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• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Britain to pay billions for monster internet surveillance network

  New questions raised about Britain’s snoopers’ charter after Denmark abandons its own UK-style surveillance programme for a second time

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  Private mobile network powers Ocado’s robotic warehouse

  Online supermarket Ocado rethinks 4G mobile technology to power a network of 1,000 robot workers operating in the grocer's 'hive' warehouse

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Budget 2016: Osborne commits to timescale for 5G planning

  In a technology-light Budget, chancellor George Osborne made new commitments to future 5G mobile networks

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Fintechs want to take one-third of traditional banks’ business

  Banks know they could lose large chunks of business to fintech firms, but if the challengers have their way, it will be more than expected

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Atom Bank to offer artificial intelligence-based customer support

  Digital bank is integrating AI into its mobile banking app for customers to access support

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Nationwide unifies business and public Wi-Fi in 700 branches

  Nationwide Building Society rolls out a unified Wi-Fi network across both its public and enterprise properties

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Internet of things needs more innovative business models

  At a government event on IoT policy, speakers call for more innovative business models and joined up thinking to enable the IoT to live up to its potential

• March 11, 2016 11 Mar'16

  Technology and new finance firms will test banking industry

  UK bankers now think fintech is a bigger issue than regulatory change, according to a study

• March 11, 2016 11 Mar'16

  RTÉ leans on satellite broadband to cover Irish general election

  Irish TV network RTÉ turned to satellite ISP Europasat to support its coverage of the country’s general election

• March 10, 2016 10 Mar'16

  Startup trials autonomous delivery robots in Greenwich

  Estonian robotics startup Starship Technologies secures permission to trial self-driving delivery robots in Greenwich, south-east London

• March 07, 2016 07 Mar'16

  Mobile payments fund Tanzanian ambulance taxi service

  NGOs in Tanzania use M-Pesa mobile payments to fund a life-saving ambulance taxi service in rural Tanzania

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  MasterCard named as VocaLink suitor

  MasterCard is reportedly in talks with the banks that own payments provider VocaLink over a £1bn takeover

• March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16

  Telecoms firms launch Stem mentoring scheme for girls

  BT joins Ericsson, O2 and Vodafone to create a mentoring scheme encouraging girls into science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) careers

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Virtual insanity: Is 2016 the year users go big on VR?

  At Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, virtual reality appeared to emerge as a technology that is at long last hot to trot – but is it still a lot of virtual hype?

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Record UK cash withdrawals, but is it just a stay of execution?

  The amount of cash withdrawn from UK ATMs last year was up on the previous year despite the arrival of technology-enabled alternatives

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  Mobile Infrastructure Project was a failure, admits Vaizey

  At a Westminster Hall debate, digital economy minister Ed Vaizey conceded the £150m Mobile Infrastructure Project to address "not-spots" was largely unsuccessful

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  52 contactless payments made every second in UK last December

  Contactless card payments continue to rise at a rapid rate, with nearly £8bn spent in the UK last year using the technology

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Tech Nordic Advocates partners with Nordic Startup Conference

  Tech Nordic Advocates, sister organisation of startup group Tech London Advocates, is partnering with the Nordic Startup Conference show in Copenhagen in March

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  UK government and GSMA team up to fight poverty with mobile tech

  The Department for International Development is funding a project by mobile operator group GSM Association (GSMA) that uses mobile technology to help people in developing countries

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Government launches probe into business broadband access

  Business secretary Sajid Javid announces a review to improve business access to affordable, high-speed broadband

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Citi’s corporate clients do $1tn in mobile banking

  Citi bank's mobile service for corporate finance departments has notched up $1tn in transactions since its launch in 2011

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Mapping technology turning Depok in Indonesia into smart city

  Depok in Indonesia is using mapping technology to support its smart city ambitions

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  MWC16: Vertical approach to 5G is vital, says European Commission

  The European Commission’s 5G Public-Private Partnership has set out its vision of how 5G will empower vertical industries in Europe

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  Samsung Pay processes $500m in first six months

