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• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  Welsh police to develop mobile app for witness statements

  Two Welsh police forces are to develop a mobile application that will allow officers to record and send witness statements while on the beat

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Smart meters, digital channels and CRM are top priorities for British Gas

  Smart meters, digital channels and reducing customer complaints by implanting a new CRM system are top of the agenda for British Gas over the coming year.

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  IT needs to improve network infrastructure for future of retail

  IT departments need to up their game and improve networks for the retail sector which is on the brink of massive technology change

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  BT forges on with fibre roll-out but customer uptake weak

  BT rolls out fibre optic broadband across the UK at a steady pace but only 15% of fibre-ready premises sign up for the superfast internet service

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  EE launches 4G in Cornwall

  EE has deployed its 4G mobile network in Saltash, Cornwall, making it the first Cornish town to connect to the network

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  East Kent Services deploys Citrix virtual desktop

  East Kent Services has issued Citrix mobile workspace technology to organisations to reduce operational cost and increase collaboration

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  BlackBerry to buy anti-phone tapping specialist Secusmart

  BlackBerry to buy German voice and data encryption supplier Secusmart for an undisclosed sum

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Joanna Shields joins the government’s digital revolution

  Chair of Tech City UK, Joanna Shields is joining the prime minister’s Digital Taskforce to represent the digital sector

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Isle of Man gets 4G LTE service

  Huawei teams up with local incumbent Manx Telecom to deploy the Isle of Man’s first 4G LTE service

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  5G network for London by 2020, says Boris Johnson

  Mayor Boris Johnson to promise 5G mobile network for London by the end of the decade

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  British Legion launches online WW1 remembrance database

  The Royal British Legion is launching an online database to remember those killed in the First World War

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Carl Dawson to become IT director at M&S

  Marks and Spencer hires ex-Tesco internet retailing lead as IT director

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  4G services pick up momentum in enterprises

  4G services gaining traction among business customers, report mobile network suppliers

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Contactless card payments to be accepted across entire TFL network

  Transport for London (TfL) will begin accepting contactless card payments from 16 September 2014.

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Five top UK tech startup clusters outside London

  Tech City UK has moved towards promoting the entire UK, rather than just the capital

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Online spending continues to increase thanks to fashion sector

  Consumers are spending more money shopping online, with clothing and footwear seeing the biggest increases

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Yorkshire councils upgrade networks for Tour de France

  IP telephony and Wi-Fi upgrades help North Yorkshire and Leeds City Councils meet the demands of the Tour de France

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Alpharooms drives mobile conversion with responsive design

  Holiday booking site Alpharooms has adopted a responsive website in order to increase purchases driven by mobile website visits

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Business Secretary calls for TSB’s funding to be doubled

  Business Secretary Vince Cable has urged the government to double the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) funding

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Law should be strengthened to protect data from mass surveillance, tribunal hears

  Privacy of UK citizens' metadata may fall short of European standards

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Vodafone to bring 3G femtocell coverage to 100 rural communities

  Vodafone invites up to 100 rural communities to apply for a place on a scheme to bring 3G coverage to mobile black spots

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Electronic document management – a paperless cure for the NHS?

  Will the NHS meet the 2018 deadline to go paperless? Or is it more likely that the NHS will just have less paper than it did in 2013?

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Technical glitch hits BBC iPlayer

  BBC iPlayer was affected by technical problems over the weekend, preventing some viewers from accessing TV on demand

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Interview: Gerard Grech, CEO, Tech City UK

  Tech City UK CEO, Gerard Grech, thinks there are other places besides London to start a digital business in the UK

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Huawei reports 19% increase in revenue

  Huawei has reported revenues of $21.9bn for the first six months of the year, up 19% compared with the same period in 2013

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  BBC 4G broadcast research wins support of Huawei and EE

  BBC Research and Development has teamed up with Huawei and EE to explore the role of 4G mobile networking in the future of broadcasting

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  BBC News commits to digital investment amid loss of 220 jobs

  BBC News has announced a restructure where it will invest more into digital transformation and original journalism.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Law gives 'arbitary' protection against surveillance, tribunal told

