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• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  EE launches 300Mbps 4G mobile network in Tech City

  EE's superfast mobile network goes live in Silicon Roundabout, bringing speeds of up to 300Mbps to the Tech City digital hub

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Three begins 4G roll-out

  The last of the UK’s major mobile operators to join the race, Three confirms it has started to roll-out its 4G network and will cover 98% of the population by the end of 2015

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  VillageBroadband brings superfast Wi-Fi to rural Northamptonshire

  The community project turned company serves up 10-15Mbps Wi-Fi to 3,500 residents in rural parts of the East Midlands county

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  EE connects 10 more locations to 4G

  A further 10 towns and cities will go live today, with the mobile operator promising 19 more will get the faster mobile connectivity by Christmas

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Councils threatened with disconnection from PSN in escalating security row

  A London council was hours away from being disconnected from the public sector network, in an row between central and local government over security compliance

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data

  Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  UK mobile operators to scrap roaming charges by 2016

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has signed an agreement with EE, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone to end roaming charges by 2016

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Case study: Advantage Travel Centres implements UC infrastructure for mobile workers

  Advantage Travel Centres has implemented unified communications (UC) to improve the connectivity of mobile employees

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Study shows IT department losing control of technology innovation

  With innovative technology increasingly developed outside the IT department, CIOs need to start working with other departments

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  Global real estate firm gets edge with cloud and mobile upgrade

  Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has achieved competitive advatage by embracing cloud and mobility

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  CIO interview: Richard Williams, CIO, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, London Market

  CIOs need to have the courage to seek out innovation, says Richard Williams, CIO at insurer Mitsui Sumitomo

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  Banks must engage effectively with customers via Twitter

  Retail banks must take advantage of social media to engage with customers, said digital banking experts.

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  Many enterprises not getting value of consumerisation, says IDC

  There is still a wide variety of approaches to mobility and consumerisation within the enterprise, says IDC

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Argos brings O2 Wi-Fi to 735 stores

  The retail giant is rolling out Wi-Fi to all its stores in time for the Christmas rush

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  4G connections to hit one billion by 2017

  Research from the GSMA predicts one in eight mobile connections will be 4G within the next four years

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  BlackBerry continues executive shakeup

  The mobile manufacturer ousts another two c-level executives, whilst another board member resigns

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Report highlights poor UK attitudes to mobile security

  Businesses should note that many UK mobile users do not take security precautions and do not know how to guard against data theft

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Businesses plan support for remote devices

  Businesses will increasingly provide remote support for tablets and smartphones, but security fears are still an obstacle

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Avoid BYOD pitfalls to ensure business benefit, says Amtel

  As companies embrace BYOD plans, the same mistakes continue to be made, says PJ Gupta, CEO of Amtel

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  uMotif wins Cisco Big Awards 2013

  Digital health startup uMotif has won first place at the Cisco Big Awards 2013

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Barclays cuts 1,700 jobs as customers turn to technology

  Barclays Bank is planning to cut 1,700 frontline jobs across the UK as customers increasingly turn to technology for banking

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Cardiff chooses BT for free Wi-Fi project

  The Welsh capital signs a deal with BT in its bid to become a ‘super connected city’

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Fife Council saves £20m through flexible mobile working solution

  Fife Council has implemented a mobile flexible working programme that allows employees to use mobile devices to simplify business processes

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy document

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Europe to follow US clearance of mobile devices on flights

  The European aviation regulator is to follow the US lead in easing restrictions on the use of mobile electronic devices during flights

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  CIO interview: Paolo Cinelli, CIO, Ikea

  Ikea's priority is to get closer to its customers using a multi-channel approach which combines digital and traditional methods

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Poundland chooses Microsoft Office 365 as it overhauls IT infrastructure

  Poundland is implementing Microsoft Office 365 to enable staff to collaborate and communicate more efficiently.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Sainsbury’s digital efforts pay off as online grows 15%

  Sainsbury’s online grocery channel has grown 15% year-on-year, resulting in an annual turnover of £1bn

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  BlackBerry reveals new UK managing director

  After the surprise departure of Rob Orr this summer, the mobile manufacturer has appointed Alexandra Zagury as Orr's successor

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Apple and Samsung back in court in the US

  Apple and Samsung are back in court to settle the final amount the South Korean firm must pay in damages for infringing patents

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  EE criticises government for being fixed on fixed-line broadband

  As EE launches 4G Wi-Fi services across rural Cumbria, the operator’s CEO criticises the government for focusing too heavily on fixed broadband infrastructure

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Retailers predict rise in m-commerce over Christmas period, says Barclays

  Retailers expect sales from mobile devices to rise in the run-up to Christmas 2013

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  CIO Interview: Michael Ibbitson, Gatwick Airport

  Gatwick Airport is replacing in-house IT with cloud services in a multimillion-pound modernisation programme

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  Luxury brands can avoid social media, says former Aston Martin director

  Luxury brands do not need to jump onto social media sites to as part of their marketing and IT strategy

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  IT spending up as companies invest in digital technology

  Businesses are stepping up their spending on IT as they invest in strategic digital technologies, a CIO survey by Deloitte reveals