  Samsung Pay is being used by around five million people in the US and South Korea, with China being the next step in its global launch

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  MWC16: GSMA and operators renew commitment to connected women

  At Mobile World Congress, the GSMA has partnered with a number of operators to connect millions more women in emerging economies

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  MWC16: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg voices support for Apple over FBI probe

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Mobile World Congress he sympathised with Apple's battle with the FBI over unlocking a terrorist’s iPhone

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  MWC 2016: Faulty mobiles usually users’ fault, report claims

  Consumer behaviour seems to be the primary cause of faulty mobile devices, reports Blancco Technology Group

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  MWC16: Ford expands connected vehicle ecosystem

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, auto supplier Ford expands its Smart Mobility programme and launches a connected vehicle

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  Internet of things helps track endangered dugongs in the Philippines

  Fishermen in the Philippines are using smartphones and apps to help conservationists protect an endangered species

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  MWC16: 4G connections pass one billion worldwide, says GSMA

  The number of 4G mobile connections worldwide has passed the one billion mark, according to the GSMA

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  MWC16: Smartphone suppliers show off virtual reality at Mobile World Congress

  At Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, key device suppliers have been quick to roll out their flagship devices, with an emphasis on virtual reality

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Surrey University 5GIC project explores rural not-spots

  A whitepaper published by the University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre reveals how 5G could work in tandem with existing technology to meet the needs of rural users

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Mobile innovation shifts to smartphone services

  As smartphone sales continue to stagnate, suppliers are looking to innovate in more novel ways

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Middle East telecoms operators face up to IoT smart city challenges

  As smart city initiatives spring up in the Middle East, telecoms operators contend with the strain of the internet of things (IoT) on networks

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Apple announces Indian technology development operation

  Apple announces it will open a development centre in one of India's fastest growing technology hubs, in the city of Hyderabad

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  Vodafone and Liberty Global to merge in Netherlands

  Vodafone and Liberty Global confirm that they are to merge their Dutch businesses

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Telstra is transforming Australian IT infrastructure

  Telco is transforming its IT operation to make better use of the cloud, data and application programming interfaces

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Three home broadband service targets students and renters

  Mobile network operator Three offers customers in Northern Ireland the chance to trial a mobile home broadband service as an alternative to fixed operators

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Vodafone’s global tax burden drops by £5bn

  Mobile operator’s worldwide tax bill has fallen by 36% in the past 12 months following significant divestments

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  AT&T to test first 5G wireless systems this year

  Network operator announces plans to test 5G technology to provide wireless connectivity before the end of 2016

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Telstra outage fires warning to corporate Australia

  Mobile network interruption shows how dependent Australian organisations are on national supplier

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  CIOs must start planning for 5G today, says 451 Research

  A report from analysts at 451 Research urges businesses to start preparing their technology for 5G mobile networks ahead of deployment

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Jassim Haji, director of IT, Gulf Air

  IT boss at Bahraini national carrier views mobility as a way to keep costs down and improve customer experience

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Smart cities pointless without universal superfast broadband

  Smart city deployments will not get very far, or realise effective socioeconomic benefits, if more attention is not paid to the underlying infrastructure

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  BT uses G.fast to deliver mobile backhaul over copper

  One of BT’s ongoing trials successfully delivers a cloud radio access network cell service over copper lines

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  Flexible working good for profit, productivity and reputation, says Vodafone

  A report conducted for mobile operator Vodafone indicates the scale of acceptance of flexible and mobile working practices

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  Chiltern Railways tests enhanced trackside Wi-Fi

  Chiltern Railways, part of the Arriva network, tests out an enhanced trackside Wi-Fi network to improve connectivity for passengers on its trains

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  How to survive a broadband service failure

  With BT yet again forced to apologise to consumer and business broadband customers after another technical fault, how can businesses reliant on one telco prepare themselves for the inevitable?