  Your choice of mobile phone service can determine whether the government can legally spy on you, tribunal told

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Drivers ready for connected cars, says Telefónica report

  Telefónica’s second annual Connected Car Industry report uncovers rising awareness of in-car connectivity among users, and says connected services are starting to influence buying decisions

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Apple and IBM pair up to tackle enterprise mobility

  IT giants Apple and IBM have entered a partnership to develop business applications to focus on improving enterprise mobility

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Ed Vaizey gets digital industries role in Cabinet reshuffle

  Culture minister Ed Vaizey has been promoted to the post of minister for digital industries in this week’s Cabinet reshuffle

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Orange opens up to app developers and startups with Apigee

  Orange picks Apigee’s digital API platform to help developers and startups create services by levering data already held by the telco

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Bank branches being used more despite online services surge

  Customers' use of bank branches is increasing in parallel with the surging take-up of online banking services, according to research

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  Silent Circle’s OCC VoIP service cuts out roaming costs and snoopers

  Mobile device privacy firm Silent Circle expands its hybrid encrypted Out-Circle Calling, quelling users' snooping fears and cutting roaming costs

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  UK leads in mobile adoption

  UK businesses are getting a return on their mobile investments as they invest in technologies to underpin their digital strategies

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Post Office to become mobile phone operator

  Post Office attempts to grow its services portfolio in the telecoms sector by launching an MVNO venture

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Digital banking transactions reach £1bn in UK

  British people are making online and mobile banking transactions worth near £1bn a day

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Samsung profits fall as tablet market shifts

  Samsung’s electronics business has seen weak earnings in the second quarter of 2014, dropping by around 25% from last year

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Government invites tenders for Emergency Services Network

  Incumbent Airwave Solutions among several businesses invited to tender on the four lots of the new Emergency Services Network

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Tablet sales to slow in 2014, says Gartner

  Gartner findings show that sales of tablets are set to slow in 2014 as uptake moves into the late adopters phase in mature markets

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Vodafone cuts roaming costs with WorldTraveller

  Vodafone moves to combat high roaming costs outside the EU, launching £5 a day WorldTraveller service in countries including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the US

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Nationwide hit by apps glitch

  Some Nationwide Building Society customers were temporarily unable to access online and mobile banking apps on Friday 4 July

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Santander launches $100m London fintech fund

  Santander is creating a $100m venture capital fund in London for financial technology (fintech) suppliers

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Bristol City Council launches open data initiative

  Bristol has launched an open data initiative to encourage citizens to build services using local data.

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Tour de France organiser deploys satellite phone system for UK stages

  Tour de France organiser ASO selects Globalstar satellite phones to keep support and emergency crews connected during UK leg of tour

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  CIO interview: “Stores still very much part of Argos IT strategy”

  Argos combines wants to deliver a shopping model as compelling for online and mobile as it is for traditional channels

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Case Study: Marston's Telecoms taps Blue Coat Wi-Fi manager

  Marston’s Telecoms, the in-house ISP of pub and brewery chain Marston’s, rolls out Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances to take control of its onsite Wi-Fi networks and cut bandwidth costs

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Data roaming charges across EU tumble

  Data roaming charges in the EU have fallen more than 50% after new rules came into force

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Connected cars standard by end of 2018

  Juniper Research study finds integrated in-vehicle connectivity and apps will become standard in new cars by the end of 2018

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  BT sorry after broadband customers hit by mystery outage

  BT has apologised after a network incident left thousands of its customers without internet access on Saturday

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Workers will find a way to use their own technology, warns Samsung

  The trend of blending work and home life is exposing companies to “hired hackers” who use their own tech despite restrictions by their employer

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Half of network equipment ageing or obsolete, survey finds

  Dimension Data finds 51% of network devices near the end of their life as buyers take cautious approach to hardware refreshes

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Intel's new lab in Swindon to fuel IoT projects

  Intel has opened an IoT Ignition Lab in Swindon to allow UK enterprises to develop projects in retail and more

• June 26, 2014 26 Jun'14

  CIO interview: Jeremy Garside, London Symphony Orchestra

  Jeremy Garside started out as an orchestra manager, and turned to technology to alleviate manual calculation and improve financial planning

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  Why are retailers turning to startups for innovation?

