News

Mobile networks

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Red Bull ramps up network for 2014 F1 championship

  An extended relationship with AT&T will support RedBull Infiniti Racing on and off the track as it prepares its 2014 championship bid

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Gigaclear instals fibre optic broadband in rural business park

  UK ISP Gigaclear instals fibre optic broadband in Oxfordshire business park in efforts to roll-out fast internet to rural areas

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Case Study: Caterham F1 boosts productivity with mobile communication network

  The Caterham F1 team is using the Truphone telecoms network to increase ease of communication in its global business

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  UK superfast broadband adoption lags behind the best in Europe

  Superfast broadband is available to 73% of UK households but less than a fifth have adopted it, according to Ofcom’s European Broadband Scorecard 2014

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Ofcom 4G auction achieved competition goal

  National Audit Office report says Ofcom achieved its goal of maintaining a competitive market through last year's 4G auction

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  UK more than doubles funds to build internet of things

  UK government more than doubles funding for technology companies making devices that communicate over the internet.

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  Europol issues public Wi-Fi security warning

  Europol has issued a warning about sending sensitive information over public Wi-Fi hotspots

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  The big themes of Mobile World Congress 2014

  This week saw the world’s largest mobile conference hit Barcelona. Computer Weekly takes a look at the big themes of Mobile World Congress 2014

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  CSL and ZTE bring LTE Advanced 300Mbps network to Hong Kong

  CSL and ZTE will deploy the first LTE Advanced 300Mbps network in Hong Kong, it was announced at MWC in Barcelona

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking: 2014 winners

  The winners have been announced for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking. See who made the top spots

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Three UK sees 48% rise in profits for 2013

  As Three transfers all its customers to its 4G network at no extra charge, the mobile operator reports full-year profits of £417m

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Telefónica to embrace SDN and NFV with UNICA network initiative

  The mobile operator plans to revamp its network infrastructure to embrace more virtualisation technologies and bring more efficiency to its backhaul.

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  IP networks "inherently less secure"

  We may have come far when it comes to performance in telecoms networks but Juniper Networks claims the move from fixed connections to IP has brought more security challenges

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Nokia sidelines Windows 8 to launch Android device at MWC

  Nokia will release a phone running the Android operating system, it announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Operators preventing dual SIM handsets

  Acer claims that although its new handset offers dual SIM capabilities for the business user, mobile operators will stop the feature coming to market to protect revenues

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  Data network outages hit Vodafone

  Mobile operator Vodafone apologises to customers on Twitter but refuses to give an estimate of when services will return to normal

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Interview: Helen Milner CEO, Tinder, on the digital divide in Britain

  Eleven million people across the UK are struggling to connect to the internet. Not because of problems with hardware, bad connectivity, or even rural broadband challenges, but because they either don’t know how, or are too poor to get online

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  EE posts steady results for ‘year of 4G’

  Mobile operator EE posts solid numbers after its first full year offering 4G to the UK

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  EE connects commuters via 4G

  EE has announced plans to expand its 4G network to aid commuters, and will be recruiting more than 1,000 new customer service staff over the next 24 months

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Newcastle to go digital with £9m government fund

  The North Eastern city will benefit from superfast broadband, free Wi-Fi and a cloud computing centre

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  UK start-ups get ready for Mobile World Congress 2014

  With the world’s biggest mobile trade show just days away, we talk to some of the representatives of the UK start-up industry representing us on the show floor

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Vodafone wins 500,000 4G customers in six months

  The mobile operator celebrates the milestone that sees it rolling out the faster data connections across 208 cities and towns in the UK

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Roaming costs lose mobile operators 300 million users

  A new survey by the European Commission shows 94% of citizens limit their mobile use when in another state to save on roaming charges, meaning mobile operators could be missing out on big revenues

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Care UK to introduce 4G to 4,000 employees

  Advanced Mobile Communications has won a multi-million pound contract to provide EE’s 4G connectivity to Care UK’s 4,000 employees

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Newcastle and Buckinghamshire councils win O2 Local Government Digital Fund

  Newcastle City Council and Buckinghamshire County Council have won a share of prize money from O2 which will be used by the councils to tackle social challenges using technology

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  BT sues NHS Scotland for £20m over SWAN project

  After losing its bid for the Scottish Wide Area Network project, the telecoms giant is suing the NHS National Services Scotland

