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• 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

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Facebook tests mobile payments tool

  Facebook is planning to test a mobile payments feature which will automatically fill in payment details when purchasing on mobile apps

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Coast, Oasis and Warehouse drive retail innovation using iPads and Wi-Fi

  Clothing retailers Coast, Oasis and Warehouse have experimented with in-store iPads and Wi-Fi to improve customer experience and costs

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Cisco announces BIG Awards startup semi-finalists

  Twenty of the UK’s most innovative startups have been shortlisted as semi-finalists for the Cisco Big Innovation Gateway (BIG) Awards

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  The 4G tariff wars

  With three of the four mobile operators having announced their 4G plans, Computer Weekly takes a look at what will be on offer

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  Microsoft overtakes BlackBerry to become third player in smartphone market

  Microsoft has increased its global smartphone market share to 3.3%, overtaking BlackBerry for the first time

• August 13, 2013 13 Aug'13

  Case Study: M2M increases livestock feed efficiency by 10%

  Livestock feeding manufacturer Keenan chose Vodafone to supply a machine-to-machine solution to improve its nutritional data analysis

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  ICO to investigate London bins that track smartphones

  Information Commissioner's Office is making enquiries into bins in London that track passing smartphones to target advertising to owners

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Vodafone announces 4G launch date

  Vodafone becomes the third mobile operator to confirm the launch of its 4G network, which will go live on the same day as O2

• August 06, 2013 06 Aug'13

  Case study: Birmingham rolls out free public Wi-Fi

  Birmingham City Council is working with Virgin Media Business to bring free Wi-Fi to public spaces and encourage mobile operators to invest in better 3G and 4G signals

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  London Innovation Lab seeks second round of FinTech startups

  The second annual FinTech Innovation Lab is calling for applications from early-stage financial technology entrepreneurs

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  CIO interview: Andy Williams, global CIO, Save the Children

  A new IT strategy is about to be implemented at Save the Children, focusing on mobile technologies, cloud and advanced data analytics

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Wales has worst access to superfast broadband

  Access to superfast broadband in Wales is significantly lower than the rest of the UK, according to a new report from Ofcom

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  O2 set for August 4G launch

  O2 confirms it will switch on its 4G network in London, Leeds and Bradford on 29 August, with 10 more cities going live by the end of 2013

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Digital TV spectrum clear for 4G

  Ofcom confirms the 4G spectrum it auctioned off earlier this year is now cleared and ready to be used by mobile operators

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  DCMS reveals locations for mobile signal project

  Department for Culture, Media and Sport publishes a map showing UK areas that will benefit from £150m mobile infrastructure project

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  CW500: Internet of things to pose 'huge security and privacy risks'

  The internet of things will pose enormous security and privacy challenges, a recent CW500 Club meeting heard

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Barclays bank trials touchscreen devices in branches

  Barclays bank is to trial touchscreen devices in branches to add to its digital credentials following its deployment of wireless

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Government fails rural areas in broadband and mobile

  The rural affairs select committee says there is not enough government funding to put rural services on par with urban areas

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  EE doubles 4G customers in second quarter

  EE reveals 687,000 users signed up to its 4G services by the end of its Q2, but its first half revenue for 2013 is still down on 2012

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Facebook app gives millions internet access through low-end phones

  Facebook app enables internet access for more than 100 million people in developing countries using low-end phones

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Nokia cuts losses but sales are still declining

  Nokia has announced net sales of €5.7bn in its second quarter 2013 results, down 24% from €7.5bn last year

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Microsoft slashes the price of its Surface tablet

  Microsoft has cut the price of its flagship Surface tablet

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Telecoms M&A ‘flourishes’ in UK

  Despite mergers, acquisitions and Equity Capital Market transactions falling in the first half of 2013, the telecoms market sees figures soar

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  EU expects 900,000 unfilled IT jobs in 2015

  The European Commission releases statistics about the progress of the Digital Agenda, calling for more people to improve their digital skills

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  O2 extends 4G backhaul with Virgin Media Business

  Mobile operator O2 will use Virgin Media Business’s superfast fibre network to bring capacity for its 4G roll-out later in 2013

• July 10, 2013 10 Jul'13

  Ofcom liberalises 2G and 3G spectrum for 4G

  The telecoms regulator Ofcom allows UK mobile operators to use their existing 2G and 3G spectrum for to provide 4G services

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  Rangers FC get Wi-Fi from Huawei

  Scottish football club Glasgow Rangers kits out its Ibrox stadium with Huawei technology to bring Wi-Fi to fans and visitors

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Are alternative mobile operators the answer to roaming charges?

  EU law to allow travellers to choose alternative operators abroad takes effect in 2014. But will operators be ready and is there a better way?

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  EE confirms July date for doubling 4G speeds

  Mobile operator EE will double the speeds of its 4G network in 12 UK cities from 4 July 2013, giving customers bandwidth of up to 150Mbps

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  Mobile operators cut roaming costs across Europe

  The cost of using your mobile phone across continental Europe will come down today as new EU regulations come into force

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  Nokia buys out Siemens from NSN joint venture

  Nokia is paying €1.7bn to take the Siemens out of Nokia Siemens Networks

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  Sainsbury’s to launch mobile network with Vodafone

  UK supermarket Sainsbury’s today announced it would launch its own mobile services by partnering with Vodafone

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Secure Wi-Fi and digital documents set to transform UK courts

  Courtrooms will be fitted with secure Wi-Fi as part of a £160m programme to improve the efficiency of the Criminal Justice System