  There has been a surge of interest by retailers in using startups, rather than established IT suppliers, to build their technology solutions.

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  Barclays ranked top for mobile banking

  UK banks are improving their mobile banking offerings after a slow start, with Barclays top of the bunch, according to Forrester Research

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  CIO interview: Thierry Bedos, CTO, Hotels.com

  Hotels.com packs a huge digital punch globally, but is still striving for the perfect omni-channel customer experience

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  CIO Interview: Colin Windsor, Truphone

  Colin Windsor, CIO at mobile operator Truphone, is a techie whose career has included companies offering disruptive technologies

• June 19, 2014 19 Jun'14

  BlackBerry makes small profit in light of internal shakeups

  BlackBerry has achieved a net profit of $23m with revenue of $966m in three months from May until the end of March 2014

• June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14

  CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, head of IT, Wellcome Trust

  The world’s largest medical charity is shifting its technology focus to improving ways of working

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  IT investment required to support global expansion of British firms

  Over half of British businesses that want to expand internationally say insufficient technology or comms infrastructures are barriers

• June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14

  London Symphony Orchestra improves touring through single SIM

  The London Symphony Orchestra is using mobile services to enable its staff to have the same quality calls at the same cost anywhere on tour

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  Barclays launches fintech startup accelerator

  Barclays is looking for innovative financial services technology (fintech) solutions by opening its own startup accelerator programme

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  Register to vote online goes live

  The latest online transactional service from government has gone live as part of the ‘digital by default’ initiative

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  EE drives mobile phone deals with CRM software implementation

  Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere claims a 400% increase in phone deals after rolling out customer relationship management software

• June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14

  Vodafone blows lid on government spy networks

  Vodafone reveals secret mobile phone-tapping network and joins Microsoft and Cisco in calling for debate on electronic surveillance

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  Three ditches data roaming charges in five more countries

  Mobile operator Three adds Finland, France, Israel, Norway and Switzerland to its Feel At Home service

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  Future of ‘smart’ hinges on confidence in technology and networks

  UK progressing from digital society to smart society, but future development hinges on confidence and solid network infrastructure

• May 28, 2014 28 May'14

  Case study: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust deploys e-observation technology

  Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is deploying mobile observation technologies to monitor patient health

• May 28, 2014 28 May'14

  Silverstone uses ticketing to enhance customer experience

  The Silverstone Circuit has been the home to British Racing events since the 1940s after it was built on an abandoned airfield

• May 28, 2014 28 May'14

  EE brings MobileIron Cloud to UK businesses

  EE and MobileIron Cloud will offer app management and control features and business grade security to corporate customers

• May 22, 2014 22 May'14

  Case study: Bank of America and Nationwide use in-branch telepresence

  Bank of America and Nationwide implement video conferencing technology to enable customers to speak to banking specialists

• May 21, 2014 21 May'14

  EE brings 4G mobile broadband to 2,600 rural communities

  Mobile network provider EE has completed a rural 4G roll-out to 2,588 towns and small villages, giving three million people access to enhanced service levels

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  Businesses increase IT spending at fastest rate for eight years, say IT leaders

  IT spending is up, but role of CIOs under threat as companies appoint chief digital officers

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  Vodafone profits drop after £6.6bn impairment charges

  Vodafone books multi-billion pound impairment charges in a number of markets and says its earnings will not improve in 2015

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  EE looks forward to 5G

  Telecoms firm EE is in the midst of its 4G roll-out, and predicts that 5G will not begin appearing commercially until at least 2020

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  DVLA backs south Wales technology startups and talent

  The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is in talks with startups and universities in south Wales to encourage technology talent in the region

• May 14, 2014 14 May'14

  Can Tech City deliver reliable fast internet for startup businesses?

