

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Huawei extols 2019 as ‘extraordinary’ year

  Despite political challenges across the world restricting use of its technology, Chinese comms tech giant posts strong yearly increase in sales and profit

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Teleworking drives new application usage growth for Comcast

  Largest network operator in US issues assurance that huge shift in usage patterns and extra demands on home networks are well within infrastructure’s capability

• March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20

  Fujitsu unveils Japan’s first commercial private 5G network

  Successful verification under provisional licence opens path to commercial launch for private 5G network for Japanese tech giant

• March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: internet providers enhance support for customers, end data caps

  Supporting the UK’s government efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and support home working, UK network operators agree a wide range of supportive measures

• March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20

  Microsoft targets 5G arena with Affirmed Networks acquisition

  IT giant turns sights on telecoms opportunities, bringing expertise of virtualised, cloud-native network software provider into Azure fold

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  Russia presses ahead with developing 5G, but allocation of frequencies needs to be resolved first

  Russian mobile operators are pooling their resources to help them overcome the technical challenges of creating 5G networks

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  Nokia, LG Uplus build fully automated 5G IP transport network in Korea

  Finnish comms firm wins another Asian contract with Korean operator to improve speed of 5G service deployment

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: Global VPN deployments rocket since 11 March

  Business virtual private network uptake has taken off over the past 10 days as global workforces become vastly more distributed

• March 23, 2020 23 Mar'20

  Chunghwa Telecom selects Nokia, Ericsson for rapid 5G build-out

  Taiwanese operator taps Nordic comms giants for essential equipment in improving efficiency and user experience

• March 23, 2020 23 Mar'20

  Coronavirus: UK mobile operators discuss sharing crowd movement data with government

  Reports emerge of unprecedented cooperation between UK telcos and government to provide people-modelling data to prevent spread of coronavirus