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  OTT providers fail to win trust of users

  Despite over-the-top providers like Skype and Whatsapp getting all the attention, users want their mobile operators to be more involved with these services and provide a solution they can trust, according to a new survey

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Poor European performance hits Vodafone revenues

  Vodafone's service revenues across Europe fell by almost 10% in the mobile operator’s third quarter

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Three signs 4G backhaul deal with Virgin Media Business

  Three's five-year, multi-million pound deal will see Virgin Media Business soup up the mobile operator’s backhaul to prepare it for its 4G future

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  EE and Three sign ‘passive’ network share deal for rural UK

  The two providers will not be sharing spectrum or antennae as in previous deals, but will work together on the backhaul to bring 4G services to rural areas

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Vodafone avoids fine for missing 3G targets

  Ofcom confirms Vodafone has now met its requirement for 3G coverage across the UK and will not be fined for its late completion

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Cloud to drive Cisco Indian mid-market growth in 2014

  Cisco aims for growth in India by targeting the rising mid-market as 65% of India’s currently under-served mid-market firms plan to get more from their networks

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  SMEs given power to cancel phone contracts

  New rules from Ofcom will enable consumers and small businesses to cancel phone or broadband contracts if their provider ups its prices

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Huawei exec named chair at Open Networking Foundation

  In a boost to his company’s reputation, Dr Serge Manning is named the chair of the wireless and mobile working group for the ONF.

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Mobile users will provide data to 100 apps a day by 2017

  Mobile users will provide personal data streams to more than 100 apps and services a day by the year 2017, research firm Gartner predicts

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Ofcom to allow superfast broadband for travellers

  Communications regulator Ofcom has given the go-ahead for vehicles such as boats, planes and trains to provide passengers with superfast broadband

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  Jimmy Wales takes on co-chair of charitable mobile operator business The People’s Operator

  Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales joins mobile operator business The People’s Operator (TPO), which donates profits to charity

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  BSkyB and Vodafone in talks for new broadband services

  Sources claim BSkyB and Vodafone are in discussions around forming an alliance to compete against BT with broadband and PayTV services

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  Net neutrality rule unconstitutional, says US court

  A US court rules that a principle preventing broadband providers blocking or promoting online services is unconstitutional

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  High street banks to offer Vocalink Zapp mobile wallet

  HSBC, First Direct, Nationwide, Santander and Metro Bank have all signed up to Zapp. According to Zapp, 60% of UK merchants will be able to take advantage of Zapp payments

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  Case study: Berkshire NHS adopts 4G for home visits

  The Foundation Trust enables its nurses to access and update patient records on the move with 4G mobile Wi-Fi from EE

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Half of Britons opt for pay as you go

  Many Britons are ditching contract phones in favour of a pay as you go (PAYG) deals, according to research by a UK money-saving website

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Top European IT initiative to support business in 2014?

  Expanding IT to support business growth is one of the biggest areas of focus for IT departments in 2014, so what does this mean?

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Former WTO chief leads debate on future of European spectrum

  The future of the UHF spectrum band will be discussed by industry leaders over the next six months before presenting proposals to the European Commission

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  Former CEO of GSMA dies aged 62

  Rob Conway passes away after battling an aggressive form of cancer

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  First steps on the Cabinet Office technology transformation journey

  Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has led the drive to change how technology is used across government, yet within his department IT is poor

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  Fairfax bails out BlackBerry with another $250m

  The mobile manufacturer’s largest shareholder ploughs another $250m into the firm, buying up more of its debts and giving BlackBerry some extra cash to play with.

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  Eurotunnel signs deal with EE and Vodafone

  EE and Vodafone have signed a 10-year contract with Eurotunnel to enable customers to use their mobiles in the Channel Tunnel

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  BlackBerry hires ex-HTC exec to lead devices

  In the latest in a raft of new hires by BlackBerry CEO John Chen, the company appoints Ron Louks as its head of devices and emerging solutions

• December 31, 2013 31 Dec'13

  Top 10 mobile networking stories of 2013

  Computer Weekly takes a look back over the past 12 months at the biggest headlines in the mobile networking industry

• December 31, 2013 31 Dec'13

  CW500 Club in 2013

  Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face

• December 30, 2013 30 Dec'13

  CIO interview: Mike Ives, IT director, University Hospital Southampton

  University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) has upgraded its wireless infrastructure to enable staff to become more efficient by having a great choice of mobile devices across the hospital.