  Technology companies based in London’s Tech City are struggling to access high-speed fibre optic broadband, which is dramatically affecting the success their businesses.

• May 12, 2014 12 May'14

  ASA orders BT to remove misleading broadband speed checker

  The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that BT should take its broadband checker from its website until it provides accurate information following a customer complaint

• May 09, 2014 09 May'14

  Vodafone cuts 121 staff with Burton site closure

  A review of Vodafone sites following its 2012 acquisition of Cable & Wireless Worldwide will see its Vodafone Business Services centre in Burton-on-Trent shut down, with 121 jobs at risk

• May 09, 2014 09 May'14

  Unify UC deployment helps prep NHS Trust for NPfIT exit

  Unify has signed a £2m deal to revitalise the Royal Free London NHS Trust’s comms and collaboration systems as it prepares to exit the National Programme for IT

• May 06, 2014 06 May'14

  HTC vows to double sales as quarterly losses bite

  After posting a large quarterly net loss, HTC is pinning its hopes on new handsets and a stronger portfolio

• May 06, 2014 06 May'14

  Juniper and Nokia Solutions Networks expand partnership to address telco clouds

  Collaboration melds Nokia Solutions and Networks' Liquid Core system and Juniper’s MetaFabric datacentre architecture

• May 02, 2014 02 May'14

  Analysis: How the UK connects to the US global drone network

  A single acronym in a US defence contract provided the clue that established the role of the UK’s telecoms infrastructure in US drone flights

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  Nokia appoints Rajeev Suri as president and CEO

  Following the completion of Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s handset business earlier this week, Nokia has appointed Rajeev Suri as president and CEO of Nokia

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  Forum meets to plan digital help for high streets

  The Future High Streets Forum has held its first meeting to discuss how technology can help high streets to remain attractive, sustainable and meet consumer demand

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  EE sees further rise in demand as big companies move to 4G

  Mobile network operator EE has seen a further rise in demand for its 4G services as its customer base increased by 889,000 to 2.9m over the last quarter

• April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14

  Home Office tenders for new Emergency Services Network (ESN) provider

  The Home Office is searching for a new provider of its emergency services communications contract

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Just 2% of citizens think government’s digital services will have an effect

  Only 2% of the UK believe the government’s push to offer public services digitally will have a great effect on their lives

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Zebra Technologies to acquire Motorola’s enterprise business for $3.45bn

  Zebra Technologies has announced that it will acquire Motorola Solutions’ enterprise business for $3.45bn

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Interview: Alex Alexander, multichannel technology director at Asda

  Asda has been on a cloud-based e-commerce journey for the past six years after taking its general merchandising (GM) and George clothing websites to the cloud, allowing the retailer to concentrate on innovating its retail offering

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  Interview: How Ordnance Survey supports geolocation startups

  Ordnance Survey has named three budding geolocation startups as winners in its latest Developer Challenge

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Are retailers using data analytics to their advantage?

  Computer Weekly looks at the challenges the retail sector faces in taking advantage of data analysis

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Endless aisle solution helps Crocs cope with small retail space

  Footwear retailer Crocs has implemented an endless aisle solution in its 200-plus stores in the US which helps overcome small store space

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Only 10% of UK shoppers have made use of in-store tablets

  Retailers are failing to engage consumers with in-store technology

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Converse US sees over 50% web traffic from mobile

  Over half of Converse's web traffic in North America now comes from mobile devices following 'mobile first' website revamp

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  UK retailers leave US behind in click and collect race

  UK retailers are storming ahead in providing click and collect services for consumers

• April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14

  60% of SMEs already using cloud apps

  Research from the British Chambers of Commerce and BT Business revealed 60% of UK SMEs already use cloud based applications

• April 06, 2014 06 Apr'14

  Retailers to invest more in technology throughout 2014

  Retailers will be spending more on technology over the coming year, with websites and mobile, and new IT systems at the top of their agendas

• April 04, 2014 04 Apr'14

  European parliament votes in support of net neutrality

  The European parliament has voted in support of proposed telecoms legislation that aims to enforce net neutrality rules.