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Mobile networking
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December 27, 2012
27
Dec'12
Samsung requests US ban on Ericsson products
Samsung has filed a complaint against several Ericsson products with the US International Trade Commission (ITC).
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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July 30, 2012
30
Jul'12
Olympic Games 2012: Preparing for a mobile data deluge
How mobile operators and the Olympic Delivery Authority prepared for the huge demand for mobile traffic expected during London 2012
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July 30, 2012
30
Jul'12
Vodafone appoints new CEO of Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Following the acquisition of C&WW, Vodafone has transferred its head of global enterprise to run the new venture
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July 27, 2012
27
Jul'12
Facebook share price falls after Q2 results announcement
Facebook shares fell 11% in after-hours trading on the NYSE to a record low of $23.94 after announcing second quarter financial results
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July 25, 2012
25
Jul'12
Broadcom touts ‘5G Wi-Fi’ mobile chip
Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announces the first mobile chip based on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, set to launch in early 2013
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July 16, 2012
16
Jul'12
Sophos combines endpoint security and UTM
Security firm Sophos combines endpoint protection and unified threat management (UTM) products into a single physical or virtual appliance
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July 16, 2012
16
Jul'12
Vodafone and 3 confirm Irish shared infrastructure partnership
Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 sign a deal to manage shared infrastructure in Ireland in a 50/50 joint venture
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June 28, 2012
28
Jun'12
Microsoft ramps up Windows 8 security for IT consumerisation
Microsoft is building antivirus and secure, role-based authentication into Windows 8 to make the OS enterprise-ready
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June 21, 2012
21
Jun'12
Halliburton CIO Ken Braud on strategy and innovation
CIO Ken Braud talked to delegates at the Orange Business Live customer event in Rome, and it was clear he has plenty on his plate.
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June 19, 2012
19
Jun'12
The mobile side of net neutrality
It isn’t just ISPs managing website traffic to improve access to some destinations and limit it for others – the mobile operators are at it too
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June 15, 2012
15
Jun'12
Vodafone in the clear for UK tax bill
The National Audit Office states Vodafone’s £1.25bn settlement with HMRC was "reasonable" and "good" for the public purse
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May 29, 2012
29
May'12
BT helps itself to Home Hubs for public Wi-Fi
A feature of BT's routers called Fon gives away a percentage of bandwidth from home-based Wi-Fi to passers-by, often without user consent.
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May 28, 2012
28
May'12
EU to launch trade case against Chinese telcos Huawei and ZTE
The European Union has accused the two Chinese telecoms firms of obtaining illegal government subsidies and selling products below cost
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May 18, 2012
18
May'12
Mobile threats demand focus on data protection, says Websense
Business needs to focus on data protection as cyber criminals turn to mobile malware, says Websense.
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May 14, 2012
14
May'12
Huawei wins managed services contract for O2 network
Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is hired by O2 parent Telefónica to plan and maintain its mobile network in the UK
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May 11, 2012
11
May'12
Can mobile operators take on 'over-the-top' service providers?
With Telefonica launching a rival to Skype, can mobile operators claw back revenues lost to internet start-ups?
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April 30, 2012
30
Apr'12
CIO interview: David Bulman, chief information officer, Virgin Atlantic
Six months after joining Virgin Atlantic as CIO, David Bulman is leading a transformation at the airline with mobile technology at its heart.
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April 25, 2012
25
Apr'12
Apple overtakes IBM and HP in sales
Apple has posted another remarkable set of financial results, overtaking IT giants IBM and HP in sales during its latest financial quarter.
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April 10, 2012
10
Apr'12
CIO interview: David Jones, CIO, Crown Prosecution Service
CPS CIO David Jones is leading a comprehensive technology revamp to modernise operations across the entire criminal justice system.
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March 14, 2012
14
Mar'12
NHS trust to use iPads for real-time access to patient records
An NHS trust in the Midlands is planning to equip medical staff and community nurses with iPads to give real-time access to patient records on the move.
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March 01, 2012
01
Mar'12
RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes
Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012
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February 28, 2012
28
Feb'12
Mobile technology training in demand
A massive 81% of IT professionals are planning to bolster their skills in mobile computing as 84% see this as an area of growth in the market.
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February 02, 2012
02
Feb'12
Cisco unveils product consolidation plan
Cisco has unveiled details of the product line consolidation it hopes will turn around the company after its struggles with poor financial performance.
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January 27, 2012
27
Jan'12
Nokia smartphones bomb as sales drop 27%
Nokia’s latest results for Q4 2011 show just how far the company that was once the standard choice for almost every corporate mobile user has fallen.
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January 16, 2012
16
Jan'12
NHS Trust saves £1m a year with text reminder service
Barts Hospital and the London Hospital NHS Trust have saved nearly £1m a year with an automatic appointment reminder text service.
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December 21, 2011
21
Dec'11
RIM rebuffs Amazon and Microsoft approaches
Amazon considered buying troubled smartphone maker, Research in Motion, according to a report on Reuters.
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December 13, 2011
13
Dec'11
CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk
Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.
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November 07, 2011
07
Nov'11
Everything Everywhere to reinvest £450m windfall
Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere is to reinvest profits made from the upcoming sale of its 1,800MHz spectrum in the UK's mobile network, following criticism that the sale of a public asset would be diverted to German and French ...
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October 27, 2011
27
Oct'11
US and Canadian subscribers sue RIM over Blackberry service outage
Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is facing legal action by consumers in the US and Canada for the three-day services outage in mid-October caused by a core switch failure in RIM's infrastructure.
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May 12, 2011
12
May'11
Analysis: Will Android dominance increase IT security threats for business?
The Android Market is forecast to become the world's biggest mobile content platform by August 2011, according to research by mobile application research firm Distimo.
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February 14, 2011
14
Feb'11
Dell rolls out services for enterprise mobility
Dell has introduced a portfolio of services to help businesses manage mobile devices and an increasingly mobile workforce.
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February 10, 2011
10
Feb'11
Mobile workers practise lax security
More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering.
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February 27, 2007
27
Feb'07
Wireless security: IT pros warily watching mobile phone threats
Security experts have warned repeatedly that mobile phone attacks will grow as the devices become more sophisticated. IT administrators are starting to believe them.
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February 12, 2007
12
Feb'07
Mobile carriers admit to malware attacks
Eighty-three percent of mobile operators surveyed by McAfee Inc. say they've suffered malware infections, but two competing security vendors say the overall threat is still small.