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Global mobile traffic to hit 31 exabytes a month by 2020

  The boom in global mobile data traffic shows absolutely no signs of slowing, according to Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index report

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  VoLTE calls not yet as reliable as 2G or 3G, says report

  Research by customer experience solutions supplier Amdocs claims VoLTE call drops are four to five times higher than on traditional mobile networks

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Three chairman promises five-year price freeze after O2 merger

  Three chairman Canning Fok pledges a price freeze and a £5bn network investment if the acquisition of O2 is allowed to go ahead

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  Portsmouth uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to ease traffic woes

  City council manages traffic flow and eases congestion with a wireless, Bluetooth IoT sensor network

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  TalkTalk loses 100,000 customers in cyber attack

  Communications service provider says it lost 101,000 customers after last year’s data breach, but claims half a million took up its free upgrade offer

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  No supplier immune from declining smartphone market, says Juniper Research

  Juniper Research’s latest assessment of the smartphone market reveals virtually all suppliers are being affected by the global slowdown

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Boeing plugs ViaSat into new AH-64E Apache helicopters

  Boeing awards satellite broadband supplier ViaSat a contract to supply connectivity for its AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Ofcom: O2 acquisition will damage competition and retail markets

  Ofcom chief executive Sharon White outlines the regulator’s concerns over Three’s acquisition of O2

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Jaguar Land Rover sets up ‘living lab’ to test autonomous cars

  Car manufacturer invests £5.5m in a 41-mile ‘living laboratory’ to test and develop connected and autonomous vehicle technology

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  EE to retain brand, network and shops, says BT

  BT has announced a new organisational structure to come into effect in April, following its acquisition of mobile operator EE

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  BT completes EE acquisition on schedule

  BT has completed its £12.5bn acquisition of EE on schedule, with the mobile operator set to become a new business unit in the wider group

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  Ofcom to probe EE over billing mishap

  Regulator announces an investigation into errors made by EE in applying European roaming charges

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  BBC awards broadcast network contract to BT

  BT is awarded a seven-year, £100m plus contract to supply networking services to the BBC

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  EE emerges as top performing network at London airports

  RootMetrics’ analysis of mobile broadband connectivity at London’s City, Gatwick and Heathrow airports reveals EE is far outpacing its rivals in terms of performance

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Samsung upbeat despite profit slump

  Samsung says that it will continue to plug away at diversifying and reinforcing its business in a bid to return to profitable growth

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Police spending too much on outdated IT systems, Theresa May says

  Police ICT reform is “gritty and unglamorous” but necessary to tackle crime, according to home secretary Theresa May

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Government may consider state-owned broadband provider

  A public sector-owned broadband infrastructure provider is one option on the table as DCMS consults on the future of the £1.7bn BDUK scheme

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Nokia FastMile enhances LTE networks to boost rural broadband

  Nokia launches a long term evolution radio service called FastMile, which will allow operators to boost mobile broadband services in rural areas

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  BT Mobile MVNO deploys agile NFV-based billing

  BT deploys an NFV-ready customer billing platform from BSS supplier Openet to give mobile customers more control of their service

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  NHS England to launch innovation 'test beds’

  Seven NHS ‘test beds’ will pilot tech such as wearables, apps, monitors and sensors to improve patient care

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Oil company gives roaming workforce unlimited Wi-Fi

  Oil and gas well management company Expro chooses iPass to meet the mobile data needs of its globally distributed workforce

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Norfolk County Council embarks on £20m network and mobile upgrade

  Norfolk County Council has awarded Capita-owned public services network supplier Updata a £20m framework agreement to upgrade its network infrastructure

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Enterprises will drive augmented reality and wearables, says report

  Business applications, not consumer, will be the real drivers for growth in augmented reality and wearable technology, says Beecham Research

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Canary Wharf Group brings 4G network coverage inside its properties

  Arqiva deploys an in-building network to enable 4G browsing in the underground shopping centres at Canary Wharf

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  BT names global IT architect Howard Watson as CIO

  BT chief architect and managing director of global IT platforms, Howard Watson, is to replace Clive Selley as the telecoms firm's CIO

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Sigfox brings the internet of things to Antarctica

  Connectivity provider teams up with GPS supplier Sensolus and Belgian government to use the IoT to support climate change researchers

