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December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12
4G application day arrives

Mobile operators wanting to apply to take part in Ofcom’s spectrum auction have to submit their bids before the regulator kicks off the process
December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12
CIO interview: Steve Whatson, IT director, Metropolitan Police

Steve Whatson, director of ICT for the Olympics and Major Change at the Metropolitan Police Service, discusses the challenges of IT transformation at the Met
December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12
CabWifi wins Transport for London approval

A free Wi-Fi service for black cabs will begin to roll out across London in early 2013.
December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12
Three chooses Huawei for managed services contract

UK mobile operator Three will transfer staff to Huawei, and its partner Tech Mahindra, to manage its core network and operations.

December 07, 2012 07 Dec'12
Citrix buys corporate MDM tool company Zenprise

Citrix has bought mobile device management (MDM) company Zenprise for an undisclosed sum to boost its corporate mobile tools portfolio
December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12
IT managers look to telephony in the cloud

A survey shows 80% of IT managers see the benefits of moving their telephony and unified communications systems to the cloud, but less than half are using the solutions
December 04, 2012 04 Dec'12
Mobile phone market growth slows

The overall market for mobiles only grew by 1.4%, but smartphone shipments are still exploding, according to IDC
December 04, 2012 04 Dec'12
Orange to pre-install mobile security on Android phones in 2013

Orange Android devices will come pre-installed with the Lookout Mobile Security application to counter malware and spyware
December 03, 2012 03 Dec'12
Internet controls to be decided this week at WCIT

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is hosting the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai
November 29, 2012 29 Nov'12
ICO fines text spammers Tetrus Telecoms £440,000

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fines marketing firm Tetrus Telecoms £440,000 for sending millions of spam texts to mobile users

November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12
EE ups data allowance on 4G mobile broadband

EE, the only operator to run a 4G network in the UK, increases its mobile broadband data allowances without upping the price
November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12
Nokia wins patent case against RIM

Nokia has won its dispute with Research In Motion (RIM) after a year of fighting over its patent licensing agreement
November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12
Ovum urges CIOs review MDM policies to support BYOD practices

IT departments must review IT support contracts and invest in mobile device management (MDM) for staff using their own devices at work
November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12
Ericsson takes Samsung to court over patent dispute

Ericsson is suing Samsung for patent infringement, despite negotiating over the use of the inventions for almost two years
November 26, 2012 26 Nov'12
Greater Anglia rolls out train station Wi-Fi

Train operator Greater Anglia partners with The Cloud to offer free Wi-Fi at 100 of its stations in the east of England
November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12
Ofcom publishes proposals for white space devices

Regulator Ofcom takes steps towards enabling devices to use the gaps between spectrum bands – so-called 'white spaces' – for connectivity
November 22, 2012 22 Nov'12
Orange launches free call and text app

Orange takes on the ‘over the top’ providers with its own application, called Libon, enabling users to make calls and send texts for free
November 21, 2012 21 Nov'12
First tests of EE 4G network show inconsistent coverage

The first tests of EE's 4G network show coverage for less than half of Manchester city centre and inconsistent 4G connections
November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12
Mobile OS Android users choose Wi-Fi to transfer data

Research from Nielsen claims 78% of data transferred over Android OS devices uses Wi-Fi connections rather than 3G mobile data allocations
November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12
Ofcom to free up 700MHz spectrum for mobile networks

Telecoms regulator Ofcom hopes to avoid a capacity overload on mobile networks by releasing more frequencies by 2018
November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12
IT professionals too trusting of Generation Y

While most IT managers think employees stick to policy, most 18- to 30-year-olds play by their own rules, using personal devices at work
November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12
Smartphone sales rocket 47% in third quarter 2012

Gartner figures show smartphone sales jumped nearly 47% in Q3 2012, but overall mobile shipments fell as feature phone sales dropped off
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Vodafone blames southern Europe as revenues plummet 7.4%

Vodafone reports revenues down 7.4% year-on-year for the first half of the fiscal year, blaming weak markets in southern Europe for the drop
November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12
Banks ramp up investment in innovation despite slowdown

Retail banks are increasing spending on innovation as they attempt to better engage customers through mobile and online channels
November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12
Ofcom sets date for £1.3bn 4G frequency spectrum auction