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  Passengers navigate Gatwick airport using Google Street View

  Gatwick Airport is using Google Street view to help passengers find their way around the airport and into the duty frees

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  Huawei invests $600m in 5G mobile R&D

  Network company Huawei has announced it will invest at least $600m in research and development for 5G technologies by 2018

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  Government urged to release planning data for future city construction

  Data will have a large role to play in the designing of buildings in future cities, but the UK government needs to make data from planning and designs accessible now

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  UK government behind mobile broadband, says Ed Vaizey

  Mobile broadband is one of the technologies that can see us through to a fully connected society, says communications minister Ed Vaizey

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  EE to launch 300 Mbps 4G network in London

  Mobile operator EE has launched an LTE-Advanced network, which it claims to be the fastest 4G mobile network in the world

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  AT&T eyes up Vodafone for buyout

  The US mobile giant is rumoured to be looking for an entrance to the UK market by buying the UK-based firm

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  UK to study US clearance for mobile devices throughout flights

  UK authorities are to study a decision by US aviation regulator FAA to allow the use of mobile devices throughout flights

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  BP appoints Mike Gibbs as group CIO to succeed Dana Deasy

  Mike Gibbs is set to take over as BP’s group CIO when incumbent Dana Deasy leaves the energy company in December

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Nokia results boosted by Lumia smartphone sales

  With the sale of its devices business to Microsoft set to complete early in 2014, Nokia has reported a boost in sales of its Lumia smartphones

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Three quarters of UK homes can access superfast broadband

  A report from telecoms regulator Ofcom claims three in four homes can now access superfast internet connections and adoption of the technology is on the rise

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  1.2m 4G customers increase EE’s data revenues

  EE has announced a total of 1.2m 4G users in its latest financial results.

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Apple’s ‘arrogance’ offers Huawei opportunity

  The vice-president of market for Huawei devices admits his firm has a fight on its hands to grow in the mobile market

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  Mobile operators ready to embrace Wi-Fi

  The CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance claims ‘the era of reticence and resentment is gone’ and mobile operators are now looking to how Wi-Fi can benefit them, rather than seeing it as their enemy

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  Technology and innovation in European banks

  Innovations in online and mobile, in video banking, social integration and CRM, are taking precedence to connect with banking customers

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  Online retail sees strongest growth in 13 years following summer dip

  The online retail market has seen its highest growth period for 13 years.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  EE scolded by advertising standards agency for ‘misleading’ maps

  The mobile operator has been pulled up by the ASA for publishing maps that misled customers, raising coverage expectations to above what was available

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  The challenges of using mobile devices in the public sector

  The government is allowing the public sector to implement BYOD schemes, but the guidelines are limiting and challenges still remain

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Mobile payments set to take Europe by storm

  Benjami Puigdevall Esteve, head of electronic channels at the Spanish bank La Caixa believes Spain will lead the way with NFC payments in 2014, with hopes that the trend will also take hold of the rest of Europe.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  EE offers 4G broadband to rural areas

  The UK mobile operator is targeting its 4G broadband packages at rural areas missing out from superfast connections

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Huawei confirms UK R&D centre

  Huawei says it will build an R&D centre as part of its £1.3bn UK investment after the firm's CEO met Chancellor George Osborne

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Ofcom seeks bidders for MoD 4G spectrum

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom is given 190MHz of spectrum by the MoD for commercial use, so another auction could be on its way

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Scottish Government pilots Windows 8 tablets to improve services

  The Scottish government is piloting how Windows 8 could be used to improve citizen relationship

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Vodafone completes Kabel Deutschland acquisition

  The mobile operator pays out £6.6bn for Germany's largest cable company

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Case study: South Staffordshire College leads technology revolution in education

  South Staffordshire College is to open a digital campus, where students will be encouraged to immerse themselves in education through tech

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Ofcom hikes spectrum licence prices

  Mobile regulator Ofcom more than quadruples the annual fees mobile operators will have to pay for 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum bands

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  BT to offer mobile services over EE network

  The telecoms giant has announced EE is its preferred bidder as it looks to re-enter the mobile market as an MVNO

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  BIS launches Smart Cities Forum to capitalise on the growing industry

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has launched an initiative to help the UK develop smart cities

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  CW500: Retailers jostling for position in world’s biggest shop window

  Consumers are beginning their shopping journeys online and increasingly finishing them there too

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Alcatel-Lucent to axe 10,000 staff

  The networking company’s new CEO continues his cost saving plan by wiping almost 14% of its global workforce

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Technology will make businesses more 'human'

  Technology will make organisations less hierarchical, more decentralised and more democratic – in other words, more human

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  UK breaks into ITU’s top 10 for ICT development

  UK takes eighth place in International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) league table for ICT deployments and adoption

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Nokia brings real-time maps to Mitsubishi Motors

  Finnish manufacturer Nokia partners with Mitsubishi Motors to bring its real-time maps technology to cars

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Government holds consultation on broadband delivery

  A meeting to tap the industry for its knowledge on broadband delivery is taking place in Whitehall today, but DCMS gives little notice for companies to be prepared