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Still no consensus on need for FTTP, argues government

  In its response to a European consultation on broadband speed and quality, the UK government sticks to its guns, advocates for a mix of delivery technologies and insists there is no consensus on the need for FTTP

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Daimler embeds secure SIMs in Mercedes-Benz range

  German premium car maker picks Oberthur Technologies to supply secure, embedded SIMs for Mercedes-Benz vehicles

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  BT and EE to merge in weeks after deal gets final approval

  Acquisition of mobile network operator is expected to conclude at the end of January after Competition and Markets Authority gives go-ahead

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent celebrate honeymoon

  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent officially complete their merger and celebrate their first day of combined operations

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Polish city builds network to manage smart public transport systems

  The city of Rzeszow in Poland is building a microwave data transmission platform to manage transport systems in a smart city project

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Scottish Power picks Vodafone to manage smart electricity grid

  Four-year contract will see mobile operator manage performance monitoring and fault identification systems as energy supplier transitions to smart grid technologies

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  Used smartphones worth $17bn to global economy, say accountants

  Deloitte’s technology, media and telecoms practice suggests there is now a vast market for used smartphones

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  EE and O2 mobile networks hit by mystery outage

  Operators struggle to account for fault that left customers unable to place calls to landline numbers

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Smartphone-based UK bank gets additional £48m backing

  Starling bank, which only offers a smartphone-based current account, has received multi-million pound backing and named its board of directors

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Mobile spectrum sharing pilot begins in France

  Ericsson joins with startup Red Technologies, Qualcomm and the French government to run a radio spectrum sharing pilot for future 5G mobile networks

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Audi drivers go online with European MVNO agreement

  Audi drivers will be able to buy in-car connectivity through an MVNO agreement spanning 13 European countries

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Bristol opens up transport data to app developers

  Bristol City Council offers free access to transport data to encourage the development of mobile technology systems

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Free public communications network rolls out in New York City

  Communication hubs will provide free public Wi-Fi, voice and video calls, device charging and tablets for internet browsing, access to city services, maps and directions

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Mobile operator consolidation spreads to France

  Orange confirms it is in discussions to buy local rival Bouygues

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Asean countries consider IoT for smart farming

  Malaysia is leading the way when it comes to using internet of things technologies to improve agriculture

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  EE CEO Swantee to leave after BT deal wraps up

  EE confirms that CEO Olaf Swantee will step down following the mobile operator’s acquisition by BT

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  Top 10 internet of things stories of 2015

  2015 was the year the internet of things began to move from theory to widespread practice, and the fledgling industry shook off the millstone of connected kitchen appliances

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  More than a quarter of Brits bank on mobile, but branches still popular

  More and more people in the UK are banking on their smartphones, but more than a third still visit branches regularly

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  Mobile tech saves more carbon than it emits, says Carbon Trust

  Use of mobile technology in Europe and North America is saving more than 180 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year, according to the Carbon Trust

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Bracknell man arrested over VTech toy hack

  Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the hacking of Hong Kong-based toymaker VTech

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  EE and Plusnet are most complained about broadband providers

  Ofcom’s latest complaints stats show EE continues to generate the most complaints, while Plusnet sees a spike in dissatisfied consumers thanks to a major service outage

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Mobile roaming revenues to drop by a quarter in Europe

  Juniper Research looks ahead to 2017 to predict the likely effect of when mobile roaming charges across the EU member states are phased out

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Norway’s TeliaSonera demonstrates 1Gbps 4.5G network

  Norwegian operator TeliaSonera demonstrates the fastest download speeds yet obtained over a commercial mobile network

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Will more business mean more IT adoption in post-election Myanmar?

  Myanmar is set for huge economic, social and cultural changes after the recent general election and IT has a key role to play

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  HyperCat smart city venture sets up shop in India

  UK government-backed HyperCat Consortium seeks Indian startups for Hyderabad-based incubator

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  EE and Motorola confirmed as ESN suppliers by Home Office

  EE and Motorola have been formally selected to provide a resilient national 4G network for the UK’s ambulance, fire and police services