The application deadline for mobile operators to bid for 4G frequencies is set for 11 December 2012 as Ofcom finalises the spectrum auction rules
November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12
BYOD devices to double by 2014

The number of consumer devices brought into the workplace will hit 350 million by 2014, according to a study from Juniper Research
November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12
Samsung dominates smartphone market as global shipments grow 44%

Global smartphone shipments grew to 173.7 million units in Q3 2012, with Samsung taking a 32% market share of 55.5 million units
November 07, 2012 07 Nov'12
Apple loses patent case to VirnetX

Apple has been ordered to pay $368m in damages to VirnetX after a court ruled it had infringed on two of the software firm’s patents
November 07, 2012 07 Nov'12
Government departments get go-ahead to use iPhones for sensitive data

Government departments have been given the go-ahead to use iPhones to send and receive sensitive emails
November 06, 2012 06 Nov'12
ARM and C&WW backs Cambridge Weightless wireless standard

The Weightless standard wins the backing of industry heavyweights hoping to help it on its journey to creating the ‘internet of things’
November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12
UK spectrum valued at £52bn

Government research shows the UK’s spectrum contributes £52bn to the economy each year, thanks mostly to mobile services
November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12
Microsoft and Google eye unused UK spectrum

Microsoft and Google are in discussions with the UK government about unused sections of airwaves known as white space
November 02, 2012 02 Nov'12
O2 ramps up roaming charges for outside EU

After being forced to cut rates for users in Europe, the mobile operator increases roaming charges for outside the EU
November 01, 2012 01 Nov'12
4G: The business benefits

We know how 4G can speed up our music downloads or offer smooth video playback, but what benefits can it bring to business?
October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12
How will the 4G LTE roll-out benefit your business?

An EE survey of the business benefits of 4G LTE shows improved mobile working and innovation the main advantages of the superfast broadband
October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12
Vodafone reveals trade in deal for 4G launch

Vodafone may not be rolling out its 4G network until the spring, but it is already touting a trade-in deal for users to upgrade to the faster speeds
October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12
Samsung posts record profits as smartphone sales soar

South Korean electronics company Samsung records a 91% rise in profits as smartphone sales and display shipments rocket
October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12
Windows 8 OS is available now – but is it the right choice for your business?

Windows 8 combines a desktop operating system (OS) with tablet-touch functionality, which will bring benefits to some organisations - but not all
October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12
BYOD creating security risks for 80% of companies

Businesses are opening themselves up to security threats by failing to manage bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programmes properly
October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12
EE continues to blame regulation for drop in revenues

Mobile operator EE's third quarter results produce a mixed bag, with revenues down 3% but contract customer numbers up 250,000
October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12
Mobile users were over half of London 2012 web traffic

More than half of the peak-time traffic to the London 2012 Olympics web servers came from mobile devices, says CIO
October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12
Will BlackBerry 10 put RIM back on top for enterprise?

Research in Motion is pinning its recovery hopes on the upcoming enterprise-focused BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system
October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12
Virgin Media boosts broadband but drops mobile revenues

Telecoms giant Virgin Media shows a steady rise in revenues for the third quarter but admits to a slowdown in its mobile business
October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12
EE reveals UK's first 4G pricing plans

EE, the first mobile operator to bring 4G to the UK lays out its pricing plans, offering up to 128GB of data for business customers
October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12
Three boosts staff numbers in Scotland

The mobile network will spend £3m revamping its Glasgow offices and add 380 new jobs
October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12
Virgin Media tube Wi-Fi to remain free until 2013

Virgin Media is in talks with wholesale operators to make its London Underground Wi-Fi service available on more contracts from next year
October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12
Mobile operators form company to protect TV signals

EE, O2, Three and Vodafone sign up to a joint venture - Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited - to ensure 4G roll-out doesn’t affect Freeview signals
October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12
Citrix debuts mobile virtual apps as analysts warn of obsolescence

Citrix debuts cloud and mobility releases, but analysts warn they may soon be left behind in an increasingly competitive and evolving market
October 17, 2012 17 Oct'12
O2 drops Ericsson after outage

Mobile network O2 blames Ericsson’s central user database for the faults last week and in July, telling customers it will drop the software
October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12
Facebook opens first engineering centre outside the US in London for mobile

