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Mobile networking

• October 09, 2017 09 Oct'17

  UAE’s Mashreq launches digital-only bank

  The UAE’s oldest bank has launched a digital-only offering, designed to appeal to the tech-savvy generation

• October 09, 2017 09 Oct'17

  Dubai’s integrated government on Gitex catwalk

  At this year’s Gitex, Dubai's smart city project is showing off its successes in integrating government services

• October 04, 2017 04 Oct'17

  BT and Three risking UK’s 5G leadership potential, says Ofcom

  In an article in the Financial Times, Ofcom CEO Sharon White criticises mobile operators for holding up the auction of radio spectrum that is vital to the planning of 5G

• October 04, 2017 04 Oct'17

  Manufacturers face skills and internal collaboration hurdles to digital transformation

  Skills shortage is biggest challenge to digital strategies of 40% of senior IT decision-makers in North America and Western Europe, survey shows

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Investigatory Powers Tribunal faces challenge in appeal court over mass hacking

  Appeal court will decide whether UK citizens have the right to challenge controversial decisions made by Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Smart rail ticketing technology to be tested by end of 2017

  Transport secretary Chris Grayling sets out plans for trials of smart ticketing technology

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Consistent service, not speed, key to UK’s 5G future, say researchers

  Government should avoid setting unrealistic connectivity requirements for 5G mobile broadband, and focus instead on ensuring reliable and consistent coverage, says a University of Cambridge study

• September 28, 2017 28 Sep'17

  Grosvenor signs broadband investment deal for London’s West End

  Landowner and property developer has signed a co-investment partnership with Openreach to address poor broadband connectivity standards in parts of the capital

• September 28, 2017 28 Sep'17

  Large scale IoT deployments double in 12 months

  Vodafone’s fifth annual look at the IoT market reveals that the percentage of companies with more than 50,000 connected devices has effectively doubled in the past year

• September 26, 2017 26 Sep'17

  European operators still heavily reliant on copper for broadband delivery

  A report commissioned for the European Commission has revealed that although access to broadband is improving across the EU, operators are still focusing their energies on sweating old copper assets

• September 25, 2017 25 Sep'17

  Connected bees create a buzz at Manchester startup hub

  Cisco and Manchester Science Partnerships have opened a new startup incubator in the city to foster innovation in the Northern Powerhouse, and the humble honeybee is taking centre stage

• September 25, 2017 25 Sep'17

  Three adds in-store sign language service for deaf customers

  Mobile operator pilots in-store sign language service to support the needs of its deaf customers

• September 20, 2017 20 Sep'17

  Brexit mobile and broadband debate must involve consumers

  The voices of consumers are being missed as communications services providers, industry bodies and the government set the agenda for the UK’s communications infrastructure market after Brexit

• September 18, 2017 18 Sep'17

  ScotRail to test ‘world’s fastest’ in-train Wi-Fi service

  The train operator has teamed up with Cisco, Network Rail Telecoms and others to collaborate on an Innovate UK funded proof of concept for ultrafast Wi-Fi on board

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  Mobile networks restored to hurricane-hit Caribbean islands

  Emergency networking teams from the Vodafone Foundation and Télécoms Sans Frontières are working to restore mobile connectivity after the Caribbean was ravaged by Hurricane Irma