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Mobile networking
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November 22, 2017
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Nov'17
Government 5G investment must address roll-out as well as R&D
Chancellor Philip Hammond announces further round of investment in network connectivity technology, with more cash for 5G and fibre broadband projects, but some say it’s time for the government to invest in roll-out as well as R&D
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November 20, 2017
20
Nov'17
Budget 2017 to promise huge UK technology boost
Wednesday’s Budget will include funding for artificial intelligence, driverless cars, 5G, digital skills and more computer science teachers
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November 16, 2017
16
Nov'17
The race is on to build a 5G business case, says BT CEO
Speaking at a Huawei mobile broadband event, BT CEO Gavin Patterson said telcos and mobile operators must overcome the challenge of building viable business cases for investment in 5G mobile networks – and quickly
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November 15, 2017
15
Nov'17
EE conducts UK’s first 5G mobile network test
Mobile operator has successfully conducted the first test of an end-to-end 5G network architecture in the UK
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Emergency Services Network delay to cost hundreds of millions
The Emergency Services Network roll-out has hit further delays and is likely to become very costly indeed, the Public Accounts Committee has heard
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Waltham Forest Council gives 5G network plans a boost
Waltham Forest Council in London is to allow Arqiva to deploy small cell technology on 16,000 lampposts across the borough
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November 08, 2017
08
Nov'17
Swisscom picks Ericsson to build its 5G network
Swiss incumbent operator Swisscom commits to nationwide gigabit 4G from 2018, and 5G from 2020
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October 25, 2017
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Oct'17
Oversight of intelligence agencies’ data sharing has ‘failed’, court hears
UK’s intelligence services lack adequate oversight and written guidelines when sharing databases of sensitive information, Privacy International argues in secret court
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
University of Manchester launches city fitness application
University’s health research centre is using gamification to get people active as part of the Manchester CityVerve smart city demonstrator
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Adtran and CCS collaborate on millimetre wave for 5G
At Broadband World Forum in Berlin, network specialists Adtran and Cambridge Communications announce a technology collaboration to help rapidly and cheaply deploy dense 5G networks
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
Transport Research Lab to run £13m autonomous vehicle trials in London
A consortium led by the Transport Research Lab has been awarded government funding to run connected and autonomous vehicle tests in the capital
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
Mobile networks accused of overcharging loyal customers
EE, Three and Vodafone are continuing to charge customers for their smartphones after the devices have been paid off, according to a new report
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
The 5G wheels are spinning in APAC
Adoption of 5G across the Asia-Pacific region will be led by China, South Korea and Japan, but telcos will need to find the right pricing strategy to compete with IoT connectivity upstarts
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Safeguards permit GCHQ to share huge databases on public, court hears
Intelligence commissioners did not need technical expertise or support staff to check whether GCHQ and MI5 were lawfully sharing huge databases, court told
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Government cuts cost of network infrastructure roll-out
Parts of the Electronic Communications Code have been updated to help communications providers deploy new infrastructure more quickly