Facebook has opened an engineering centre in London today, its first outside the US to develop its mobile products
October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12
Network health puts sector off mobile working

Healthcare organisations are embracing mobile working like never before, but the issue around network coverage is causing concern
October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12
O2 blames network node for outage

10% of O2’s customers were unable to make calls, receive texts or download data last week after a network node for connecting traffic failed
October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12
Case Study: Groupon gets a remote voice with Natterbox

Inspired by the Olympics, Groupon adopts a UK-wide cloud PBX solution to integrate with its Salesforce deployment through Natterbox
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
Microsoft CEO: 'We are a devices and services company'

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer signals "fundamental shift" in supplier's strategy as Windows 8 is prepared for release
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
Huawei kicks off £1.3bn investment with new headquarters

Chinese networking company Huawei to take 140,000ft² in Reading as part of its £1bn investment into its UK business over the next five years
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
CIOs to ditch BlackBerry for iPhone by 2017

A survey from Virgin Media Business shows most CIOs intend to substitute BlackBerrys in the enterprise with the Apple iPhone
October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12
Mobile payments set to grow to 17 billion transactions in 2013

The number of customers paying for goods and services with mobile phones is estimated to grow to 17 billion transaction worldwide in 2013
October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12
Government launches £100m technology pot for nurses

The government is providing £100m in technology for nurses and midwives in a move designed to free up time with patients
October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12
Telefónica launches business to sell mobile data

O2 parent company Telefónica is to offer user data from customer's mobile phones to organisations who want to analyse customer activity
October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12
Government confirms £35m funding for ‘5G centre’

The fund made up of government and private sector money will create a new centre for the University of Surrey to develop mobile broadband solutions
October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12
Security firm warns against Samsung Galaxy Tab for enterprise use

Security specialist Context Information Security says vulnerabilities in the Samsung Galaxy Tab make it unsuitable for use in the enterprise
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Skype launches customer Wi-Fi service

The video calling company teams with Wicoms to offer a service for businesses wanting to provide free Wi-Fi to their customers
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Telefonica Digital graduate scheme encourages international outlook

Telefonica Digital’s two-year European graduate programme offers international opportunities. Two graduates share their experience.
October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12
EE to launch 4G services on 30 October 2012

After weeks of speculation, the operator formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile will offer 4G services from the end of this month
October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12
4G victory was technical, not political

Speedy execution of the digital television switchover and clearing of spectrum improved the 4G timetable, not negotiations by central government
October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12
4G spectrum cleared early by Arqiva and DigitalUK

The unexpected progress in clearing spectrum for the 4G auction later this year has brought the possible roll-out date forward by five months
October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12
4G meeting to determine spectrum future set for today

Sources say the meeting between mobile operators, Ofcom and minister for media, culture and sport, Maria Miller, will happen this afternoon
October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12
Labour pushes for spectrum cash to be spent on housing

With up to £4bn expected to be made from the 4G spectrum auction, The Labour Party calls on government to spend the money on building affordable housing
September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12
Buro Happold adopts Polycom video conferencing

Engineering firm Buro Happold cut costs and travel time with video conferencing facilities using Polycom RMXs and Microsoft Lync
September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12
BT revamps One unified comms service as CEO Luis Alvarez takes the helm

BT Global Services updates the BT One UC portfolio, to include Microsoft Lync and mobile applications, as Luis Alvarez takes up the CEO post
September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12
UK ranks only eighth in world internet freedoms

The UK has fewer internet freedoms than seven other countries, including Estonia and the Philippines a report has revealed
September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12
Small cells could be the answer to mobile performance

Virgin Media Business is hoping to wholesale its fibre broadband to mobile operators so they can incorporate small cells into their networks and boost mobile signal
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
BYOD: IT must tackle printer security

With more staff bringing their own devices to work, IT needs to rethink its printing and scanning policies
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
Remote working cuts employee desk space

As the trend for working remotely grows, a Citrix survey claims it will erode the need for desk space in business premises
September 24, 2012 24 Sep'12
Boeing to build Wi-Fi into planes from 2013

Aerospace company Boeing commits to building Wi-Fi capabilities into its 747-8 and 777 planes powerful enough to stream live TV
September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12
Suffolk County Council rolls out app design tool in schools