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  BlackBerry posts huge losses as CEO promises enterprise focus

  BlackBerry posts more disappointing results for its third fiscal quarter, but CEO remains optimistic for the firm’s future in the enterprise market

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  EE promises £275m investment into call quality

  The mobile operator announces a multi-million pound investment into the quality of phone calls as part of its larger network upgrades

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  EE holds title for most complained about broadband

  With more than double the average number of complaints, EE – previously Orange Broadband – has been named the most complained about broadband provider by Ofcom for the fifth consecutive quarter

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  CIO Interview, David Southern, CIO WWF UK

  UK CIO of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), David Southern, describes a technology refresh at its Woking HQ

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  PM David Cameron opens Cisco’s startup centre IDEALondon

  Cisco’s innovation centre in London has been officially opened by Prime Minister David Cameron this morning on the third anniversary of Tech City.

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  EE launches 300Mbps 4G mobile network in Tech City

  EE's superfast mobile network goes live in Silicon Roundabout, bringing speeds of up to 300Mbps to the Tech City digital hub

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Three begins 4G roll-out

  The last of the UK’s major mobile operators to join the race, Three confirms it has started to roll-out its 4G network and will cover 98% of the population by the end of 2015

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  EE connects 10 more locations to 4G

  A further 10 towns and cities will go live today, with the mobile operator promising 19 more will get the faster mobile connectivity by Christmas

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  UK mobile operators to scrap roaming charges by 2016

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has signed an agreement with EE, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone to end roaming charges by 2016

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Where is Satyam now? Well, it’s not Satyam for a start

  Satyam, which was rescued from collapse in 2009, has plans for restoring its position as a top-tier Indian IT services provider

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Case study: Advantage Travel Centres implements UC infrastructure for mobile workers

  Advantage Travel Centres has implemented unified communications (UC) to improve the connectivity of mobile employees

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  CIO interview: Peter O’Rourke, director of IT, University Campus Suffolk

  Peter O’Rourke, IT director at University Campus Suffolk, is looking to students to shape the university’s IT infrastructure

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Computer Weekly European User Awards 2014 open for entries

  Computer Weekly is running its European User Awards for a second year in 2014. Find out all the details here

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  4G connections to hit one billion by 2017

  Research from the GSMA predicts one in eight mobile connections will be 4G within the next four years

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  White hat Wi-Fi hacking shows vulnerability of business data

  Whitehat hackers have shown that senstitive data can be sniffed easily from public Wi-Fi hotspots

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  BlackBerry continues executive shakeup

  The mobile manufacturer ousts another two c-level executives, whilst another board member resigns

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company

  Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  uMotif wins Cisco Big Awards 2013

  Digital health startup uMotif has won first place at the Cisco Big Awards 2013

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Cardiff chooses BT for free Wi-Fi project

  The Welsh capital signs a deal with BT in its bid to become a ‘super connected city’

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  BlackBerry reveals new UK MD

  After the surprise departure of Rob Orr this summer, the mobile manufacturer has appointed Alexandra Zagury as his successor

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  EE criticises government for being fixed on fixed-line broadband

  As EE launches 4G Wi-Fi services across rural Cumbria, the operator’s CEO criticises the government for focusing too heavily on fixed broadband infrastructure

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  Intellect relaunches as TechUK and targets 500,000 new UK IT jobs

  The UK’s technology trade association, formerly known as Intellect, has relaunched as TechUK, unveiling plans to create over 500,000 jobs by 2020

• 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 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

  Governments should consult residents over smart cities

  City citizens need to be consulted about smart city projects to ensure their needs are accounted for.

• 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

• 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 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Enterprises will adopt SDN before full standardisation

  Huawei’s president of marketing solutions for its enterprise business group claims enterprises won’t have to wait for standardisation before they can feel the benefits of software defined networking

• 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 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

  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 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  Trading sector regulation drives mobile operator development

  The heavy regulation of the trading sector is driving IT investments and suppliers are reacting with services that help companies comply

• 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 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Former BlackBerry CEO considers buying firm

  Mike Lazaridis ups his stake in BlackBerry and is in talks with fellow co-founder Doug Fregin about buying the struggling mobile manufacturer

• 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

  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

  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 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 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