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  BlackBerry admits to poor take-up of BES 10

  BlackBerry has admitted that sales of its core product for business users – BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 - have failed to live up to expectations

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Ofcom announces UK white space trials

  UK organisations will play a major part in European tests for the wireless technology

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Case Study: London Symphony Orchestra fine tunes Wi-Fi

  London Symphony Orchestra deploys Xirrus technologies at its St Luke’s venue in central London

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Companies more comfortable with ‘choose your own device’

  The buzzword may be BYOD, but while businesses want to offer choice, they are looking for comfort too

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Network Rail to boost mobile broadband on trains

  Network Rail will work with industry partners to boost mobile broadband connections for train passengers by 2019

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  EE hit by weekend of outages

  Mobile operator EE confirms issues on its network but keeps quiet about the causes

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  BlackBerry sales drop by half in just three months

  BlackBerry sales have dropped by half in just three months, with the company confirming a $965m loss for its second quarter

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Government approves BYOD for public sector staff

  The government has issued security approval for public sector organisations to offer bring your own device (BYOD) schemes for employees

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Poor connectivity and battery life hamper mobile working

  A study conducted by Vanson Bourne for HP finds almost two-thirds of mobile workers are unable to work effectively due to connectivity issues

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  BlackBerry ponders going private with $4.7bn offer

  A consortium named Fairfax Financial Holdings offers $4.7bn for the struggling mobile manufacturer but allows it to keep searching for other buyers before the deal is done

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  BlackBerry cuts 4,500 jobs after $1bn loss

  BlackBerry is to cut 40% of its workforce after revealing a likely loss of nearly $1bn in its latest financial quarter

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Government tests emergency mobile alert system

  The Cabinet Office plans to test a public alert system to let mobile users know if an emergency occurs in their area

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Virgin Media Business launches 4G service

  Virgin Media Business will offer 4G mobile services over EE’s network and converge fixed lines with smartphones

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Barclays expands Pingit to attract businesses

  Barclays Bank has added features to its Pingit app making it easier for customers to buy goods and services with their phones

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Will the iPhone 5S’s fingerprint technology help enterprise security?

  A fingerprint sensor has been built into Apple's latest iPhones. Computer Weekly looks at what this means for enterprise security

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Vodafone appoints new UK CEO

  After five years in charge, Vodafone veteran Guy Laurence is leaving his role to head up Canadian firm Rogers Communications and will be replaced by Jeroen Hoencamp

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Huawei bets on European talent with mobile R&D

  Putting a cellular research centre in the homeland of Ericsson is a great idea for scouting talent, but will Huawei opening its doors win over the sceptics?

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  CW500 Club: BYOD best practice

  Company schemes for staff to use their own devices are relatively new; CW500 delegates discuss bring your own device (BYOD) best practice

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Vodafone confirms five Midlands cities for 4G

  Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield will all get Vodafone’s 4G services from the end of September

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Case study: M2M and cycling aid Diabetes research

  The mHealth Tour will see cyclists use mobile technologies to investigate the link between exercise and blood sugar levels

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  EE boasts one million 4G customers

  EE reaches its 4G customer target four months early, serving as a reminder to its competition it was the first to market with faster mobile services

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  European Commissioner Neelie Kroes pushes for 5G despite EU 4G lag

  European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes calls for 5G investment despite a GSMA report showing 4G take-up of just 1% in EU

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Vodafone confirms $130bn Verizon sale

  Less than 24 hours after admitting it was in talks, Vodafone sells off its share in US firm Verizon Wireless to focus on European operations

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Case study: Lancaster University revamps unified communications

  Lancaster University works with Logicalis to install new Cisco systems and bring unified comms to staff and postgraduates

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Vodafone admits ‘advanced discussions’ with Verizon

  Media speculation that the UK firm will sell off its 45% of the US firm Verizon Wireless has truth to it, but the UK operator says there is no certainty that an agreement will be reached

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  Startup profile: CloudZync

  CloudZync is a British startup which provides mobile wallets for retailers to enable mobile payments and loyalty programmes.

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  Three promises unlimited 4G in December

  The smaller of the UK’s mobile operators claims its 4G offerings will be worth the wait

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  ARM buys Sensinode for ‘internet of things’ push

  ARM acquires the start-up to boost communication capabilities between devices and gain a stronger place in the open standards community

• August 22, 2013 22 Aug'13

  Delta Air Lines roll out 19,000 Nokia 820s

  The US airline teams with Microsoft, Nokia and Avanade to speed up in-flight shopping for travellers

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Enterprise data security still possible, say industry partners

  Novell, Kyocera and NetIQ have joined forces to demonstrate that reliable enterprise data security is achievable in the mobile era

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Ofcom champions faster satellite connections

  The telecoms regulator launches a consultation into using higher frequency bands for satellite broadband connections, enabling faster speed for trains, aeroplanes and ships

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Hempsons Solicitors cuts costs with Enterasys network

  Legal health specialist Hempsons Solicitors rips out its existing Cisco infrastructure for increased functionality and cost savings