Suffolk County Council is to roll out an app development tool that will enable students across the region to design their own smartphone apps
September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12
Interview: Catherine Doran, CIO, Royal Mail

A year into the job, Royal Mail CIO Catherine Doran talks about transformation, business change, and recruiting 100 new IT staff
September 14, 2012 14 Sep'12
O2 hopes to speed up 4G auction process

O2 is rushing to launch its own 4G service, following EE’s announcement of an imminent roll-out
September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12
Intel makes breakthrough on digital radio chips

After 10 years of research, Intel Labs finally reveals fully digital radio transceivers that fit on 32nm system-on-chips (SoCs)
September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12
WiGig wireless products due in 2013

WiGig, the wireless standard for linking devices over the 60GHz spectrum, should be product-compatible before the end of 2013
September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12
MDM is not security, warns mobile security expert Eric Green

Mobile device management (MDM) is not about security, says US security expert Eric Green from Mobile Active Defense Partners
September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12
Few firms test security of mobile apps, survey shows

Organisations are struggling to manage the challenges of the mobile era, with less than a third formally testing their mobile applications
September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12
O2 builds free public Wi-Fi on Cisco networking equipment

O2 will build out its free Wi-Fi network using networking technology from Cisco
September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12
Nokia Siemens Networks in talks to sell business support systems

Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to sell its business support systems (BSS) unit to focus on its mobile broadband network equipment division
September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12
Everything Everywhere poised to launch UK 4G mobile network

Everything Everywhere – rebranded 'EE' – is set to launch high-speed 4G mobile networking in the UK with download speeds up to 40Mbps
September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12
UK mobile operators back down on 4G legal action

UK mobile operators have agreed to cooperate on getting UK 4G launched, rather than take legal action against Ofcom, the Financial Times has reported
September 03, 2012 03 Sep'12
EU pushes for spectrum sharing to encourage wireless innovation

The European Commission releases a report calling for spectrum to be shared between providers and be multi-purpose to improve coverage for citizens
August 31, 2012 31 Aug'12
Leading PC suppliers announce Windows 8 devices

HP, Dell, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and Sony have announced products, from laptops to smartphones, which will run Microsoft’s new operating system.
August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12
Intel gets commercial backer for wireless charging chips

Intel revealed the capability four years ago, but today Integrated Device Technology confirmed it would develop and build chipsets for wireless charging
August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12
Is O2 Unify winning customers over?

We talk to Paul Osborne, managing director of O2 Unify, to see if the company’s partnership with 2e2 has enticed customers to get their communications services from the 18-month-old firm
August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12
Smartphones to kill off landlines within five years

New research from Virgin Media Business claims smartphones will make the office landline redundant within five years
August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12
Samsung to power 3’s 4G network

The company’s European network operations team will provide the LTE Radio Access Network and core infrastructure
August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12
Two-thirds of British adults use a computer every day

Three-quarters of British households have internet access and 67% of adults use a computer every day, according to the latest figures
August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12
3 unable to launch 4G until September 2013

The mobile operator may have secured spectrum suitable for 4G services from Everything Everywhere, but it won’t be usable for at least a year
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
Everything Everywhere sells 4G spectrum to 3

The merged mobile operator sells a portion of its 1800MHz spectrum to the smaller rival, meaning another 4G offering could be on the cards before the end of the year
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
RIM set to lose stranglehold on government mobile market

Blackberry is set to lose its stranglehold on government, as moves to broaden the number of smartphone suppliers in Whitehall gather pace
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
Is Ofcom’s 4G decision good for users?

Everything Everywhere has a green light for its 4G roll-out, but will this encourage industry to ramp up provision or lead to more litigation?
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
Everything Everywhere to launch new brand in 2012

The merger between Orange and T-Mobile may launch a new name by the end of the year, but the two individual companies will remain
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
Ofcom signs off 4G roll-out for Everything Everywhere

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has approved Orange/T-Mobile joint venture Everything Everywhere to be first to market with 4G mobile data services
August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12
Hunt: Ofcom 'beset by threats of litigations'

Culture secretary calls on mobile operators to call off the lawyers and focus on the future of 4G to help government achieve broadband targets by 2015